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Oct
18
Book Launch: Smitten by Giraffe
Tuesday, October 18th, 20164-5pm
University of Waterloo Bookstore, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1
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Join author Anne Dagg for the launch of her new book Smitten by Giraffe. The launch will be held at the University of Waterloo Bookstore from 4-5pm.
"In this plainspoken memoir, Canadian zoologist chronicles her unusual life as a “citizen scientist” and the deeply ingrained sexism she experienced in academia. Rather than quietly giving up, Dagg chose to advocate for other women in academia and continue her own work as an independent scientist, doing research without academic affiliation or support. Dagg’s passionate engagement with the world shines through in all the experiences she recounts." Publishers Weekly
Smitten by Giraffe
My Life as a Citizen Scientist
By Anne Innis Dagg
One feminist’s personal account of researching animal behaviour and fighting sexism in Canadian universities.
When Anne Innis saw her first giraffe at the age of three, she was smitten. She knew she had to learn more about this marvelous animal. Twenty years later, now a trained zoologist, she set off alone to Africa to study the behaviour of giraffe in the wild. Subsequently, Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey would be driven by a similar devotion to study the behaviour of wild apes. In Smitten by Giraffe, the noted feminist reflects on her scientific work as well as the leading role she has played in numerous activist campaigns. Read more >
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