Trent University Convocation 2013: Honorary Graduand Dr. Bruce J. Falls's Address

Dr. J. Bruce Falls - Thursday, June 6, 3 p.m.

For more than 50 years, Dr. J. Bruce Falls has been active in protecting Canada's natural landscapes. As president of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists, Dr. Falls was instrumental in the 1962 founding of the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC). The NCC has helped to protect more than one million hectares of ecologically-significant land nationwide. Dr. Falls was a professor of Zoology at the University of Toronto for 35 years, where he helped initiate field courses because he believed that contact with nature stimulated students' interests. As the author of more than 100 scientific publications, he is known for his work on small mammal population fluctuations in Algonquin Park, and his research on dimorphism in White-throated Sparrows. He was a pioneer in the study of bird song and its relation to territorial behaviour. Dr. Falls is a member of several scientific societies including the Society of Canadian Ornithologists, the International Biological Programme for Ontario and Bird Studies Canada.

Convocation 2013: Honorary Graduand Dr. Bruce J. Falls's Address
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