Dr. Anne Innis Dagg

A pioneering wildlife biologist and advocate for women in science, Anne Innis Dagg is recognized as the first person to study wild giraffes. Formerly an assistant professor in the Department of Zoology at the University of Guelph (1968-72) and senior academic advisor for the Independent Studies Program at the University of Waterloo (1989-2013), Innis Dagg has published 25 books, including the world’s first monograph on giraffe biology. Her groundbreaking work has led to a wide range of awards, including being appointed Fellow of the Zoological Society of Ontario (1967), receiving an Honorary Doctorate in Science from the University of Waterloo (2019) and the University of Toronto (2020), and being appointed to the Order of Canada (2019). Her life and work were the subject of an award-winning documentary, The Woman Who Loves Giraffes (2018).