LEADING SCIENTIST CHARTS JOURNEY FOR CANADIAN CHILDREN
Dr. David Suzuki to release Childrenâs CDs

March 19th, 2003 ö Toronto, Canada ö Award-winning broadcaster, scientist and noted environmentalist Dr. David Suzuki has consistently received high acclaim for his impressive body of work. Dr. Suzukiâs unique ability to explain the complexities of science and the environment in a compelling, easily understood way is the focus of two new CDâs from Casablanca Kids set for release on March 25th, 2003.

Space Child features a collection of songs written by Bill Iveniuk, who has written songs for both Sesame Street and Sesame Park, and former CBC Childrenâs programming producer Denise Duncan. Many noteworthy artists, such as Shirley Eikhard, Kim Mitchell and Lisa Dalbello, lend their performing talents on this collection of songs that paint a ãview of our planet from outer spaceä and teach children that how they care for themselves and for our planet will have a lasting effect on future generations. Songs like Water Cycle, Salt, Evolution of Pollution and Wind Power explore the issue of preservation, and conservation in a style that children quickly grasp.

In the companion release, Amazing Journey, Dr. Suzuki takes us on a spectacular journey through time and space as he explores evolution. Photosynthesis, Dinosaur Dreams, Clean up Timeü Spirit of the Forest, and If You Could Talk to Animals are just a few of the original songs found on this delightful collection.

Dr. Suzuki hopes that Space Child and Amazing Journey will help parents, caregivers and educators introduce children to a variety of subjects. ãChildren have a natural curiosity and we have a responsibility to nourish their understanding and to ignite their imaginations,ä says Dr. Suzuki. ãI hope these CDs help to inform children, and to inspire them to explore, and to be excited about the world in which they liveä.

As we face many uncertainties globally, and the health of our planet continues to be debated by world leaders, communities around the world are preparing simultaneous events to commemorate International Earth Day. On April 22nd, 2003, Dr. Suzuki hopes that we each take time with our children to reflect on our individual ecological responsibility, and to share with our children ways in which they too can make a significant contribution.

Space Child and Amazing Journey will be available across the country on March 25th, 2003.

DR. David Suzuki Dr. David Suzuki is well known to millions as the host of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's popular science television series, The Nature of Things. An internationally respected geneticist, Dr. Suzuki was a full Professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver from 1969 until his retirement in 2001. He has received numerous awards for his work, including an UNESCO prize for science, a United Nations Environment Program medal and the Order of Canada. He has 15 honorary doctorates from universities in Canada, the US and Australia. For his work in support of Canada's First Nations people, Dr. Suzuki has received many tributes and has been honoured with five aboriginal names and formal adoption by two tribes. Dr. Suzuki was born in Vancouver, BC in 1936. During World War II, at the age of six, he was interned with his family in a camp in BC. After the war, he went to high school in London, Ontario. He graduated with Honours from Amherst College in 1958 and went on to earn his PhD in Zoology from the University of Chicago in 1961. The author of more than 30 books, David Suzuki is recognized as a world leader in sustainable ecology. He lives with his wife, family in Vancouver.

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