Jay Ingram CM (born March 20, 1945) is a Canadian author, broadcaster and science communicator. He was host of the television show ''

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'' (originally titled ''@discovery.ca''), which aired on

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, since the channel's inception in 1995. Ingram's last episode of ''Daily Planet'' aired on June 5, 2011. Ingram announced his retirement but stated he will make guest appearances on ''Daily Planet''. He was succeeded by

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. His book ''The End of Memory: A Natural History of Aging and Alzheimer's'' is forthcoming from St. Martin's Press in 2015.

Biography

Ingram hosted the science program '' Quirks and Quarks'' on

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from 1979 (when he took over the show from David Suzuki) to 1992 (when he was succeeded by Bob McDonald). During his tenure Ingram won two

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s and a Centre for Investigative Journalism Award. In 1993, Ingram hosted ''The Talk Show'', a CBC Radio series about language, winning the "Science in Society Journalism Award" for his efforts.Daily Planet biography of Jay Ingram
accessed January 7, 2008 He then moved to CBC Television where he contributed science features to CBC Newsworld's '' Canada Live'' and segments on the brain to ''The Health Show'' on the main network. In November 1994 he moved to the Discovery Channel. Ingram is the author of several bestselling books including ''Talk, Talk, Talk: Decoding the Mysteries of Speech'', ''The Science of Everyday Life'', ''The Velocity of Honey: And More Science of Everyday Life, The Science of Why,'' and ''The Burning House: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Brain'', which won the 1995 Canadian Science Writers Book Award. Ingram's book ''Theatre of the Mind: Pulling Back the Curtain on Consciousness'' published by

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in October 2005 was chosen as one of The Globe and Mail's Top 100 books for that year. Ingram had a weekly science column for the ''

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'' for 12 years. Ingram earned a bachelor of science degree in microbiology from the University of Alberta, followed by a master's degree from the

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. He has also been awarded honorary degrees from six different Canadian universities:

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, Carleton,

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, King's College, McMaster and the

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. His books have been awarded three Canadian Science Writers' Awards. Since 2005 Ingram has held the chair in science communications at The Banff Centre. In January 2006, Ingram launched ''Jay Ingram's Theatre of the Mind'', a

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inspired by his most recent book. The weekly program was co-hosted and produced by David Newland. In 2009, he was made a Member of the

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"for his contributions towards making complex science accessible to the public as a broadcaster, public speaker and author, and for his leadership of future generations of

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References

External links

Jay Ingram's website

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