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Join Guelph author Keriann McGoogan as she debuts her book, "Sisters of the Jungle: The Trailblazing Women Who Shaped the Study of Wild Primates". For adults. Please register.
A reading from "Sisters of the Jungle: The Trailblazing Women Who Shaped the Study of Wild Primate" will be followed by a talk on writing about science and sustainability for the general public. You will come away inspired and armed with tools to position your knowledge and writing for a wider audience.
About the author:
Keriann McGoogan is passionate about primates. She holds her PhD in Biological Anthropology from the University of Toronto and her Master’s from the University of Calgary. While studying howler monkeys in Belize, she spent her days in the humid, tropical forests and kayaked gorgeous (but crocodile-filled) rivers. McGoogan lived in Madagascar for nearly two years studying critically endangered lemurs. McGoogan’s memoir "Chasing Lemurs: My Journey Into the Heart of Madagascar," chronicled her first visit to Madagascar and she considers it a love letter to the amazing island nation. Her writing has also appeared in Outpost Magazine and the Toronto Star, and as part of the anthology "Bad Artist: Creating in a Productivity Obsessed World." In 2021, McGoogan was selected as a Writers’ Trust Rising Star. When she’s not writing, McGoogan volunteers as a board member for Planet Madagascar, a charity that aims to conserve Madagascar’s unique biodiversity and help the local Malagasy community.
About the book:
Since the 1970s, the science of primatology has been dominated by women—a unique reversal, with men usually outnumbering women in other science, technology, engineering and math fields.
"Sisters of the Jungle" shines a light on a scientific discipline in which women take the lead while transporting readers to the far corners of the earth to understand our closest living relatives. Keriann McGoogan’s journey as a primatologist has taken her to Belize and Madagascar studying wild primates, including howler monkeys (the loudest living primate) and lemurs (the most endangered group of animals on the planet). Against this backdrop, she explores the stories of the many women who came before her. Intrepid scientists like Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, Birutė Galdikas and Alison Jolly broke boundaries, made astonishing discoveries and ultimately shaped the trajectory of an entire branch of science.
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