MCDONALD, BOB

BOB MCDONALD has been the host of CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks since 1992. He is a regular science commentator on CBC News Network and science correspondent for CBC TV’s The National. He has received the Michael Smith Award for science promotion, Sandford Fleming Medal, McNeil Medal for the public awareness of science, and in 2011 became an Officer of the Order of Canada. He is the recipient of thirteen honorary doctorates. In 2014, asteroid 332324 was officially named BOBMCDONALD in his honour. He lives in Victoria, BC. His memoir, Just Say Yes, is out now.