About Brian Keating
Head, Conservation Outreach, Calgary Zoological Society
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Calgary
Brian’s full time job at the zoo is to raise money and then to spend it on environmental projects around the world
For 20 years, he’s run the Zoo’s nature-based travel program, leading over 60 expeditions to the best wildlife areas on the Planet. For two decades now, Brian has hosted a nature segment that’s featured weekly on local CBC Radio, and for some seven years, he hosted a bi-weekly national nature column on the Discovery Channel that utilized his own wilderness adventure and wildlife filming. He’s in high demand as an international speaker, presenting on the average at some 60 events a year.
His first book, "Going Wild: Amazing Animal Adventures Around the World" was nominated as a 2005 Ontario Library Association Silver Birch Award, and placed in top 10 best selling list for Canadian children’s books in 2005. Also recently published were his 2nd and 3rd books in the series of 8, featuring animal adventures at the "Poles" and the "Deserts". The series celebrates nature.
Of special note, in September of 2003, a significant title was awarded Brian during a powerful cultural ceremony in West Africa, making him an Honorary Chief of one of the villages near the Wechiau Hippo Sanctuary in Ghana. This honour was in response to his efforts in raising the necessary funds to develop the sanctuary, an area of important riverine habitat and biodiversity.
Brian’s a pilot, a naturalist, scuba diver, and mountaineer. His wife, Dee, is a physician and keen naturalist.
He’s also a part time Adjunct Assistant Professor of anthropology at the U of C.
More Information: 1.866.420.3338 (toll-free in Canada) rbreault@telus.net |
Brian Keating 
