Margaret Atwood putting her money where her heart is.
‘Birdwatching is close to rapture’: Margaret Atwood on why she has given C$1m to avian research . How. nice to be able to do this... "On Friday Western University, in London, Ontario, announced that Atwood had donated C$1m (£540,000) to celebrate her late partner’s love of birds. The gift will create the Graeme Gibson chair in avian biology, with the goal of better understanding the fundamental processes that shape how birds move, adapt and behave in an environment undergoing profound transformation. Atwood has championed many causes, including Indigenous education and human rights, but environmental protection is at the forefront of them. “I have what they call a platform,” she says. “And I also had what they call extra money.”" Chiggers ! "Weeks before the gift was announced, Atwood celebrated the opening of the Atwood-Gibson Bird Centre on Pelee Island. Resembling a towel hung loosely from a clothesline, Pelee Island is a rare enclave that blends Carolinian forest...
