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Three brothers in biology: bugs, birds, books, conservation, and politics

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Robert A. Cannings*
Affiliation:
Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 9W2, Canada
Sydney G. Cannings
Affiliation:
Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 9W2, Canada 201 Klukshu Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 5L1, Canada
Richard J. Cannings
Affiliation:
House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0A6, Canada
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Corresponding author: Robert A. Cannings; Email: rcannings@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca
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Abstract

Three Cannings brothers describe their intertwined but separate careers in Canadian biology: Rob as an entomologist, Syd as an entomologist and conservation biologist, and Dick as an ornithologist and politician. They emphasise the influence on their lives of the British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley where they grew up, the naturalist family in which they were raised, and the mentors who inspired them in their work. Bird study and nature interpretation in BC Parks were early enthusiasms and influences. Biological research, museum work, nature conservation, public education, and writing have dominated their careers. In Dick’s case, his public life has culminated in a decade of Canadian federal politics as a member of Parliament.

This article is modified from the closing plenary address presented at Entomology 2022, the joint annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America, the Entomological Society of Canada, and the Entomological Society of British Columbia, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 16 November 2022. The presentation also acted as the 2022 Heritage Lecture of the Entomological Society of Canada.

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