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Trustee
Trustee from Canada
Ziya Tong served on the Board of WWF-Canada for 8 years, holding the position of Vice-Chair for 2 years.
Career Snapshot
Award-winning broadcaster Ziya Tong is best known as the anchor of Daily Planet, Discovery Channel’s flagship science program.
Her book The Reality Bubble was shortlisted for the prestigious RBC Taylor Prize in 2020, and won the Lane Anderson Prize for best science writing in Canada.
It has earned praise from luminaries including Naomi Klein and David Suzuki who calls Tong’s book “required reading for all who care about what we are doing to the planet.”
Tong also hosted the CBC’s Emmy-nominated series ZeD, PBS’s national prime-time series, Wired Science, and worked as a correspondent for NOVA scienceNOW alongside Neil deGrasse Tyson on PBS.
In the spring of 2019, she participated in CBC’s annual “battle of the books”. After a national four-day debate, she won Canada Reads.
Tong’s latest film Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics, premiered at SXSW where it was selected as a top 10 staff favourite and profiled for its groundbreaking findings in The New York Times.
It’s been called “an absolutely terrifying piece of detective work”, with Variety calling it “an essential state-of-our-world documentary” and naming it one of the best documentaries of 2024.
She is currently working on two new feature films, which draw urgent attention to the plight of our environment.
Formal Education
Ziya received her BA degree from the University of British Columbia in psychology and sociology and her Masters degree in communications from McGill University, where she graduated on the Dean’s Honour List. She previously served as the Vice Chair of the World Wildlife Fund Canada.
Ms. Tong’s second term of office expires in December 2027.
Ziya Tong served on the Board of WWF-Canada for 8 years, holding the position of Vice-Chair for 2 years.
Career Snapshot
Award-winning broadcaster Ziya Tong is best known as the anchor of Daily Planet, Discovery Channel’s flagship science program.
Her book The Reality Bubble was shortlisted for the prestigious RBC Taylor Prize in 2020, and won the Lane Anderson Prize for best science writing in Canada.
It has earned praise from luminaries including Naomi Klein and David Suzuki who calls Tong’s book “required reading for all who care about what we are doing to the planet.”
Tong also hosted the CBC’s Emmy-nominated series ZeD, PBS’s national prime-time series, Wired Science, and worked as a correspondent for NOVA scienceNOW alongside Neil deGrasse Tyson on PBS.
In the spring of 2019, she participated in CBC’s annual “battle of the books”. After a national four-day debate, she won Canada Reads.
Tong’s latest film Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics, premiered at SXSW where it was selected as a top 10 staff favourite and profiled for its groundbreaking findings in The New York Times.
It’s been called “an absolutely terrifying piece of detective work”, with Variety calling it “an essential state-of-our-world documentary” and naming it one of the best documentaries of 2024.
She is currently working on two new feature films, which draw urgent attention to the plight of our environment.
Formal Education
Ziya received her BA degree from the University of British Columbia in psychology and sociology and her Masters degree in communications from McGill University, where she graduated on the Dean’s Honour List. She previously served as the Vice Chair of the World Wildlife Fund Canada.
Ms. Tong’s second term of office expires in December 2027.
Ziya Tong