David Waltner-Toews, born in Winnipeg in 1948, is a poet, essayist, fiction writer, veterinarian, ecosystem health specialist, father, husband and professor. Based at the University of Guelph, he teaches about, and does research on, the social and ecological contents for diseases people get from animals (zoonoses).
Awards
Pfizer Award for Research Excellence, 1998.
Selected Publications
The Earth is One Body. (Turnstone Press, 1979).
Good Housekeeping. (Turnstone Press, 1983).
Endangered Species. (Turnstone Press, 1988).
One Animal Among Many. (NC Press, 1991).
Food, Sex and Salmonella. (NC Press, 1992).
The Impossible Uprooting. (McClelland & Stewart, 1995).
The Fat Lady Struck Dumb
(Brick Books, 2000)
Ecosystem Sustainability and health:
a practical approach (Cambridge University Press, 2004).
Selected Anthologies
Three Mennonite Poets. (Good Books, 1986).
In Newer Veins. (Primrose Hill (UK), 1998).
Books in Print
Waltner-Toews, David
Endangered Species. Turnstone Press, 1988.
Food, Sex and Salmonella. NC Press, 1992. ISBN: 1-55021-068-8.
Good for the Animals, Good for You. University of Guelph,
1994.
Good Housekeeping. Turnstone Press, 1983. 0-88801-081-8
One Animal Among Many. NC Press, 1991. ISBN: 1-55021-067-X.
The Impossible Uprooting. McClelland & Stewart, 1995. ISBN:
0-7710-8783-7
The Fat Lady Struck Dumb
(Brick Books, 2000).
Ecosystem Sustainability and health:
a practical approach (Cambridge University Press, 2004).
David Waltner-Toews, Department of Population Medicine,
University of Guelph, Guelph ON N1G 2W1, (519) 824-4120 Ext. 54745.
dwaltner@uoguelph.ca
http://www.ovcnet.uoguelph.ca/popmed/ecosys/
phone: (519)
824-4120 Ext. 54745.
email: dwaltner@uoguelph.ca
David Waltner-Toews is a Professor of Epidemiology in the Department
of Population Medicine at the Ontario veterinary College, University of
Guelph. He specializes in the epidemiology of zoonoses, as well as food
and waterborne diseases in general, and ecosystem health. He is, as
well, a poet, essayist, fiction-writer, veterinarian, husband, and
father of two grown children.
He is author of half a dozen published books of poetry and three of non-fiction, as well as author or co-author of more than 60 peer-reviewed scholarly papers and at least that many conference presentations. He is author of a forthcoming book from Cambridge University Press on Ecosystem Sustainability and Health: a Practical Approach (2204) and a collection of short stories, One Foot in Heaven (Coteau Books, 2005). His most recent poetry books were The Fat Lady Struck Dumb (Brick Books, 2000) and The Impossible Uprooting (McClelland and Stewart). His non-fiction books include Food, Sex & Salmonella; the risks of environmental intimacy and One Animal Among Many: Gaia, Goats and Garlic (both by NC Press, Toronto). His work takes him to many countries around the world, from Nepal to Peru, Kenya to Guatemala.
Grade Levels:
Fees: Standard
Classroom Approach:
Usually work with high school
students. I read from my work and engage students in discussions about
my Mennonite history and culture, and about the interactions –
conflicts, synergies – between science, culture, poetry and fiction.