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[PAST EVENT] Walking With Gorillas: with Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka

October 25, 2023
3:30pm - 5:45pm
Location
Alumni House, Leadership Hall
500 Richmond Rd
Williamsburg, VA 23185Map this location
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Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka event flyer

Join us for Walking With Gorillas, with Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, part of the Institute for Integrative Conservation 2023-24 Conservation Speaker Series: "Histories and Hope".

Award-winning conservationist, public health pioneer, and National Geographic Explorer, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka will talk about her experience as Uganda's first wildlife veterinarian and her integrative work at the nexus of conservation and public health, with a particular focus on the connection between the conservation and health of mountain gorillas and the health of human communities sharing ecosystems with them. 

After the talk, Dr. Gladys will sign copies of her book Walking With Gorillas: The Journey of an African Wildlife Vet (New York: Arcade, 2023)

A limited number of books will be available for purchase at the event. 

Talk: 3:30 - 5:00 PM

Book signing: 5:00 - 5:45 PM

Alumni House, Leadership Hall

William & Mary, Williamsburg

Doors open at 3:00 PM. Book sales between 3:00 - 3:25 and again after talk.

This event will also be live-streamed, and available via Zoom. Register below for in-person or Zoom attendance.

This event is free and open to the public

About Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka

Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is Founder and CEO of Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH), an award-winning NGO that protects endangered gorillas and other wildlife through One Health approaches.

After graduating from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London, in 1996, she established Uganda Wildlife Authority’s first veterinary department. In 2000, she did a Zoological Medicine Residency and Master in Specialized Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina Zoological Park and North Carolina State University, where masters research on disease at the human/wildlife/livestock interface led her to found CTPH in 2003.

In 2015, she founded Gorilla Conservation Coffee to support farmers living around habitats where gorillas are found.

Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is a National Geographic Explorer, an Ashoka Fellow and Mulago Foundation Henry Arnhold Fellow. She has won a number of awards through CTPH and Gorilla Conservation Coffee that improves the quality of life of people and wildlife to enable them to coexist in and around protected areas in Africa. These include the 2008 San Diego Zoo Conservation-in-Action Award, 2009 Whitley Gold Award; 2011 WINGS Women of Discovery and Exploration Humanity Award, 2017 President of Uganda’s Golden Jubilee Award for her contribution to the nation as a conservationist and veterinarian on Women’s Day, 2018 Sierra Club EarthCare Award, 2019 Finalist for the Tusk Award for Conservation in Africa and 2020 and 2021 Finalist for the Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize. She won the 2020 Uganda Veterinary Association World Veterinary Day Award focussed on One Health approaches and the 2020 Aldo Leopold Award for Mammalogists. In 2021 she was recognised by Avance Media among 100 most influential women in Africa and won the UNEP Champions of the Earth Award in the category of Science and Innovation. She is the winner of the 2022 Edinburgh Medal for her work in Planetary health and 2022 Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize. She is a finalist for the 2023 Indianapolis Prize.

Dr. Gladys is on the leadership council of Women for the Environment in Africa, Chairperson of the Africa Chapter of the Explorers Club and Vice President of the African Primatological Society. Dr. Kalema-Zikusoka has sat on a number of Boards including Uganda Wildlife Authority, Uganda Wildlife Education Centre, Wildlife Clubs of Uganda, Bwindi and Mgahinga Conservation Trust, Buganda Heritage and Tourism Board, The Gorilla Organisation and was recently appointed to the Population Connection Board. Dr. Gladys is also a member of the World Health Organisation Special Advisory Group for the Origin of Novel Pathogens (WHO SAGO) and advisory committee member for the International Livestock Research Institute One Health Research, Education and Outreach Centre in Africa.

The Conservation Speaker Series is made possible through support and collaboration across W&M. The IIC thanks the many departments and units for their continued engagement in this series. This event is co-sponsored by the Institute for Integrative Conservation and the Reves Center for International Studies.

Contact

https://www.wm.edu/offices/iic/