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Margaret Atwood Donates $1 Million for Avian Biology Chair

By Drooid · Sep 25, 2026, 11:41 PM UTC · How we work

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Margaret Atwood donated $1 million to Western University to establish the Graeme Gibson Chair in Avian Biology.
The chairholder will use the Facility for Avian Research, which includes a hypobaric wind tunnel.
The gift honors late partner Graeme Gibson, novelist and former PEN Canada president who died in 2019.
A 2019 Science study estimated North American bird populations declined by nearly three billion since 1970.

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Margaret Atwood donated $1 million to Western University to establish the Graeme Gibson Chair in Avian Biology.
The chairholder will use the Facility for Avian Research, which includes a hypobaric wind tunnel.
The gift honors late partner Graeme Gibson, novelist and former PEN Canada president who died in 2019.
A 2019 Science study estimated North American bird populations declined by nearly three billion since 1970.