# Donald Chant

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**Donald Alfred Chant** (30 September 1928 – 23 December 2007) was a Canadian entomologist, zoologist, and environmental advocate, known for his work using [mites](/source/Mite) in [biological control](/source/Biological_control). He was elected [fellow](/source/Fellow) of the [Royal Society of Canada](/source/Royal_Society_of_Canada) and the [Entomological Society of Canada](/source/Entomological_Society_of_Canada). Born in [Toronto](/source/Toronto), he moved to Vancouver in 1945, where he earned a BA (1950) and MA (1952) from the [University of British Columbia](/source/University_of_British_Columbia). He received his PhD from the [University of London](/source/University_of_London) in 1956. He was chair of the Department of Biological Control at the [University of California, Riverside](/source/University_of_California,_Riverside) from 1964 to 1967, then made chair of the [University of Toronto](/source/University_of_Toronto) Department of Zoology, where he served as professor from 1967 to his retirement in 1993, and emeritus professor from 1993 to 2007.[1][2]

Donald Chant was an active and outspoken environmentalist. He received the [Individual White Owl Conservation Award](/source/White_Owl_Conservation_Awards) in 1973 for crystallizing public opinion on the need for genuine action on environmental problems.[3][4]

Chant was a co-founder of [Pollution Probe](/source/Pollution_Probe) (1969), the Canadian Environmental Law Research Foundation (1970), and the Canadian Arctic Resources Committee (1971).[3][4][5] Pollution Probe received the White Owl Conservation Award (then a single prize) in 1970, the Law Research Foundation received the Group White Owl Award in 1974, and the Arctic Resources Committee received the Group Award in 1975.[6][7][8][9][10]

## References

1. ["Professor Emeritus Dr. Donald A. Chant (1928-2007)"](http://esc-sec.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Obit_Chant_Donald.pdf). *[Entomological Society of Canada](/source/Entomological_Society_of_Canada)*. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

1. Barrett, Tony (2010). ["Donald Chant"](http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/donald-chant/). *[The Canadian Encyclopedia](/source/The_Canadian_Encyclopedia)*. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

1. ["Un groupe de 800 jeunes a sauvé un sanctuaire naturel de la destruction"](https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2738718?docsearchtext=hamilton), *La Presse* (Montréal), Nov 17, 1973, p. B2. (Accessed Jan 11, 2026.)

1. Gillian Cosgrove, ["What better way to learn? And a $5,000 prize to boot"](https://books.google.ca/books?id=2JcuAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA3&dq=%22donald+chant%22+%22white+owl%22&article_id=3559,3653663&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj5udObiZCRAxVoCjQIHW8bOwMQ6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q=%22donald%20chant%22%20%22white%20owl%22&f=false), *The Gazette* (Montréal), Nov 13, 1973, p. 3. (Accessed Jan 11, 2026.)

1. Ontario Corporation № 238604, *Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy*, Letters Patent of Incorporation for "The Canadian Environmental Law Research Foundation", Nov 10, 1970. (Available through the Ontario Business Registry in the corporation's "Archive Document Package", [https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-business-registry](https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-business-registry) )

1. "Toronto's Pollution Probe wins $5,000 cigar firm prize", *The Toronto Star* (All Star edition), Oct 28, 1970, p. 3 (online p. 37).

1. "Give them a cigar! Group that sends smokers to the back of the room wins tobacco firm's environment prize", *The Globe and Mail* (Toronto), Dec 7, 1974, p. 5.

1. ["Les prix White Owl"](https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2774905?docsearchtext=white%20owl%20sauve), *Le Devoir* (Montréal), Dec 7, 1974, p. 7. (Accessed Jan 11, 2026.)

1. "After a Fashion**:** A bet on trash", *The Globe and Mail* (Toronto), Nov 25, 1975, p. 15.

1. ["Mon oeil sur Montréal**:** Le prix de conservation"](https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2605757?docsearchtext=anthony%20barrett), *La Presse*, Dec 1, 1975, p. C2. (Accessed Jan 11, 2026.)

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