- Biological Consultant for World Book from 1982 to 2010.
- An adjunct professor at the University of Waterloo connected with Women's Studies.
- Presented with the Pioneer Award (now called the Anne Dagg Pioneer Award) for research on giraffe at the 2010 inaugural conference in Phoenix, Arizona, of the International Association of Giraffe Care Professionals.
- Daughter of Canadian distinguished professor Harold Innis and of author Mary Quayle Innis, she is the long time companion of political scholar Hugh Alan Craig Cairns (Galt, Ontario, 2 March, 1930 -27 August 2018, Waterloo, Ontario).
- She graduated from the University of Toronto in 1955 with a degree in biology. A year later, at 23, she convinced a farmer in South Africa to let her study giraffes on his property.
- She became interested in giraffes during a childhood visit to Brookfield Zoo in Chicago. When she asked for a book on giraffes, she was surprised to find there wasn't one.
- Received a Ph.D. in Animal Behavior from the University of Waterloo in 1967.
- Received a B.A. in Biology from the University of Toronto in 1955.
- Received a M.A. in Genetics from the University of Toronto in 1956.
- Has three children: Hugh, Ian and Mary.
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