Dr. Anne Russon
2275 Bayview Ave.
Toronto, Ont. M4N 3M6, CANADA
Ph: 1 416 736 2100 ext. 88363
Fx: 1 416 487 6851
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Dr. Anne Russon
Professor, Psychology Department, Glendon College of York University
Anne E. Russon is a Professor of Psychology at Glendon College of York University in Toronto, Canada. Since 1989, she has been studying intelligence and learning in ex-captive Bornean orangutans rehabilitated and released to free forest life. Studies have been affiliated with orangutan projects in Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Indonesian Borneo, and Orangutan Reintroduction Projects in East and Central Indonesian Borneo. She has published numerous research and popular articles on orangutan intelligence, scholarly and popular books on great ape intelligence. She has contributed to several documentaries on orangutans as scientific advisor and participant. She serves on advisory boards for several orangutan support organizations (Alchemy Films, Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation–Indonesia, the Orangutan Conservancy, Orangutan Network) and is the Executive Director of the Borneo Orangutan Society of Canada.
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