At the end of December, Governor General Julie Payette announced Anne Innis Dagg will be appointed to the Order of Canada for her contributions to the modern scientific understanding of the giraffe.

The latest cohort of appointments to the Order of Canada include many people whose accomplishments have had an impact around the world, including pioneering biologist Anne Dagg.

Anne Innis Dagg may not be a household name like other women who devoted their lives to similar fields of study, but her 1956 solo trip to South Africa pre-dates even icons like Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, and was an unprecedented accomplishment at the time.