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Dr. Bird completed her B.Sc. in Biology from the University of Waterloo and M.Sc. and Ph.D in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Guelph, where she specialized in Nutritional Toxicology.  She has been recognized by the American Association for Cancer Research for her discovery of a novel method to identify early precancerous changes in the colon.  This process is now used internationally to identify the risk of developing colon cancer, and potential cancer- preventing agents.  

In 1991, Dr. Bird received the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council's Women in Science Career Award at the University of Manitoba, where she served as professor, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, and the Dean of the Faculty of Human Ecology.  In 2003, she was appointed Dean of Graduate Studies at the University of Waterloo.