“The world will never see another Jane Goodall,” Bella Lam, CEO of the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada, told about 1,500 people gathered at a memorial service Saturday for the late British conservationist and researcher.

Goodall, renowned for her work with chimpanzees, died in her sleep of natural causes at age 91 last month.

The 2 p.m. memorial, at Convocation Hall at the University of Toronto, was held by the Canadian chapter of the global non-profit organization founded in 1977.

The service opened with a cello performance of “Ave Maria,” followed by Lam’s introductory remarks, which included a synopsis of Goodall’s life from her birth in 1934 to her time studying wildlife in Africa, and her groundbreaking discovery that chimpanzees make and use tools.

“It’s her stories that b

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