Jay Ingram CM (born March 20, 1945) is a Canadian author, broadcaster and science communicator.

His book The End of Memory: A Natural History of Aging and Alzheimer's was published by St. Martin's Press in 2015.

Ingram hosted the science program Quirks and Quarks on CBC Radio One from 1979 (when he took over the show from David Suzuki) to 1992 (when he was succeeded by Bob McDonald).

[2][3] In 1993, Ingram hosted The Talk Show, a CBC Radio series about language, winning the "Science in Society Journalism Award" for his efforts.

[6] On June 12, 2024 he was awarded "Doctor of Science, honoris causa DSc" from The University of Western Ontario.