You can edit almost every page by Creating an account. Otherwise, see the FAQ.

Gordon Edwards

From EverybodyWiki Bios & Wiki

Gordon Edwards
Born1940 (age 83–84)
Canada
🎓 Alma materUniversity of Toronto
University of Chicago
💼 Occupation

Gordon Edwards is a Canadian. Edwards was born in Canada in 1940, and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1961 with a gold medal in Mathematics and Physics and a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship. At the University of Chicago he obtained two master's degrees, one in Mathematics (1962) and one in English Literature (1964). In 1972, he obtained a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Queen's University.[1][not in citation given]

From 1970 to 1974, he was the editor of Survival magazine. In 1975 he co-founded the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility, and has been its president since 1978.[citation needed]

In 1972–73, Edwards was the assistant director of a nationwide study of the Mathematical Sciences in Canada conducted under the auspices of the Science Council of Canada.[citation needed]

Edwards has written articles and reports on radiation standards, radioactive wastes, uranium mining, nuclear proliferation, the economics of nuclear power, non-nuclear energy strategies.[citation needed] He has been featured on radio and television programs including David Suzuki's The Nature of Things, Pierre Berton's The Great Debate, and many others.[citation needed] He has worked as consultant for governmental bodies such as the Auditor General of Canada, the Select Committee on Ontario Hydro Affairs, and the Ontario Royal Commission on Electric Power Planning.[citation needed] He is a retired teacher of mathematics at Vanier College in Montreal.[2]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Nuclear Waste Management in Sweden
  2. "CEGEP Vanier College, Mathematics Department Faculty list". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2016-09-16. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

External links[edit]



This article "Gordon Edwards (scientist)" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Gordon Edwards (scientist). Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.