Gordon Edwards (scientist)
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Gordon Edwards | |
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| Born | 1940 (age 83–84) |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto University of Chicago |
Gordon Edwards (b. 1940) is the president and co-founder of the nonprofit organization Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility.[1]
Edwards was born in Lansdowne, Ontario and grew up in Toronto.[1] His parents were both pharmacists, and he was the youngest of five children.[1] He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1961 with a gold medal in Mathematics and Physics and a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship.[2] He later obtained two master's degrees from the University of Chicago, and in 1972, he obtained a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Queen's University.[2] He taught mathematics at Vanier College in Montreal.[1]
Edwards gained public profile after he debated Edward Teller, the famous physicist and ‘father of the hydrogen bomb’, on live Canadian national television on October 17, 1974.[3] The Great Debate was moderated by Canadian television personality and author, Pierre Berton. The resolution debated was: “nuclear power plants are necessary and should be constructed.” Dr. Edwards argued against the proposition and won by 60 to 36 votes.[4]
Since then, Edwards has been featured on Canadian national television broadcasts and in documentaries as a critic of the nuclear industry.[5] He was featured on two episodes of the CBC’s The Nature of Things hosted by David Suzuki. The first, in 1998, was called The Friendly Atom and considered how nuclear technology has been used for peaceful purposes and for war. Edwards and Alex Mayman, Vice-President of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., were interviewed in the episode.[6] The second, in 2010, was called My Nuclear Neighbour and looked at small towns in Ontario and Alberta hosting or considering nuclear reactors. The episode featured Edwards alongside Duncan Hawthorne, the president and CEO of Bruce Power, the world’s largest operating nuclear facility.[7] In 2011, Edwards was interviewed over 20 times about the Fukushima nuclear crisis on CBC Television News, CTV Television News, and Canada-AM (CTV).[8]
Edwards has published numerous articles and reports on radiation standards, radioactive wastes, uranium mining, nuclear proliferation, the economics of nuclear power, and non-nuclear energy strategies.[citation needed][9] Edwards co-authored a 1976 nation-wide study of the role of the mathematical sciences in business, industry, government, education and science in seven volumes. Mathematical Sciences in Canada was commissioned and published by the Science Council of Canada.[10]
Edwards has provided consulting services on nuclear issues to governmental and non-governmental bodies at the provincial, territorial, national and international levels. He has also provided invited testimony and expert sworn testimony to legislative bodies, commissions, and courts.[11] He has worked as a 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.[9] In 2006, he received the Nuclear-Free Future Award in the "education" category.[12]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Buchignani, Walter (2 July 1989). "Math teacher aims to solve nuclear puzzle; Introducing . . . Gordon Edwards". Montreal Gazette. pp. A2. ProQuest 431822022 – via ProQuest.
- ^ a b Saunders, Graham (17 April 2023). "Nuclear waste questions continue to multiple". The Chronicle-Journal. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ Dotto, Lydia (November–December 1978). "The Great Nuclear Debate". Science Forum: 41–46.
- ^ The Great Debate, October 17, 1974, Global Television. 1974 Nuclear Debate : G Edwards vs E Teller (TV 48m)
- ^ CCNR Audio-visual Directory, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility
- ^ The Nature of Things, March 26, 1998, CBC Television, The Friendly Atom (46m)
- ^ The Nature of Things, February 11, 2010, CBC Television, My Nuclear Neighbour - Intro, Reel Time Images
- ^ Fukushima Audio-Visual Directory, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility
- ^ a b Curriculum Vitae – Gordon Edwards, March 2024
- ^ Beltzner, Klaus P., Edwards, Gordon D., Coleman, Albert John. Mathematical Sciences in Canada. Science Council of Canada, 1976. ISBN: 0660003880, 9780660003887
- ^ In the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Case No. 1:16-cv-01641, Beyond Nuclear, et al., Plaintiffs, vs U.S. Department of Energy, et al, Defendants, Document 19-2 Filed 11/29/16
- ^ Hardeen, George (2006-12-12). "Six honored with Nuclear-Free Future awards at 2006 World Uranium Summit". Navajo-Hopi Observer. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
External links
[edit]- The Great Debate: Gordon Edwards vs Edward Teller
- How I Became a Nuclear Skeptic
- Canada and the Bomb: Past and Future Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
- "Expert weighs in on nuclear power". Archived from the original on 2008-01-29.
- Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility
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