Gordon Edwards (scientist)

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Gordon Edwards is the president^[1] and co-founder^[2] of the nonprofit organization Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility. 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]

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.^[3]

• Anti-nuclear movement in Canada

• 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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