Education
Pearson was educated at the University of Durham, where he took a Bachelor of Science Degree in geology in 1963, then at Imperial College, London, graduating Doctor of Philosophy and Doctorate.I.C. in 1967.
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He is a professor of earth sciences and science communication at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. Joining the teaching staff of Laurentian University in 1969, Pearson was the founding director of Science North, the city"s interactive science museum, from 1980 to 1986. He retained an advisory position with Science North after 1986, and returned as science director in 2007 following the departure of Alan Nursall from the institution.
He now serves as Senior Science Advisor to Science North and as Laurentian University"s co-director of its Science Communication program
Pearson also hosted science-oriented television programming, including TVOntario"s Understanding the Earth and MCTV"s syndicated The World Around Us, in the 1980s. Pearson was the co-chair of the 2009 Ontario Expert Panel on Climate Change Adaptation.
