Professor Peter Adams, P.C.

B.A. (Hons.), Sheffield University
M.Sc., McGill University
Ph.D., McGill University

Research and Teaching Interests:

Peter Adams' research focuses on biological and hydrological aspects of ice and snow. He has studied the mass balance of the White and Baby Glaciers and aspects of the limnology of Colour Lake in Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut. Prof. Adams was M.P. (Peterborough), 1993-2006. Among other things, he was Chair of the Government Caucus on Post Secondary Education and Research and Canada's representative to the Parliamentarians of the Arctic.

Prior to his political career, Prof. Adams taught courses in Human and Physical Environments, Climatology, Snow and Ice Hydrometeorology, the Geography of Polar Regions and Watershed Ecosystems. Throughout his career, he has maintained active research interests in Canadian polar science, education and governance of polar regions and the ethics and practice of research in the North. (When searching publications, use "Peter Adams" and "W.P. Adams")

Selected Recent Publications:

Adams, W.P., The McGill Axel Heiberg Expeditions: reconnaissance year, 1959. Information North (Arctic), 2009, in press.

Adams, W.P. and C.H. Taylor (eds) Peterborough and the Kawarthas, 3rd Edition, 2009.

Adams, W.P., Trent, McGill and The North,: A Study of Canada's Growth as a Sovereign Polar Nation, Cover to Cover Publications, Peterborough, Ontario, ISBN 978-0-9784368-0-3, 2007, 221p.

Adams, W.P., Science and politics, lessons learned? Physics in Canada, July-August 2006, 169-172.

Adams, W.P., Canada, the Antarctic and the Madrid Protocol, Arctic, 2003, 56, 4, 3-4.

Cogley, J.G. and W.P. Adams, Remote sensing resources for monitoring glacier fluctuations on Axel Heiberg Island, Arctic, 2000, 53, 3, 248-259.