Ivars Peterson

Ivars Peterson (born 4 December 1948) is a Canadian mathematics writer of Latvian descent.

Early life Peterson was born to Arnis Pētersons (1926-1992) and his wife Zelma Alīde (nee Zosēns) (1923-2012), displaced persons from war-torn Latvia. In 1950, after emigrating to Canada as a child, he settled in McKenzie Island, part of the municipality of Red Lake in northwestern Ontario. In 1956, his family moved to Caribou Falls, and two years later to the city of Kenora and then to Toronto.

Peterson received a B.Sc. in Physics and Chemistry and a B.Ed. in Education from the University of Toronto. of Excellence for the Integration of the Arts, Rhetoric and Science at East Tennessee State University. He gave a four lectures on how math is integral in our society and our universe. He also taught a course entitled "Communicating Mathematics".

In 2007, Peterson was named Director of Publications for Journals and Communications at the Mathematical Association of America.