Nick Eyles holds a MSc (Memorial University), a PhD (East Anglia) and D.Sc. (Leicester) and is Professor of Geology at the University of Toronto Scarborough where he has taught for almost 40 years. His prime research interest is in glacial geology and has much experience of field work on modern glaciers and ice sheets from Antarctica to the Arctic together with the Pleistocene and pre-Pleistocene sedimentary records of ancient ice ages. He has been at Toronto since 1982 when he was awarded an NSERC University Research Fellowship and has authored more than 250 publications in leading scientific journals on ice age geology and environmental urban geology. He has worked with the International Ocean Drilling Program on board the drillship Resolution. Recent sabbaticals have been held in Brazil, Australia and the US.

Nick has edited books on glacial geology (‘Glacial Geology: An Introduction for Engineers and Earth Scientists’ published by Pergamon), co-edited a book on paleoclimate (‘Earth’s Glacial Record’ published by Cambridge University Press) and urban geology (‘Environmental Geology of Urban Areas’) published by the Geological Association of Canada.

Nick is an award-winning author of the ‘Rocks’ series of books published by Fitzhenry and Whiteside such as ‘Toronto Rocks’ (1998 with L. Clinton), ‘Ontario Rocks’ (2002, reprinted 2010) and ‘Canada Rocks: The Geologic Journey’ (2007) with Andrew Miall (Toronto Star ‘Science Book of the Year’ and reprinted in 2018), ‘Canadian Shield – The Rocks that Made Canada’ (2011), ‘Road Rocks - Geological Wonders of Ontario’ (awarded ‘Best Field Guide’ by the Geoscience Information Society for 2012). and Georgian Bay: A unique North American Ecosystem (edited: 2018 which was awarded the Floyd. S. Chalmers Medal by the Champlain Society). A biography of J. Tuzo Wilson (Unlikely Revolutionary: J. Tuzo Wilson and Plate Tectonics) is to be published shortly by University of Toronto Press.

After completing a five part series with CBC on the geology of Canada aired in 2008), Nick was on the road with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for seven months in 2009-10 as host of Geologic Journey –World a five part ‘Nature of Things’ series with David Suzuki. ‘Tectonic Europe’, ‘Along the African Rift’, ‘Pacific Rim West’, ‘Pacific Rim: The Americas’ and ‘Asia: Collision Zone’ aired in late October 2010. The series has been one of the most watched CBC documentaries to date: a re-airing of ‘Pacific Rim West’ in the wake of the March 2011 Tohoku Earthquake in Japan had more than 1 million viewers. The series is widely used in schools and a teacher’s guide is available from CBC. The series was nominated for 3 Gemini awards.

In 2012, Nick was awarded the Geosciences in the Media Award from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists for contributions to public understanding of geology. He has also been awarded the McNeil Medal by the Royal Society of Canada, E.R. Ward Neale Medal by the Geological Association of Canada, and from the Professional Geoscientists of Ontario and Geoscientists Canada. In 2018, he was awarded the Principal’s Research Award at UTSC.