1972 Member - Inquiry into Mining and Related Activities
1974 Chairman - Task Force on Crown Timber
1975 - 1976 Commissioner - Royal Commission on Forest Resources
1981 - 1982 Commissioner - Management of Pacific Salmon Fisheries
1983 Inquiry for Government on Federal Water Policy
1979 - 1987 Investigator and advisor for United Nations on fisheries and timber resources
Dr. Pearse has provided inspiring leadership not only to his university students and associates but also to govenments and members of the publich in British Columbia, Canada, and throughout the world.