I received my BSc (Honours Math) and MSc from Carleton University in Ottawa and my PhD in Mathematics from the University of British Columbia where I studied the theory of knots and Alexander invariants of links. From my graduation in 1977 until 1985 I taught in the Mathematics Department at the University of British Columbia and at International College in Vancouver. I joined the faculty at the College of the Rockies in 1985 where I have taught Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, and Astronomy. Each spring I tour the province for Scientists and Innovators in the Schools giving Mathematics and Science presentations to school children. I became a member of the Education Council at the College of the Rockies in 2001 and have been its chair since 2004. I was vice chair of the British Columbia Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics and Statistics (BCcupms, the mathematics articulation committee) from 2003--2008 and have been its chair since 2008.
In my spare time, I try to understand the transition from Romanesque to Gothic architecture. In France and in 2008 my wife, daughter and I did a bicycle tour of Romanesque churches in Burgundy and in 2012 we did a similar tour in Catalonia. I am also very active in music. I have studied piano with Cecilia Ignatieff, classical guitar with Michael Strutt, voice with Winona Denys, and renaissance lute with Victor Coelho. For many years I was harpsichordist with the Vancouver Baroque Ensemble. I was assistant editor of the Journal of the Lute Society of America where my article ``Regular Meantone Temperaments Applied to Francesco da Milano appeared. My current project is to edit all the extant music of the French piano virtuoso and composer Henri Bertini (1798--1876).
James Bailey 15:47, 3 October 2012 (EDT)
