ArcticNet Student Association
University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada
Joscelyn N.‐L. Bailey was born in Kingston, Jamaica. Upon relocating to Canada, he grew up in Scarborough Ontario. In 2000 he began an undergraduate degree at the University of Waterloo in Earth Sciences; Geology Specialization. It was there that he found a fondness for arctic research while undertaking a B.Sc. thesis under the guidance of Thomas W.D. Edwards in Applied Tree‐ring studies (Title: Isotope Dendroclimatology Studies in the Peace‐Athabasca Delta, Alberta). In 2005, he began a Masters in Earth Sciences; Paleoclimate and Geochemistry again under the supervision of T.W.D. Edwards (Title: Reconstruction of Paleoclimate Time‐ Series in the Peace‐Athabasca Delta, Northern Alberta, from Stable Isotopes in Tree‐Rings). During this research he had stints in Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories and Fort Chipewyan, Alberta. Mr. Bailey is currently pursuing PhD studies at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, using Rock‐Eval, organic petrology, stable isotopes, and mercury analysis techniques as a tool to identify environmental and climatological changes and linkages in the Arctic Archipelagos under the supervision of Dr. Gary Stern, Peter Outridge, Hamed Sanei. He currently holds a Research Affiliate position with the Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. Non‐Academic interests currently include, but are not limited to, Muay Thai/Kick Boxing, and volunteering with the National Service Dogs (Puppy Trainer). He is also current the Vice President of the ArcticNet Student Association.
