Bailey completed his undergraduate degree at Dalhousie University. Through summer job opportunities at the Nova Scotia Geological Survey, he was introduced to the expansive world of Quaternary geoscience. During the school year, Bailey would work in the Cosmic Ray Isotope Sciences at Dalhousie Laboratory (CRISDal). It was at CRISDal where he would be able to further develop his passion for Quaternary geoscience by researching glaciotectonics and later completing an Honour’s Thesis on glacial deposits in southwestern Nova Scotia.
The scale, quantity, and diversity of Quaternary research in the Canadian Arctic led Bailey to pursue a MSc at the University of Alberta. Bailey now works at the interface of scientific advancement and community engagement. His project provides valuable input to the Hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk as they seek to find potential relocation sites due to accelerating coastal erosion. Bailey’s goals in collaboration with the community, are to produce a series of surficial geology and permafrost feature maps for the potential relocation sites and produce larger regional maps. He also plans to take this further by predicting relationships between surficial geology and ground ice while quantifying landscape change in the region. The CREATE LEAP program provides Bailey with a diverse set of skills to effectively apply his research in the north.
