Full Name: James Russell Gunson
Born: Sheffield, England, 1 March 1944
Education:

• King Edward VII School, Sheffield (1955-62)
•   University College, Oxford University (B.A, First Class,. in Mathematics, 1965)
• Durham University (Ph.D. in High Energy Physics, 1968)
• Carleton University (Post-doctoral Fellow 1968-70)
• U.B.C. (M.Ed. in Higher Education 1988)
• S.F.U. (M.Sc. in Computing Science, 1989)

• Wife: Bertha Gunson (ne Penner), B. Mus., Voice Teacher
  
• Daughter : Gillian Heather Ruth Gunson, B.A. (Music), B.Sc. (Computer Science)
  

• Instructor in Mathematics (Douglas and Kwantlen Colleges) 1970- 1994,  including:
  
• Vice-President of the Douglas College Faculty Association (1976-78)
• Intern in the Office of Institutional Research and Planning, U.B.C. (1980-81)
  
• Chair of Kwantlen University College Education Council (1996-20)
• Chair of CoEdCo (The Council of Education Councils of British Columbia) (1997-99)
  

• Computer Algebra Systems (Maple)
• Institutional Research
  

• A Maple-based linear algebra text
• A Maple package for the symbolic manipulation of linear algebra objects
• Maple Routines to manipulate blockmatrices

• Potting
• Singing (choral)
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