Dr. Joseph Khoury named recipient of the 2017 Graham Wright Distinguished Service Award (Oct 12)
OTTAWA – The Canadian Mathematical Society is pleased to announce that Dr. Joseph Khoury (Ottawa) is named the 2017 recipient of the Graham Wright Award for Distinguished Service. Dr. Khoury will be presented the award at the CMS Winter meeting in Waterloo, December 8-11, 2017.
Richard Hoshino named 2017 Adrien Pouliot Recipient (Sep 1)
The Canadian Mathematical Society is pleased to announce that Richard Hoshino (Quest) is the recipient of the 2017 Adrien Pouliot Award for significant and sustained contributions to mathematics education in Canada.
Math Team Canada 2017 wins Olympiad gold, silver and bronze (Jul 26)
Math Team Canada 2017 returns from the 58th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with five medals and one honourable mention. Team leader James Rickards says the 2017 IMO was the “the most difficult IMO yet; only 7 out of more than 600 students obtained marks on problem #3.”
Alan Beardon receives the 2017 G. de B. Robinson Award (Jun 16)
The Canadian Mathematical Society is pleased to announce that Dr. Alan Beardon has been named the recipient of the 2017 G. de B. Robinson Award for his paper on Non-discrete frieze groups published in the Canadian Mathematical Bulletin (Canad. Math. Bull. 59 (2016), 234-243).
2017 CMS Excellence in Teaching award winner Professor Bernard Hodgson (Jun 14)
Professor Bernard Hodgson (Université Laval) has been named the recipient of the 2017 CMS Excellence in Teaching Award. Hodgson will receive the award and present a prize lecture at the CMS Winter Meeting in Waterloo, Ontario, December 2017.
Dr. Konstantin Tikhomirov to receive the 2017 CMS Doctoral Prize (Jun 14)
The Canadian Mathematical Society is pleased to announce that Dr. Konstantin Tikhomirov has been named the recipient of the 2017 CMS Doctoral Prize. Tikhomirov will receive the award and present a prize lecture during the CMS Winter Meeting in Waterloo, Ontario, December 2017
Math Team Canada Poised to Take on the World (Jun 9)
The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) is pleased to announce that Canada’s six top math students are on their way to compete at the 58th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in Rio de Janeiro July 12 – 23, 2017.The six students were chosen by the Canadian Mathematical Society IMO committee, largely based on the results of the Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge (November 2016) and the Canadian Mathematical Olympiad (March 2017).
Math Team Canada 2017 is: Qi Qi (Burnaby); Ruizhou Yang (Vancouver); Thomas Guo (Markham); Ruiming (Max) Xiong (Calgary); Victor Rong (Toronto); William Zhao (Toronto)
Math Team Canada 2017 is: Qi Qi (Burnaby); Ruizhou Yang (Vancouver); Thomas Guo (Markham); Ruiming (Max) Xiong (Calgary); Victor Rong (Toronto); William Zhao (Toronto)
49th Canadian Mathematical Olympiad Winners (May 19)
The top winners in the 49th Canadian Mathematical Olympiad (CMO) are:
FIRST PRIZE and the Canadian Mathematical Olympiad Cup – Thomas Guo
SECOND PRIZE – Rui Ming (Max) Xiong
THIRD PRIZE – Victor Rong
FIRST PRIZE and the Canadian Mathematical Olympiad Cup – Thomas Guo
SECOND PRIZE – Rui Ming (Max) Xiong
THIRD PRIZE – Victor Rong
Professor Sabin Cautis to receive the 2017 CMS Coxeter-James Prize (Mar 29)
The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) is pleased to announce that Professor Sabin Cautis (University of British Columbia), an internationally recognized researcher and an expert in geometric representation theory and categorification, has been named the recipient of the 2017 CMS Coxeter-James Prize for his outstanding contributions to mathematical research.
Cautis will receive his award and present a lecture at the CMS Winter Meeting in Waterloo, Ontario, December 8-11, 2017.
Cautis will receive his award and present a lecture at the CMS Winter Meeting in Waterloo, Ontario, December 8-11, 2017.
Stephanie van Willigenburg to receive the 2017 CMS Krieger-Nelson Prize (Mar 7)
The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) is pleased to announce that Professor Stephanie van Willigenburg (University of British Columbia) has been named the recipient of the 2017 CMS Krieger-Nelson Prize for her exceptional contributions to mathematical research.
Prof. van Willigenburg will present a lecture and receive her award in conjunction with the Mathematical Congress of the Americas in Montreal in July 2017.
Professor Robert McCann to receive the 2017 CMS Jeffery-Williams Prize (Feb 27)
The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) is pleased to announce that Professor Robert McCann (University of Toronto) has been named the recipient of the 2017 CMS Jeffery-Williams Prize for his exceptional contributions to mathematical research.
McCann will receive his award and present a lecture at the beginning of the Mathematical Congress of the Americas in July 2017.
McCann will receive his award and present a lecture at the beginning of the Mathematical Congress of the Americas in July 2017.
New Editors-in-Chief of Canadian Journal of Mathematics Announced by the CMS (Jan 17)
The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) is pleased to announce that Louigi Addario-Berry and Eyal Goren of McGill University have been appointed as the incoming Editors-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Mathematics (CJM).
Top Students Recognized in Canada’s Premiere National Mathematics Competition (Jan 12)
Three students have tied for top national honours after competing with 6,550 students across the world in Canada’s premiere national mathematics competition on November 3, 2016.
Thomas Guo (Olympiads School, North York, Ont.), Rui Ming Xiong (Western Canada H.S., Calgary, Alta.) and Daniel Zhou (Centennial Collegiate, Saskatoon, Sask.) have been recognized as the top Canadian students in the 21st annual Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge (COMC) sponsored by Sun Life Financial.
