The Canadian Mathematical Society is pleased to announce the introduction of a new Fellows Program. The Inaugural Class of Fellows consists of 49 members from the Canadian mathematical community. The Inaugural Class of Fellows will be recognized at the CMS Winter Meeting Banquet, Sheraton Wall Centre, Vancouver, December 9, 2018.
The International Mathematical Union (IMU) is leading a project to declare an International Day of Mathematics (IDM). It is calling for bids to host a website for the IDM.
The International Mathematical Union (IMU) is leading a project to declare an International Day of Mathematics (IDM) and is running a competition to design a logo for IDM.
OTTAWA, ON — The Canadian Mathematical Society, (CMS) is pleased to announce that the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing (CEMC), is the recipient of the 2018 Adrien Pouliot Award. Professor Ian VanderBurgh will accept the award on behalf of the CEMC at the CMS Winter Meeting in Vancouver, BC, December 7-10, 2018 .
Dr. Mark Lewis (Alberta), president of the CMS is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Termeh Kousha as the Exective Director of the Canadian Mathematical Society, effective September 1, 2018.
OTTAWA, ON - The Canadian Mathematical Society is pleased to announce that Dr. Keith Taylor (Dalhousie) has been named the recipient of the 2018 Graham Wright Award for Distinguished Service. Dr. Taylor will receive his award at the CMS Winter meeting in Vancouver, BC December 7-10, 2018.
OTTAWA – Math Team Canada 2018 returns from the 59th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in Cluj, Romania with five Silver medals and one Bronze medal. The six team members competed separately, answering six grueling questions in a competition lasting two days, four and a half hours each day. More than 600 high school students wrote the 2018 IMO.
OTTAWA, ON - The Canadian Mathematical Society is pleased to announce a partnership with Cambridge University Press for the publication of the Canadian Journal of Mathematics and the Canadian Mathematical Bulletin.
OTTAWA, Ontario — The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) is pleased to announce two recipients of the 2018 G. de B. Robin Award - Professor Patrick Ingram and Dr. Anastasia Stavrova. The G. de B. Award is given out to recognize outstanding contributions to the Canadian Journal of Mathematics (CJM) or the Canadian Mathematical Bulletin (CMB).
OTTAWA, ON – The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) is pleased to announce that Canada’s six top math students are on their way to compete at the 59th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in Romania, July 3 – 14, 2018.
OTTAWA, ON – The Canadian Mathematical Society is pleased to announce that Dr. Thomas Hutchcroft (Cambridge) is named the 2018 Doctoral Prize recipient. Dr. Hutchcroft will present a prize lecture and receive his award at the CMS Winter meeting in Vancouver, BC, December 7-10, 2018.
OTTAWA, ON – The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) is pleased to announce that Professor Anthony To-Ming Lau (Alberta) has been named the recipient of the 2018 David Borwein Distinguished Career Award for his exceptional, continued, and broad contributions to mathematics. Lau will receive his award and present at Prize Lecture at the upcoming CMS Winter meeting in Vancouver, BC, December 7-10, 2018.
OTTAWA, ON - The Canadian Mathematical Society is pleased to announce the results of the 50th Canadian Mathematical Olympiad (CMO), Canada’s premier mathematics competition which was written by nearly 90 students from more than 50 different schools on March 28, 2018.
OTTAWA – The Canadian Mathematical Society is pleased to announce that Professor Maksym Radziwill (McGill) has been named the recipient of the 2018 Coxeter-James Prize. Professor Radziwill will receive his award and present a prize lecture at the CMS Winter Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, December 7-10, 2018.
The Canadian Mathematical Society is pleased to announce that its first-ever team to compete in the European Girls Mathematical Olympiad has returned from Italy, medals in hand.
Happy International Women's Day! Below a link to the film Faces of Women in Mathematics supported by the Committee for Women in Mathematics of the International Mathematical Union and featuring 243 women mathematicians from 36 different countries and speaking 31 different languages. Please spread the film as widely as possible. Thank you.
The Canadian Mathematical Society is currently seeking an individual with enthusiasm, initiative, and a strong interest in supporting the development of the Canadian Mathematical community, to be its next Executive Director. The mission of the CMS is to promote the discovery, learning and application of mathematics in Canada. The CMS enhances the practice of mathematics in Canada through national conferences and publishing research journals, books, and newsletters in both print and electronic formats.
OTTAWA — The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) is pleased to announce that Professor Gary MacGillivray (Victoria) has been named the 2018 recipient of the CMS Excellence in Teaching Award. Professor MacGillivray will present a prize lecture and receive his award at the CMS Winter Meeting at the University of New Brunswick, June 1-4, 2018.
OTTAWA – The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) is pleased to announce that Professor Megumi Harada (McMaster) has been named the recipient of the 2018 Krieger-Nelson Prize for her research on Newton-Okounkov bodies, Hessenberg varieties, and their relationships to symplectic geometry, combinatorics, and equivariant topology, among others. Professor Harada will receive her award and present a prize lecture at the CMS Summer meeting in Fredericton, New Brunswick, June 1-4, 2018.
OTTAWA, ON – The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) is pleased to announce that Professor Gordon Slade (UBC) has been named the recipient of the 2018 CMS Jeffery-Williams Prize for his exceptional contributions to mathematics research. Slade will receive his award and present a prize lecture during the CMS Summer Meeting in Fredericton, New Brunswick, June 1-4, 2018.
The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) is saddened to share news of the passing of Professor Florin Diacu (Victoria). Diacu served as Vice President of the CMS until July 2017.
OTTAWA, ON- The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) is pleased to announce the members of Canada’s first-ever team to compete in the European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO) in Florence, Italy, April 9-15, 2018. EGMO Math Team Canada is:
OTTAWA, ON - On November 2, 2017, a record number of students wrote the Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge (COMC).The event took place in thousands of locations across Canada and internationally with nearly 6,000 students competing to qualify for the 2018 Canadian Mathematical Olympiad (CMO).The gold medal winners, who had perfect papers, are: