Past Events

The annual Changing the Culture Conference, organized and sponsored by the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, brings together mathematicians, mathematics educators and school teachers from all levels to work together towards narrowing...

Registration for this conference is free and optional, but would help with organizing. Online registration is available here.

At the 16th annual PIMS Elementary Math Contest (ELMACON), students from grades 5, 6, and 7 will compete in separate divisions, each of which is comprised of three rounds: Sprint, Target (both written) and Countdown (a verbal one-on-one competition)...

In many physical processes, one is interested in mixing and obstructions to mixing: warm air currents mixing with cold air; pollutant dispersal etc. Analogous questions arise in pure mathematics in dynamical systems and Markov chains. In this talk, I...

The classical theorem of Edouard Helly (1913) is a masterpiece of geometry. In the simplest form it states that if a family $\Gamma$ of convex sets in $R^n$ has the property that every $n+1$ of the sets have a non-empty intersection, then all the...

Mathematical analysts are typically a careful sort. We sweat over the tiniest details to ensure proofs are rock-solid. The advent of fast and easy to use computers revolutionized science, engineering and some areas of mathematics. Oddly though, most...

A Taste of Pi is Back! We are happy to continue our series “A Taste of Pi”. The twentieth part of this successful series of talks and activities for high school students will be offered this spring by the SFU Department of Mathematics, and IRMACS –...

The 4th Aboriginal Math K-12 Symposium is an opportunity for teachers, administrators, Ministry representatives, community members, and academics to connect, explore, imagine and share new ideas, resources and research on Aboriginal mathematics...

Sustained oscillations occur in complex networks in contexts as diverse as physiology, gene regulatory networks and neural networks. Despite intensive research effort, important questions remain about the sources of oscillations in large networks...

Happy New Year! Start off the term with Liz Barrett's workshop on math teaching and problem-solving and nurture mathematical talent in every student! Let JUMP Math expand your knowledge of math, develop your confidence as a math teacher, and make...