Past Events
Educational, Workshop
SFU Math Camps for Students
June 29–30, 2011
Simon Fraser University
Educational, Workshop
SFU Math Camps for Students
June 27–30, 2011
Simon Fraser University
Every year, during the last week of June, we are hosting regional CMS Math Camps for students from grades 8, 9 and 10. The CMS Math Camps, which are organized annually at several universities across Canada, are designed to provide students in grades...
Educational, Summer School
SFU Math Camp for Teachers
June 27–30, 2011
Simon Fraser University
For the first time this year, we will be offering a Math Camp for Teachers, June 27 - 30, 2011, at the SFU Burnaby Campus. The Camp is designed for teachers who teach mathematics in middle and high school. This year's theme is "Teaching Through...
Educational
Math Mania
June 8, 2011
University of British Columbia
This Math Mania is being presented as part of Experience Science Day 2011. What is Math Mania:Math Mania presents a variety of interactive demonstrations, puzzles, games and art such as soap bubbles, 'get your goat' (Monty Hall game), the penny game...
Educational
Math Workshop
May 20, 2011
University of British Columbia
Educational, Workshop
Sharing Math 2011 -- Cultural Perspectives
May 19, 2011
Okanagan College (Vernon Campus)
Educational, Workshop
A Taste of Pi
May 14, 2011
Simon Fraser University
We are happy to continue our series “A Taste of Pi”. The fifteenth 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 – Interdisciplinary...
Educational, Conference
Alberta Colleges Math Conference
May 5–6, 2011
University of Calgary
Instructors will spend a day or two sharing information and current events and developments in the mathematical sciences in Alberta colleges and universities, and hear research presentations and pedagogical talks. The participants are new and...
Industrial, Lunchbox Lecture
Mathematics and Palaeontology - An Unlikely Pair? No!
May 5, 2011
University of Calgary
Palaeontology has traditionally focused on describing new fossils and determining the relationships and evolutionary history of extinct life forms. Sometimes, it even attempts to understand how the unusual animals of the past would have gone about...
Educational
Junior Math Contest
May 4, 2011
University of Calgary
This is a 90-minute mathematics contest which takes place every spring.The exam is primarily for Grade 9 students. However, all junior high students attending schools in Calgary and surrounding districts are eligible. The exam is written by...