Past Events

Math teachers workshop at Hudson elementary from 9:00 to 12:00 Facilitator: Melania Alvarez Location: Henry Hudson Elementary 1551 cypress Street Vancouver 604-713-5441

For large oil and gas heterogeneous fields, vast amounts of seismic, geologic and dynamic reservoir data yield high-resolution geological models. These models involve mega (million) to giga (billion) grid block cells. Recent advances in the...

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, the Set Game, the 'Game of 24', kaleidoscopes and hexaflexagons, Nim, Tower of Hanoi, the...

The Mathamagical Hoop: A Learning Circle sponsored by the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences Facilitated by Allison Sanders - Through the Hoop & Learning Circles with Alex Wells - World Champion Hoop Dancer. Come explore with Artists...

Lectures have been widely criticized as a method of teaching, but remain a standard component of most university mathematics courses. Does this necessarily harm students' education? This critical review contends that many arguments against lecturing...

K-7 Teachers workshop, September 27 Start time: 8:30AM Finish Time: 2:30PM

Teachers from all grade levels enlightened parents on several strategies to increase math performance. Parents were given several handouts and website suggestions to help students.

In preparation for the West Coast National Event of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Vancouver from September 18-21, the UBC Statistics Department, the UBC Mathematics Department and the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS...

"John Mighton may well become the nation's math conscience. He not only knows that all children can master genuine mathematics but has repeatedly proved so with his brilliant, no-nonsense ...program."-- Andrew Nikiforuk, education writer and award...