Past Events
Educational, Conference
Changing the Culture 2010
May 21, 2010
Simon Fraser University
Friday, May 21, 2010 IRMACS theatre, SFU Burnaby 8888 University Drive Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6 Canada This Year's Changing The Culture Conference is linked with the 2010 CMESG meeting, which will be taking place at SFU Burnaby May 21 - 25...
Educational, Conference
Changing the Culture 2010
May 21, 2010
Simon Fraser University
This year's Changing The Culture Conference is linked with the 2010 CMESG meeting, which will be taking place at SFU Burnaby from May 21st to 25th.
Educational
Sharing Math: towards student engagement
May 20, 2010
Simon Fraser University
This year's Sharing Math Conference follows the BCCUPMS articulation meeting (May 18-19) and proceeds the Changing the Culture Conference (May 21) which is linked with the 2010 CMESG meeting taking place at SFU Burnaby May 21-25.
Industrial, Lunchbox Lecture
Power System Planning and Operation Under Uncertainty
May 18, 2010
University of Calgary
Electrical Energy Systems are on the edge of a significant revolution in their operation and planning. Great interest is being directed towards increased integration of renewable or "clean" energy sources such as wind- and solar-based generation, and...
Industrial, Lunchbox Lecture
Building a better math teacher: some (surprising) research into teachers' disciplinary knowledge
May 13, 2010
University of Calgary
There is a long-standing assumption that more effective mathematics teaching is linked to taking more courses in mathematics. Unfortunately, despite extensive efforts, there is virtually no proof to support this suspicion. That dearth of evidence has...
Educational
ELMACON 2010
May 8, 2010
University of British Columbia
Educational, Workshop
28th Annual Greater Vancouver Regional Science Fair
April 8–10, 2010
University of British Columbia
Educational
Math Mania - Victoria
March 25, 2010
University of Victoria
Demonstrations of fun methods to teach math and computer science concepts to students, teachers and parents through games and art. Registration is open to the public; however, interested parties (other than parents/students/teachers) should contact...
Industrial, Lunchbox Lecture
The Seven Millennium Problems and the Riemann Hypothesis
March 16, 2010
University of Calgary
At the turn of the new millennium the Clay Institute in Boston had a small group of eminent mathematicians propose what they thought would be the seven most important mathematical questions for the 21st century. The prize for solving any of these...
Educational
Teacher Presentations
March 5, 2010
Bella Bella, BC