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Back to the Root Neil Trudinger is an Australian mathematician who during his undergraduate degree was trying to decide between math and physics. “I had a job in a BHP laboratory working with...

Articles from both CBC News and the University of Saskatchewan College of Arts and Science highlight new Math Mania initiatives for Aboriginal students. U of S spreads love of math to First Nations...

Deputy Director of the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical SciencesUniversity of British Columbia, Vancouver Applications are invited for the position of Deputy Director of the Pacific Institute...

PIMS invites nominations of outstanding young researchers in the mathematical sciences for postdoctoral fellowships for the year 2014-2015. Candidates must be nominated by at least one scientist or by...

Math Mania in TahsisAt the end of April 2013, a team of PIMS volunteers ventured to the remote community of Tahsis for a Math Mania event. The team of four – Melania Alvarez, Sachiko Noguchi and Laura...

CSI: Cedar Science Investigators July 15, 2013 - by Heather Amos Forestry student Ashley Dobko hopes to unlock the secrets of B.C.’s past old growth trees. Photo: Don Erhardt, UBC Tree detectives...

June 19, 2013 About 100 Aboriginal children in rural BC will be able to attend math summer camps hosted by the University of British Columbia thanks to a $30,000 gift from the RBC Foundation. The...

"When she graduates from Britannia Secondary School this month, Shaniece Angus will be the first Aboriginal person in the school's history to pass calculus. The 18-year-old First Nations student is...

The Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM), the Fields Institute, and the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) invite nominations for the joint CRM-Fields-PIMS prize, awarded in...

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) is currently welcoming applications for support of conferences, workshops, summer schools, Distinguished Visitors, Focus Periods...

This prize, awarded by the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, recognizes individuals who have played a major role in encouraging activities which have enhanced public awareness and...

CAIMS and PIMS are pleased to announce that Prof. Serdar Yuksel of Queen's University has been awarded the 2013 CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Award in Applied Mathematics. Prof. Yuksel received his MSc in...