News & Updates

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...

Vancity has awarded PIMS a $6000 Community Project Grant to establish peer mentoring programs in Vancouver East Side Schools. Vancity’s grant program is investing for positive change in the community...

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences is now accepting nominations for the 2013 PIMS Education Prize. The winner receives $1000.The prize will be awarded to a member of the PIMS...

“Hugh Clough Morris was admired and respected by all who knew him. [He] was a life-long friend of the sciences in Canada. In addition to his memberships in the Geological Association of Canada (GAC)...

Mathematics of Planet EarthMEDIA RELEASE December 7, 2012 The Mathematics Community Unites to Focus on Global IssuesFrom modelling to prediction, better math will help the world advance MONTREAL...