2022 Celebration of Women in Mathematics
Details
PIMS- UBC is pleased to be hosting the inaugural PIMS celebration of Women in Mathematics on May 12! The event will be held in a hybrid format. To attend the event in person at UBC, go to Earth Sciences Building (ESB) - 2012. Details of the event are as follows:
Schedule: (all times Pacific)
- 10:00am-10:50am PIMS Network-Wide Colloqium by Matilde LalÃn (U. Montreal).
- (10 minute Break for refreshments)
- 11:00am-11:05am Welcoming From PIMS administrators
- 11:05am-11:35am Interactive Trivia Game
- 11:35am-11:55am Presentation on life of Maryam Mirzakhani
- (5 minute break)
- 12:00pm-12:50pm Panel Discussion (Panel: Manuela Golban (U. Saskatchewan), Avleen Kaur (U. Manitoba), Deniz Sezer (U. Calgary), Rekha R. Thomas (U. Washington))
- 12:50-Closing remarks.
Video Montage Call for submissions:
If you are a woman or member of another gender-based minority group in mathematics, please consider contributing a short video recording to our montage by May 3rd, 2022.
For the content of the video(s):
- The video will be shared at the PIMs event on May 12th, both with in person attendees and virtual attendees.
- The video can be as simple as you like, e.g. recorded with a phone or computer.
- You are welcome to record it individually or with a group.
- Please keep your video between 10 and 20 seconds long.
- Please begin with a statement similar to the following: "Hi my name is ________ and I am a __________(e.g. Master's student, PhD student, PostDoc, Professor, etc..). I study ______."
- You are welcome to include more details, if you would like to, after the opening statement.
- Please separately record a video clip where you say the following: "And You belong in math too!" These separate clips will be turned into a compilation at the end of the video montage.
For sending your recording:
- Google drive: upload your file to the folder at the following link https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PiJvehIK3iXIR9BHYcIPZGzgRbIolItw?usp=sharing
- iCloud: upload your file to the folder at the following link: https://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive/04eXy8WNYGNGhc0Yxr9O4E44A#PIMS_May_12_2022_videos