Past Events

Between July 2-July 31, the IRMACS Centre will host the first SFU Academic Summer Camp for Aboriginal Students. The main goal of the camp is to help Aboriginal students currently in grades 8-11 to accelerate in mathematics and English. In addition...

Every year, during the last week of June, or the first week of July, SFU hosts a regional CMS-PIMS Math Camp for students from grades 8, 9 and 10. These camps are sponsored by grants from the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) and from the Pacific...

Every year, during the last week of June, or the first week of July, SFU hosts a regional CMS-PIMS Math Camp for students from grades 8, 9 and 10. These camps are sponsored by grants from the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) and from the Pacific...

This Changing the Culture Conference was dedicated to our esteemed friend and colleague Katharine Louise Borgen (1946 - 2014) Changing the Culture 2014: Fostering Curiosity Date: Friday, May 16th, 2014 Location: SFU-Vancouver at Harbour Centre, 515 W...

The annual Changing the Culture Conference, organized and sponsored by the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, brings together mathematicians, mathematics educators and school teachers from all levels to work together towards narrowing...

Registration for this conference is free and optional, but would help with organizing. Online registration is available here.

At the 16th annual PIMS Elementary Math Contest (ELMACON), students from grades 5, 6, and 7 will compete in separate divisions, each of which is comprised of three rounds: Sprint, Target (both written) and Countdown (a verbal one-on-one competition)...

A Taste of Pi is Back! We are happy to continue our series “A Taste of Pi”. The twentieth part of this successful series of talks and activities for high school students will be offered this spring by the SFU Department of Mathematics, and IRMACS –...

The 4th Aboriginal Math K-12 Symposium is an opportunity for teachers, administrators, Ministry representatives, community members, and academics to connect, explore, imagine and share new ideas, resources and research on Aboriginal mathematics...

Happy New Year! Start off the term with Liz Barrett's workshop on math teaching and problem-solving and nurture mathematical talent in every student! Let JUMP Math expand your knowledge of math, develop your confidence as a math teacher, and make...