Edward Doolittle

Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies & Associate Professor of Mathematics, First Nations University

Edward Doolittle is Kanyen’kehake (Mohawk) from Six Nations in southern Ontario.  He earned a PhD in pure mathematics (partial differential equations) from the University of Toronto in 1997.  From then until 2001 he worked for Queen’s University’s Aboriginal Teacher Education Program, helping to administer the program and teaching Indigenous mathematics education, and from 2000 to 2001 he studied the Mohawk language in immersion with Onkwewenna Kentsyohkwa (Our Language Group) on Six Nations.  From 2001 he has been on the faculty of First Nations University and the University of Regina, currently as Associate Professor of Mathematics and Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Programs.  He is a Fellow of the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS), a recipient of the Adrien Pouliot Award from the CMS in recognition of significant contributions to mathematics education in Canada, and recipient of a Governor General’s Gold Medal.

Dr. Doolittle serves on the PIMS Board of Directors and the PIMS Indigenous Engagement Committee.

Edward Doolittle
Scientific, Distinguished Lecture
9th Annual Richard & Louise Guy Lecture: Edward Doolittle
September 18, 2014
University of Calgary
One sometimes hears that the indigenous peoples of the Americas are for some reason not predisposed to be able to do mathematics. This belief is surprising, since the mathematical traditions of the Western Hemisphere prior to European contact were...