Annual Report 2005 - Fields Institute - University of Toronto

Camp participants
Math Camp Program 2004
The Esso/CMS Math Camp Program started in 1999 with
three camps, and the program has now grown to include
at least one camp in every province. The support received
from the Fields Institute, NSERC PromoScience, the other
research institutes, and the host universities enabled the
Canadian Mathematics Society to ensure these camps were
accessible to students from across Canada who demonstrated
an excellence and interest in mathematics.
In 2004, there were thirteen regional math camps in ten
provinces, as well as a national camp. Over three hundred
and fifty students participated in these math camps. The
2004 regional camps took place at Sir Wilfrid Grenfell
College, the University of New Brunswick (Fredericton),
Dalhousie University, University of Prince Edward Island,
Université du Québec à Rimouski, the University of Ottawa
(two camps – one in English and one in French), Brock
University, the University of Western Ontario, the University
of Regina, the University of Manitoba, the University
of Alberta, and Simon Fraser University. The University of
Western Ontario was also the host of the National Math
Camp which took place from June 5 to 12.
The Math Camp Program has been an undoubted success
for all of the associated partners. The comments from both
the student participants and the organizers were extremely
positive. These camps are not only valuable in motivating
students to do mathematics and science, but they also
stimulate all of those involved by enriching their teaching
M a t h e m a t i c s E d u c a t i o n
accordingly. It is one of the Society’s priorities to continue
to support these camps and help create new ones.
2005 CMS Canadian Mathematics Education Forum
May 6–8, 2005
Held at the University of Toronto
Co-chairs: Florence Glanfield (Saskatchewan), Frédéric
Gourdeau (Laval) and Bradd Hart (McMaster)
The 2005 Canadian Mathematics Education Forum was
held May 6-8, 2005 on the campus of the University
of Toronto, with some events taking place at the Fields
Institute. It was organized under the aegis of the Canadian
Mathematical Society, with the support of the Fields Institute.
Planned over a two year period by the three co-chairs,
with input from a program committee of 36, it attracted
over 200 participants drawn in roughly equal numbers
from K-12 teachers, from mathematics education researchers,
and from mathematicians. A deliberate effort was made
to ensure balanced participation by region, and simultaneous
translation was provided for all plenary sessions. In
2003, the CMS’s previous forum was held in Montreal,
stimulating a national discussion about mathematics education
and setting the stage for the 2005 event. The CMS
has announced its intent to sponsor similar forums every 2
or 3 years.
The purpose of the 2005 forum was to engage in a national
and on-going dialogue about important issues and
concerns in the development and future of mathematics
education in Canada, at all levels of schooling. The overall
theme of the forum was “Why Teach Mathematics?”, a
‘Sharing success’ presentations
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