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FYMSiC News
Announcements
It is that time of year . . . for some early Spring cleaning of your FYMSiC Profile! 🙂
FYMSiC Profiles are a good way to look up our members for collaborations, common interests, advice on teaching a course, and so much more.
We have over 100 FYMSiC members who signed up. Let’s make that number bigger. 🙂
If you already have a FYMSiC Profile:Â
- Take a few minutes to update it with anything new you have to share! (e.g., New courses? Outreach Activities? Publications? Projects? Interests?)
If you do not have a FYMSiC Profile:
- Please visit www.firstyearmath.ca .
- In the toolbar at the top of the page, click on ‘Register’. (Note that if you registered for a FYMSiC account prior to April 2024, you will need to register again to access FYMSiC profiles as we started on a clean slate.)Â
- On the Create an Account web page, fill out Account Details (username with no spaces, email, and password) and Profile Details (full name, position/job title, institution/company, state/province/territory, and country). After filling in all required fields, click on ‘Complete Sign Up’.
- You will have to wait about 48 hours or less to be verified. Once the FYMSiC Team checks your Account and Profile Details, you will receive an email that you are approved.
- After the email, you can log into your account and fill in your profile with as much information as you feel comfortable sharing: courses taught, research interests, research projects, publications, and resources. Please think of keywords that would be easily searchable. For example, you can write the course code, but this may not mean anything to someone at a different institution. So, provide a short description of the course such as ‘several variables calculus’. Check out the FYMSiC Profiles of the FYMSiC Team to see how you might want to format your FYMSiC Profile.
- You can edit your information at any time when logged into your account. We will contact individuals to do an update ‘spring-cleaning’ once or twice a year.
- If you wish for your FYMSiC Profile to be deleted, please email: Andie Burazin a.burazin@utoronto.caÂ
If you have any questions or comments, please contact Andie Burazin: a.burazin@utoronto.ca
We will send out a reminder in two weeks if you have not busted out your mops with buckets, brooms, dust cloths, vacuums, and soap on your FYMSiC Profile.
Thanking PIMS and CMS for their support!
YAY for FYMSiC Profiles! 🙂
Bonjour, FYMSiC! 🙂
Thanks to our fabulous FYMSiC friend, Thierry Duchesne (Laval), we have an exciting new position to share! See below in French and English. 🙂
We have a new postdoc opportunity in my department.
Bonjour à toutes et tous,
Le Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM) et l’Université Laval sont heureux d’annoncer la création d’un poste de stagiaire postdoctoral pour une jeune chercheuse ou un jeune chercheur en mathématiques ou en statistique pour l’année académique 2025-2026.
La bourse postdoctorale CRM-Laval est attribuée à une chercheuse ou un chercheur prometteur qui a récemment obtenu ou prévoit d’obtenir un doctorat en sciences mathématiques ou en statistique. La bourse offre une allocation annuelle d’au moins 42 000 $ CAN pour un an, avec possibilité de renouvellement pour une deuxième année. Les gens peuvent en savoir plus sur cette opportunité et postuler à l’adresse suivante jusqu’au 16 mars : https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/26248.
Merci de diffuser cette annonce aussi largement que vous le pourrez.
Cordialement.
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Hello to all,
The Centre de Recherches Mathématiques (CRM) and Université Laval are pleased to announce the creation of a postdoctoral fellowship position for an early-career researcher in mathematics or statistics for the 2025-2026 academic year.
The CRM-Laval Postdoctoral Fellowship is awarded to a promising researcher who has recently obtained or expects to obtain a Ph.D. in mathematical sciences or statistics. The fellowship provides an annual stipend of at least CAD 42,000 for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a second year. People interested can learn more about this opportunity and apply at the following address until March 16: https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/26248.
Please share this announcement as widely as possible.
Best regards.
Go Canada, FYMSiC! 🙂
Ciao FYMSiC! 🙂
An exciting math education event by SIMIODE, thanks to Brian Winkel (Director, SIMIODE).
SIMIODE EXPO 2025, 14 – 16 February 2025
Call for Participation – SIMIODE EXPO 2025
Our exciting keynote speakers are Cynthia Nicol, The University of British Columbia, on “Pedagogies Supporting the Well-being of the Self, Community, and Land,” and the team of Feryal Alayont – Grand Valley State University; Korana Burke – University of California, Davis; Erin Griesenauer – Eckerd College; Jeremy Shaw – Oregon State University-Cascades; Rohit Thomas – University of California, Davis, on “Ethical Reasoning: An Essential Component of Mathematical Modeling.”
Please find more information here: Fall 2025 SIMIODE EXPO 2025 Announcement
Participate, FYMSiC! 🙂
Congratulations
Awards
Petra Menz (Senior Lecturer, Simon Fraser University) received the 2024 Faculty of Science Excellence in Teaching Award at Simon Fraser University.
Press release: https://www.sfu.ca/science/news/2024-news/2024TeachingAwards.html
Jerrod Smith (Associate Professor (Teaching), University of Calgary) received the 2024 Killam Undergraduate Mentorship Award at the University of Calgary.
Press release: https://www.ucalgary.ca/news/killam-research-and-teaching-awards-recognize-outstanding-mentorship-education
Annoucement
Amenda Chow is now an Associate Professor Teaching Stream in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Toronto.
Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication
to mathematics and statistics education!
For past FYMSiC News, please visit the Past News.
FYMSiC Online Teaching Meetups
Online Teaching Meetups are a great virtual space to have a conversation about math and stats teaching and learning with students and educators. Each meetup has a specific theme such as ‘How to teach ‘em math proofs in first-year and beyond?’ or ‘What is CEGEP?’ or ‘Transitioning to university: high school teachers’ experiences and views’, which may be accompanied by a couple of presentations – but for sure, a healthy, therapeutic and cathartic dialogue is always there about teaching and learning!
Upcoming meetup …
♦ Tuesday, February 25th, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. EST
Most recent meetup …
♦ Tuesday, January 28th, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. EST
Title: Building Thinking Classrooms at Post-Secondary [Presentation Slides]
Presenter: David Martin (Red Deer Polytechnic)
Abstract: The Building Thinking Classroom (BTC) framework has revolutionized K–12 math education, helping students engage deeply and think critically. Its success has sparked growing popularity, and now, it’s making waves in post-secondary education!
Join Dave as he shares how he’s brought BTC to life in his post secondary-level classes. Discover how to shift students from mimicking solutions to truly thinking for themselves, empower them to explore and find answers independently, and rethink traditional practices. Whether you’re new to BTC or looking to expand its use, this meetup will inspire fresh ideas and practical strategies for your classroom!
Save the date …
♦ Thursday, March 20th, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. EDT
For past FYMSiC Online Teaching Meetups & Events and Resources mentioned and discussed, please visit the Meetups page.
Other Math & Stats Education Events
♦ May 8th, 2025 [Online]: 2025 FYMSiC One-day Online Conference: Am I convinced?
♦ June 6th — June 9th, 2025 [In Person]: 2025 Canadian Mathematical Society Summer Meeting, Quebec City, Quebec
♦ 2025 Weekly Spring/Summer [Online]: Computer Programming for math learners (and educators!)
♦ June 13th — June 17th, 2025 [In Person]: 2025 Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group 49th Annual Meeting, Lethbridge, Alberta
♦ August 18th — 21st, 2025 [Online]: 2025 MACAS (Mathematics and its Connections to the Arts and Sciences), University of Moncton, Moncton Campus, New Brunswick
Fields Institute Mathematics Education Forum
Meeting Information: http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/centres/centre-mathematics-education
The Fields Institute Mathematics Education Forum promotes discussion of issues in mathematics education at all levels, with special emphasis on education in the Province of Ontario. The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences serves as the host of the Forum, but does not determine the agenda or the conclusions of the Forum. It is the goal of the Forum to consider objectively new ideas and diverse views in mathematics education, to facilitate consensus and to promote the enhancement of mathematics education in Ontario and Canada.
The Forum’s mandate is to foster the development of new ideas, methodologies and materials with respect to possible changes that could improve education in mathematics, and to work for the implementation of such changes.
University of Waterloo Mathematics Teaching Seminar
The Mathematics Teaching Seminar at the University of Waterloo is a biweekly meeting featuring discussions on undergraduate mathematics teaching. Participants in the seminar include lecturers, research faculty, and graduate students from all four of Waterloo’s mathematics departments and the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, as well as faculty members and teaching enthusiasts from around the world. Those who would like to attend are encouraged to reach out to the organizers, Burcu Tuncer Karabina and Chelsea Uggenti.Â
FYMSiC Newsletter
Current issue …
Issue 15 – July 22nd, 2024
Our sixteenth issue is coming out in January 2025. If you wish to contribute to our Newsletter, please visit the Newsletter page.
Please send your contributions in Microsoft Word or LaTex (source) formats to:Â newsletter@firstyearmath.caÂ
For the sixteenth newsletter issue, the contribution deadline is on Friday, January 31st, 2025, by 11:59 p.m. (PST).Â
FYMSiC Latest Share ….
From David Martin (Red Deer Polytechnic) fun game from an online teaching meetup (Jan 28th):
Read the instructions and have fun with NUMBERS.
See how high you can count in the game, FYMSiC! 🙂
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FYMSiC Recent Publications
- Jungić, V. (2025). Contemporary Math Research for Artistic Undergrads, The Art of Mathematics Podcast.
- Jungić, V. (2024). On the Language Diversity in the Mathematical Community, Maple Transactions, 4(4).
- Jungić, V. (2024). No Strangers at This Party, Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 71(10).
- Jungić, V. (2024). Farewell Teaching, Notes of the Canadian Mathematical Society, 56(5).
- Jungić, V. (2024). A Poetic Visualization of the Process of Mathematical Discovery, Maple Transactions, 4(2).
- Listiarini, L., & Jungić, V. (2024). An Intersection of Haida Culture and Mathematical Exploration, U(t)-Mathazine, 9, 23.
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