Connecting the dots: Mathematics communication in the 21st century
Slides on communicating mathematics.
TIFF 2017: Movie magic from math and science
My article in The Conversation reviewing two movies at TIFF 2017.
The Naylor Report – what is it and why it matters
Science research in Canada While at a conference on graph searching in Crete this last week, I met Greek mathematicians and computer scientists who now live and work in places abroad. Their departure was owing in part to the economic crisis in 2010 in their home country. Compared to Greece, Canada is in a better place economically,…
“Let’s not do math today”
Kids learn by example A classroom of kids cheer with joy. Later that day a boy runs in the front door of his house and says: “Mom, teacher said we didn’t have to do math today!” Sound like fiction? It’s not. A mathematician colleague of mine told me that her son experienced this in his elementary school. Some kids…