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​​The 2024 CMS Education Meeting (Online) is happening again thanks to the success of the inaugural meeting. Complementing the in-person mathematics education sessions at the Summer and Winter CMS meetings, the 2024 CMS Education Meeting (Online) will feature fabulous plenary talks and wonderful presentations on a variety of themes in mathematics education, as well as provide ample time for comments and discussion. These education meeting (online) will take place over two days and prior to the in-person CMS Winter meeting.
The organization and the registration for this event will be handled by the CMS. For those who register for the in-person CMS Winter meeting, the registration for the preceding online meeting is free.
The 2024 CMS Education Meeting (Online) is scheduled for Friday, November 22nd, 2024, (from 17:00 EST to 20:00 EST), and Saturday, November 23rd, 2024, (from 11:00 EST to 15:00 EST). Information about the meeting (schedule, themes, etc.) will be posted on the CMS website.
Plenary Lectures
Brent Davis (University of Calgary)
Friday, November 22 | 5pm EST
Brent Davis is from northern Alberta, where he taught secondary school mathematics through most of the 1980s. His research is focused on the educational relevance of recent developments in the cognitive and complexity sciences, and his principal interest is teachers’ disciplinary knowledge of mathematics. Over the past 12 years, through the “Math Minds” project, he has worked with multiple western Canadian school districts to improve the learning of mathematics.
Robert Dawson (Saint Mary's University)
Saturday, November 23 | 11am EST
Robert Dawson did his undergraduate degree in mathematics and physics at Dalhousie, and a PhD at Cambridge. He has taught mathematics courses ranging from statistics to differential equations at Saint Mary's University for more than thirty years, and has done research on topics ranging from lichenometry to higher-dimensional category theory. In his spare time, he writes science fiction. He believes that the world needs more bicycles.
Rates
Registration fees are applicable for those not attending the 2024 CMS Meeting in person. If you are attending the CMS Meeting in person, you can add this meeting to your registration without charge. The meeting will take place online over Zoom on November 22, and 23. Links will be mailed out to attendees the week before the meeting.
Call for CMS MathEd (Online) Meeting Presentation Proposals
The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) welcomes and invites education presentation proposals for its event, the 2024 CMS MathEd (Online) Meeting from
Friday, November 22nd, 2024, (from 17:00 EST to 20:00 EST), and
Saturday, November 23rd, 2024, (from 11:00 EST to 15:00 EST)
For this meeting, we will accept proposals on any theme in mathematics education.
Education presentation proposals will be selected by the CMS Meeting Education Session Committee, which will also schedule the accepted sessions, in communication with their proposer(s).​
Proposals should include:
(1) Names, affiliations, and contact information of the presenter(s). This is a fantastic opportunity for early career researchers and practitioners to propose presentations.
(2) A title and brief abstract of the presentation.
All presentations will be of the standard CMS length: 20-minute presentations + 5-10 minute Q&A.
The deadline for the presentation proposals is September 27th, 2024. There is a limited number of presentation spots.
Preferences will be given to early submissions.