Awards

Ailana Fraser: Canadian Math Society's 2012 Krieger-Nelson Prize (2012)

Ailana Fraser has been awarded the Canadian Math Society's 2012 Krieger-Nelson Prize. The prize was inaugurated in 1995 to recognize female mathematicians who have made outstanding contributions to mathematical research. Information about the Kriege-Nelson Prize: http://cms.math.ca/Prizes/info/kn... read more

Dragos Ghioca: Ribenboim Prize (2012)

Dragos Ghioca has been named the winner of the 2012 Ribenboim Prize. This prize is awarded every two years by the Canadian Number Theory Association for distinguished research in Number Theory. See http://www.cs.uleth.ca/%7Ecnta2012/CNTA12-RibenboimAnnounce.htmlread more

Nassif Ghoussoub: Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

Nassif Ghoussoub has been awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal to "honour [his] significant contributions and achievements". See http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=14019&lan=engread more

Fok-Shuen Leung: Killam Teaching Prize (2012)

Fok-Shuen Leung was a recipient of a 2011-12 Killam teaching prize, recognizing outstanding contributions made by teaching faculty. See http://vpacademic.ubc.ca/killam-teaching-prizes/killam-teaching-prize-aw...read more

Mark MacLean: PIMS Education Prize (2012)

Mark MacLean is the recipient of the 2012 PIMS Education Prize. This prize, awarded by the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, recognizes individuals who have played a major role in encouraging activities which have enhanced public awareness and appreciation of mathematics, as well as... read more

Young-Heon Kim: Sloan Research Fellowship (2012)

Young-Heon Kim has been awarded a 2012 Sloan Research Fellowship. These prestigious two year fellowships seek to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise. The awards recognize distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial... read more

Department Teaching Awards (2012)

The Department Teaching Awards were awarded to one postdoctoral fellow, Deniz Karli , and to three graduate students, Rebecca Hiller , Ed Kroc and Ali Vakil. These awards recognize outstanding teaching performances from our postdoctoral fellows and graduate students.read more

Jiaxing Wang: Globalink Graduate Fellowship Award (2012)

Jiaxing Wang has received the Globalink Graduate Fellowship Award. More information is available at http://www.mitacs.ca/globalinkread more

Ian Frigaard: President of the CAIMS*SCAIM (2011)

Ian Frigaard has been elected President of the CAIMS*SCAIM (Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society) Board. Ian's term will be 2011-2013.read more

Ian Frigaard: CAIMS/MITACS Industrial Mathematics Prize (2011)

Ian Frigaard has been awarded the 2011 CAIMS/MITACS Industrial Mathematics Prize. This award recognizes exceptional research, conducted primarily in Canada, in any branch of industrial mathematics. The citation recognizes Ian's distinguished contributions to the theory of dynamics of non-Newtonian... read more