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ANNUAL REPORT.Indd The Canadian Mathematical Society promotes the advancement, discovery, learning and application of mathematics. La Société mathématique du Canada favorise l’avancement, la découverte, l’apprentissage et l’application des mathématiques. Canadian Mathematical Society Société mathématique du Canada 209-1725 St. Laurent Blvd. 209-1725 boul. St. Laurent Ottawa, ON K1G 3V4 Ottawa, ON K1G 3V4 T: 613-733-2662 T: 613-733-2662 F: 613-733-8994 F: 613-733-8994 CMS 2012 ANNUAL REPORT / RAPPORT ANNUEL DE LA SMC 2012 4 / 49 TABLE OF CONTENTS / TABLE DES MATIÈRES The Canadian Mathematical Society / Société mathématique du Canada. .6 President’s Report / Rapport du président. 8 Executive Director Report / Rapport du directeur exécutif. 11 Treasurer’s Report / Rapport du trésorier. 17 Committee Reports: Bilingualism . 18 Education. 18 Electronic Services. .19 Endowment Grants. 20 Finance. 20 International Affairs. 21 Invested Funds. 21 Mathematical Competitions. .22 Nominating. .25 Publications. 26 Research. .27 Student. 29 Women in Mathematics. 35 CANADIAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY / SOCIÉTÉ MATHÉMATIQUE DU CANADA www.cms.math.ca / www.smc.math.ca CMS 2012 ANNUAL REPORT / RAPPORT ANNUEL DE LA SMC 2012 5 / 49 Annex A: CMS Financial Position (Dec. 31, 2012). 36 CMS Revenue - Operations Fund (Dec. 31, 2012) . .37 CMS Revenue - Restricted Funds (Dec 31, 2012). 38 Annex B: CMS Board of Directors and Committees. 39 Annex C: CMS Editorial Boards. .44 Annex D: CMS Offices. 46 Annex E: 2012 Individual Donors. .47 Annex F: 2012 Sponsors and Partners. .48 CANADIAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY / SOCIÉTÉ MATHÉMATIQUE DU CANADA www.cms.math.ca / www.smc.math.ca CMS 2012 ANNUAL REPORT / RAPPORT ANNUEL DE LA SMC 2012 6 / 49 CANADIAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIÉTÉ MATHÉMATIQUE DU SOCIETY CANADA The voice of mathemati cs since 1945 La voix de mathémati ques dépuis 1945 WHY MATH POURQUOI LA MATHÉMATIQUE Mathemati cal thinking and abiliti es are criti cal Une pensée mathémati que et des capacités en success factors that fuel both nati onal and personal mathémati que sont des éléments de réussite prosperity. Mathemati cs allows economies to essenti els pour assurer la prospérité nati onale be understood and business sectors to functi on. et personnelle. La mathémati que permet aux Mathemati cs helps individuals understand, model, économies d’être comprises et aux secteurs d’aff aires and change the world around them. Mathemati cs is de foncti onner. La mathémati que aide les parti culiers creati ve. Mathemati cs is beauti ful. Mathemati cs is à comprendre, à modéliser et à changer leur univers. universal. And mathemati cs is vitally important to the La mathémati que est une discipline reposant sur la success of our nati on, our enterprises, and our lives. créati vité. La mathémati que est la beauté même. La To nurture that success, the Canadian Mathemati cal mathémati que est universelle. Et la mathémati que Society (CMS) promotes the advancement, discovery, est d’une importance vitale pour la réussite de notre learning and applicati on of mathemati cs in Canada. pays et de nos entreprises et pour notre réussite personnelle. Pour favoriser cett e réussite, la Société HISTORY mathémati que du Canada (SMC) s’est donnée pour In 1945 a group of mathemati cians met in Montreal mandat de promouvoir et de favoriser la découverte as the Canadian Mathemati cal Congress. The group’s et l’apprenti ssage des mathémati ques, et les aim was to try and collecti vely initi ate important applicati ons qui en découlent à travers le Canada. mathemati cal developments in Canada. This meeti ng led to the development of the Canadian HISTORIQUE Mathemati cal Society (CMS). The CMS has since En 1945, un groupe de mathémati ciens se sont réunis evolved into Canada’s voice of mathemati cs as à Montréal sous le nom de Canadian Mathemati cal the nati onal professional society for Canadian Congress. Le groupe souhaitait lancer les fondements mathemati cs. d’importantes percées en mathémati que au Canada. Cett e rencontre a entraîné la créati on de la Société ABOUT US mathémati que du Canada (SMC). La SMC est The CMS is all about mathemati cs. It’s about devenue la voix de la mathémati que du Canada en sa mathemati cs research and discovery. It’s about qualité de société professionnelle nati onale pour la mathemati cs educati on and learning. It’s about mathémati que au Canada. mathemati cs in daily life and in business. And it’s about nurturing a strong and dynamic Canadian À PROPOS DE NOUS mathemati cs community from coast to coast to Tout à la SMC gravite autour de la mathémati que. coast. Il est questi on de recherche et de découvertes en mathémati que. Il est questi on d’enseignement et The CMS is a volunteer and member-based, not- d’apprenti ssage de la mathémati que. Il est questi on for-profi t, federally registered charity. The CMS de mathémati que au quoti dien et dans le milieu des membership encompasses professors, teachers, aff aires. Et il est questi on d’appuyer une collecti vité students, parents, universiti es, CEGEPs, colleges, mathémati que canadienne bien portante et schools, corporati ons, individuals, and other math dynamique d’un océan à l’autre. societi es from Canada and around the world. The CMS Board of Directora has representati on from La SMC est une œuvre charitable d’inscripti on across Canada and CMS committ ees engage every fédérale, sans but lucrati f et composée de membres manner of interest in mathemati cs. CMS sponsors et de bénévoles. On compte parmi les membres include major corporati ons as well as federal and de la SMC des professeurs, des enseignants, des CANADIAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY / SOCIÉTÉ MATHÉMATIQUE DU CANADA www.cms.math.ca / www.smc.math.ca CMS 2012 ANNUAL REPORT / RAPPORT ANNUEL DE LA SMC 2012 7 / 49 provincial governments. étudiants, des parents, des universités, des CEGEP, des collèges, des écoles, des sociétés, des particuliers WHAT WE DO et d’autres sociétés mathématiques du Canada et The CMS promotes and publishes research. The CMS d’ailleurs dans le monde. Le conseil de direction engages math educators to share experiences and de la SMC compte des membres représentant best practices. The CMS provides extra-curricular diverses régions du Canada, et les comités de la learning experiences for general enrichment and SMC contribuent activement à tous les domaines advanced study. The CMS promotes mathematics to d’intérêt en mathématique. La SMC compte parmi advance career aspirations. The CMS gives voice to ses commanditaires de grandes sociétés et les the Canadian mathematics community. And the CMS gouvernements fédéral et provinciaux. nurtures and celebrates Canadian math excellence on the domestic and international stage. CE QUE NOUS FAISONS La SMC encourage la recherche et publie les résultats. Much of what CMS does targets Canada’s youth. Elle incite les enseignants en mathématique à CMS develops and holds math competitions, stages partager leur expérience et des pratiques exemplaires. national and regional math camps, publishes a La SMC offre des occasions d’apprentissage en dehors high school problem-solving magazine, provides des salles de classe à ceux qui cherchent à enrichir scholarships, and develops web-based resources. The leurs connaissances et à approfondir leurs études. La CMS also stages the high school team, Math Team société fait la promotion de la mathématique comme Canada, that represents Canada at the International moyen à préconiser pour faire avancer sa carrière. La Mathematical Olympiad. SMC est la voix de la collectivité mathématique du Canada. Enfin, elle appuie et souligne l’excellence en Every facet of study, careers, and everyday life relies, mathématique au Canada, tant au niveau national to one degree or another, on mathematics. The qu’international. development of math skills fuels our ability to reason, to organize, and to solve problems – all key skills to Une grande partie des activités de la société vise understanding and addressing the complexities of life. les jeunes du Canada. La SMC crée et organise des Because math is so important, the CMS promotes and concours de mathématique, organise des camps advances ‘the doing of math’ across Canada. de mathématique nationaux et régionaux, publie une revue destinée aux étudiants du secondaire où l’on retrouve des problèmes à régler, décerne des bourses d’études et offre des ressources sur le Web. La SMC est aussi responsable de l’équipe d’étudiants du secondaire représentant le Canada à l’Olympiade internationale de mathématiques. Tous les aspects des études, du travail et de la vie quotidienne dépendent à des degrés variables des mathématiques. Le développement des compétences mathématiques alimente la capacité de raisonner, d’organiser et de résoudre des problèmes – toutes des compétences essentielles pour comprendre et surmonter les difficultés de la vie. Puisque les mathématiques sont si importantes, la SMC fait la promotion et favorise l’avancement de l’activité mathématique partout au Canada. CANADIAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY / SOCIÉTÉ MATHÉMATIQUE DU CANADA www.cms.math.ca / www.smc.math.ca CMS 2012 ANNUAL REPORT / RAPPORT ANNUEL DE LA SMC 2012 8 / 49 PRESIDENT’S REPORT RAPPORT DU PRÉSIDENT President - Keith Taylor (Dalhousie) Président - Keith Taylor (Dalhousie) As the nati onal En tant que porte-parole nati onal, la SMC représente mathemati cs organizati on, la profession et la communauté mathémati ques the CMS represents the auprès de l’industrie, des gouvernements et du grand mathemati cs profession public. Nos Réunions et nos publicati ons jouent un and community to rôle important en recherche et en enseignement des government, industry mathémati ques. Nos camps mathémati ques, nos and the general public. concours et autres acti vités enrichissent également Our meeti ngs and l’expérience mathémati que des étudiants, et notre publicati ons make programme de bourses du fonds de dotati on permet important contributi ons to des contributi ons uniques pour l’essor général de la mathemati cal research and communauté mathémati que.
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