News Archive
The news archive contains news shorts about members of the Math Catcher project. You may filter our archives by year, or search for explicit keywords.
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012 |
Math Catcher's workshop proposal was accepted for the 18th Annual Provincial Conference on Aboriginal Education, happening from November 22 through November 24 in Vancouver at the Westin Bayshore Hotel. |
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Friday, September 14, 2012 |
The Sliammon version of the animated film "Small Number and the Basketball Tournamnet" has been completed. Take a look:http://vimeo.com/49393925.
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Thursday, September 13, 2012 |
For this year's iteration of Math Catcher's "Aboriginal Students in
Math and Science" workshop, that is scheduled for October 23, the IRMACS Centre will host a group of about 60 Aboriginal high school students for a
day of hands-on mathematics. This is the event schedule: |
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012 |
The Math Catcher Project was part of the presentation that the SFU Faculty of Science prepared for Mr. Morgan Sturdy, the Co-founder and the first Chair of ACETECH. The Math Catcher was represented by Jessica Humchitt, Stephani Monkman, and Veselin Jungic. |
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Saturday, September 8, 2012 |
The Blackfoot version of the animated film "Small Number and the Basketball Tournamnet" has been completed. Take a look: http://vimeo.com/48966475. |
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Monday, September 3, 2012 |
Here is a preview of Simon's work on the newest Small Number adventure.
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012 |
Ms. Betty Wilson recorded the Sliammon version of the story “Small Number and the Basketball Tournament”. The story has also been included in the Sliammon language segment of the First Voices website: http://www.firstvoices.com/en/Sliammon/story
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Friday, August 24, 2012 |
Ms. Loretta Todd and Veselin Jungic discussed a possible contribution of the Math Catcher Program to Ms. Todd's proposal to the APTN for a children's series abouth math and science. |
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012 |
Mr. Benson Nookemis from the Nuu-Chah-Nulth Nation recorded his narration of the Huu-ay-ahd version of the story "Small Number and the Old Canoe". |
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Sunday, August 12, 2012 |
Veselin Jungic, Jessica Humchitt, and Alejandro Erickson submitted an application to present a workshop titled "Math Catcher Outreach Program" at the 18th Annual Provincial Conference on Aboriginal Education that will be held in Vancouver, BC, in November 2012. |
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Wednesday, August 8, 2012 |
Mr. Dexter Anaskon recorded his narration of the story "Small Number and the Skateboard Park". The recorhing is available here. |
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012 |
In a lengthy conversation, Donna Kotsopoulos, an Associate Professor in mathematics education at Wilfrid Laurier University, and Veselin Jungic exchanged their experiences with teaching and promoting mathematics among Aboriginal students. Dr. Kotsopoulos is a co-developer of the LittleCounters TM Program, community-based program to Aboriginal settings. |
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Saturday, July 28, 2012 |
Mr. Simon Roy has accepted our invitation to do drawings for the animated movie "Small Number and the Skateboard Park". This is great news! |
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012 |
A new Samll Number story has been created! In "Small Number and the Skateboard Park" our hero solves a difficult geometical problem and learns that skateboarders must know geometry. |
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Thursday, July 19, 2012 |
Ms. Isabel Deslauriers and Mr. Elliott Corston-Pine |
