Math Catcher Outreach Program
Math Catcher Outreach Program
Promoting Mathematics and Scholarship
The Math Catcher Outreach program aims to promote mathematics and scholarship in general by encouraging elementary and high school students to recognize how math is used in everyday life and how it forms the basis for many of our daily decisions and life-long choices. The storytelling, pictures, models, problem solving, resources, and hands-on activities encourage young people to enjoy math and help dispel the myth that math is boring and abstract.
Math Catcher in Notices of the American Mathematical Society:
In the September 2022 issue, Notices of American Mathematical Society published Veselin Jungic's article Math Catcher Outreach Program.
The article describes various Program's activities over the last several years and discusses its aims and goals. For an additional information about the background of the Math Catcher Outreach Program, please see Veselin's article Two-Eyed Seeing: Mathematics and Indigenous Traditions and Cultures, published in Maple Transactions in September 2022.
The Math Catcher Outreach Program celebrated the 2025 Pi Day by visiting our Tla'amin friends and supporters. An article published in The Powell River Peak, available HERE, reported about our celebration.
Outreach
Between 2011-2025, the Math Catcher Outreach Prohram visited about 350 communities, some of them multiple times, in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Ninavut, Yukon, Great Britain, USA, Mexico, and Australia.
During these visits more than 30,000 students, teachers, academics, and community members attended more than 850 Math Catcher workshops, presentations, and community events. To view all of the places visited by Math Catcher click the map above.
Contact
Math Catcher Outreach Program
E: mcatcher@sfu.ca
Department of Mathematics
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6 Canada
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Your generosity allows the Math Catcher Outreach Program to continue to promote mathematics and scholarship among Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth.