School Visits

There are many schools in BC that have hosted a Math Catcher School Visit! From one corner of the province to the other, we demonstrate to the members of our audiences that they have been using and doing mathematics all the time, that they can see mathematics around them, that they can touch it and make it with their own hands, and that doing mathematics can trigger feelings of pride, happiness, and joy.

Math Catcher School Visits encourage 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, and hands-on activities encourage young people to enjoy math and help dispel the myth that math is boring and abstract. As you see in the list below, Math Catcher has visited many schools across BC and beyond. Each visit summary includes a short description, photos, and testimonials.

To arrange a school visit, please contact Veselin Jungic at mcatcher@sfu.ca.

Word cloud image created by Megan Monkman

2023 and 2024 Visits

	Belmont Secondary School, Langford, BC	April 23, 2024
	Poirier Elementary School, Sooke, BC	April 22, 2024
	Lena Shaw Elementary School, Surrey, BC	March 14, 2024
	Chase River Elementary School, Nanaimo, BC	March 7, 2024
	Nak'al Bun Elementary School, Nak'azdli Whut'en Nation, Fort St. James, BC	February 22-23, 2024
	Eugene Joseph Elementary School, Tl'azt'en Nation, Tache, BC	February 20-21, 2024
	École Qayqayt Elementary School, New Westminster, BC	February 15, 2024
	Richard Bulpitt Elementary School, Langley, BC	February 8, 2024
	Prince Charles Elementary School, Surrey, BC	February 1, 2024
	Marlborough Elementary Schoo, Burnaby, BC	Octover 26, 2023
	Mary Jane Shannon Elementary School, Surrey, BC	October 19, 2023
	Khalsa Elementary School OYR, Surrey, BC	October 12, 2023
	Surrey Centre Elementary School, Surrey, BC	October 5, 2023
	Fraser River Middle School, New Westminster, BC	September 28, 2023
	Wagalus School, Fort Rupert, BC	May25-26, 2023
	Assumption Catholic School, Powell River, BC	May 17, 2023
	James Thomson Elementary School, Powell River	May 16, 2023
	Kanaka Creek Elementary School, Maple Ridge, BC	May 9, 2023
	Coquihalla Elementary School, Hope, BC	May 5, 2023
	Norgate Xwemélch'stn Community Elementary School, North Vancouver, BC	April 26, 2023
	McKay Elementary School, Richmond, BC	April 20, 2023
	Connaught Heights Elementary School, New Westminster, BC	April 13, 2023
	Hume Park Home Learners, New Westminster, BC	April 6, 2023
	PEXSISEN Elementary School, Langford, BC	March 17, 2023
	Belmont Secondary School, Langford, BC	March 17, 2023
	Royal Bay Secondary School, Colwood, BC	March 16, 2023
	Westshore Secondary School, Colwood, BC	March 16, 2023
	Fraser Wood Elementary School, Surrey, BC	March 9, 2023
	Montecito Elementary School, Burnaby, BC	February 23, 2023
	Iqra Islamic School, Surrey, BC	February 16, 2023
	Richard Bulpitt Elementary School, Langley, BC	February 2 and 9, 2023
	Royal Oak Alternate Program, Burnaby, BC	January 25, 2023
	Lalme’ Iwesawtexw Community School, Seabird Island	January 19, 2023
	Johnston Heights Secondary School, Surrey, BC	January 13, 2023

2020, 2021, and 2022 Visits

	Georges Vanier Elementary School, Surrey, BC	November 24, 2022
	N'kwala School, Douglas Lake, BC	November 17-18, 2022
	Katzie Elementary School, Surrey, BC	October 12, 2022
	Mount Pleasant School, Edmonton, AB	September 30, 2022
	Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, Vancouver, BC	September 29,2022
	Heffley Creek Elementary School	May 2, 2022
	Abbotsford Christian School	April 26, 2022
	Port Moody Secondary School, Port Moody, BC	April 14, 2022
	Ridgeview Elementary School, West Vancouver, BC	March 3, 2022
	Fraser Valley Elementary School, Surrey, BC	November 4, 2021
	Windermere Secondary School, Vancouver, BC	October 29, 2021
	Genuine Learning Academy, Langley, BC	September 10, 2020
	Nisga'a Elementary Secondary School, Gitlaxt'aamiks, Nisga'a Nation	March 10, 2020
	Gitwinksihlkw Elementary, Gitwinksihlkw, Nisga'a Nation	March 10, 2020
	Alvin A McKay Elementary, Laxgalts'ap, Nisga'a Nation	March 9, 2020
	Nathan Barton Elementary, Gingolx, Nisga'a Nation	March 9, 2020
	Brockton School, North Vancouver, BC	March 5, 2020
	Sxoxomic Community School , Esk'et, BC	February 20, 2020
	Capitol Hill Elementary School, Burnaby, BC	February 6, 2020
	Minnekhada Middle School, Port Coquitlam, BC	January 30, 2020
	Brooksbank Elementary School, North Vancouver, BC	January 23, 2020

2019 Visits

École Laronde Elementary School, Surrey, BC	November 28, 2019
Ladner Elementary School, Ladner, BC	November 6, 2019
Surrey Christian Secondary School, Surrey, BC	October 31, 2019
Pitt Meadows Elementary School, Pitt Meadows, BC	October 23, 2019
WestShore Centre for Learning, Colwood, BC	October 17, 2019
Dorothy Peacock Elementary School, Langley, BC	October 3, 2019
Senator Reid Elementary School, Surrey, BC	September 19, 2019
Gibson Elementary School, Delta, BC	May 31, 2019
East Chilliwack Elementary School, Chilliwack, BC	May 30, 2019
Golden Ears Elementary School, Maple Ridge, BC	May 29, 2019
Goldstone Park Elementary School, Surrey, BC	May 28, 2019
Diefenbaker Elementary School, Richmond, BC	May 24, 2019
Hume Park Home Learners, New Westminster, BC	May 23, 2019
Juniper Ridge Elementary School, Kamloops, BC	May 22, 2019
Heffley Creek Elementary School, Heffley Creek, BC	May 22, 2019
Sun Peaks Elementary School, Sun Peaks, BC	May 22, 2019
Raft River Elementary School, Clearwater, BC	May 21, 2019
Barriere Secondary School, Barriere, BC	May 21, 2019
Barriere Elementary School, Barriere, BC	May 21, 2019
Christine Morrison Elementary School, Mission, BC	May 16, 2019
College Heights Elementary School, Prince George, BC	May 14, 2019
Pinewood Elementary School, Prince George, BC	May 14, 2019
Westwood Elementary School, Prince George, BC	May 13, 2019
Blackburn Elementary School, Prince George, BC	May 13, 2019
Sooke Elementary School, Sooke, BC	May 9, 2019
Belmont Secondary School, Langford, BC	May 8, 2019
John Muir Elementary School, Sooke, BC	May 7, 2019
Bella Bella Community School, Bella Bella, BC	May 1-2, 2019
Norma Rose Point School, Vancouver, BC	April 26, 2019
Britannia Outreach Secondary School, Vancouver, BC	April 25, 2019
James Thomson Elelementary School, Powell River, BC	April 23, 2019
West Boundary Elementary School, Rock Creek, BC	April 18, 2019
St. James School, Vernon, BC	April 17, 2019
Sunrise Waldorf School, Duncan, BC	April 4, 2019
Wishart Elementary School, Colwood, BC	March 7, 2018
Kent Elementary School, Agassiz, BC	February 21, 2018
Maillard Middle School, Coquitlam, BC	February 7, 2018
Prince Charles Elementary School, Abbotsford, BC	January 24, 2019
Summit Middle School, Coquitlam, BC	January 10, 2019

2018 Visits

James Kennedy Elementary School, Langley, BC	December 6, 2018
Byrne Creek Secondary School, Burnaby, BC	November 29, 2018
Chilliwack Middle School, Chilliwack, BC	November 22, 2018
Sxoxomic School, Esk'et, BC	November 6, 2018
Centennial Park Elementary School, Abbotsford, BC	November 1, 2018
St. Mary's Elementary School, Vancouver, BC	October 18, 2018
Lena Shaw Elementary School, Surrey, BC	October 4, 2018
Tsi Deldel School, Redstone, BC	September 25, 2018
Dorothy Peacock Elementary, Langley, BC	September 21, 2018
Royal Bay Secondary, Victoria, BC	May 31, 2018
Windermere Secondary School, Vancouver, BC	May 22, 2018
MJ Shannon Elementary School, Surrey, BC	May 17, 2018
Britannia Secondary School, Vancouver, BC	April 12, 2018
Gordon Greenwood Elementary School, Langley, B.C.	April 4, 2018
Voyageur Elementary School, Quesnel, B.C.	March 29, 2018
Parkland Elementary School, Quesnel, B.C.	March 29, 2018
Coast Tsimshian Academy of Lax Kw'alaams, Lax Kw'alaams, B.C.	March 27-28, 2018
Aberdeen Elementary School, Kamloops, BC	March 15, 2018
Four Directions at Twin Rivers Education Centre, Kamloops, BC	March 15, 2018
Kamloops School of the Arts, Kamloops, BC	March 14, 2018
Bert Edwards School of Technology and Science, Kamloops, BC	March 14, 2018
M.J. Norris Elementary School, Surrey, BC	March 13, 2018
W.E. Kinvig Elementary School, Surrey, BC	March 2, 2018
Windermere Secondary School, Vancouver, BC	March 1, 2018
James Thompson Elementary School, Powell River, BC	February 27, 2018
Assumption School, Powell River, BC	February 26, 2018
Belmont Secondary School, Langford, BC	February 21, 2018
Colquitz Middle School, Victoria, BC	February 20, 2018
Sxoxomic School, Esk'et, BC	February 15, 2018
East Chilliwack Elementary School, Chilliwack, BC	February 8, 2018
Promontory Heights Elementary School, Chilliwack, BC	February 8, 2018
Catholic School Board, Edmonton, AB	February 1, 2018
Nipisihkopahk Secondary School, Maskwacis, AB	January 31, 2018
Ermineskin Junior High School, Maskwacis, AB	January 31, 2018
Quilchina Elementary School, Vancouver, BC	January 26, 2018
Goldstone Park Elementary School, Surrey, BC	January 23, 2018
Sir John Norquay Elementary School, Vancouver, BC	January 16, 2018
Ten Broeck Elementary School, Abbotsford, BC	January 11, 2018

2017 Visits

Island Discovery Learning Community, Bowen Island, BC	December 13, 2017
Highlands Elementary School, North Vancouver, BC	November 30, 2017
David Thompson Secondary School, Vancouver, BC	November 30, 2017
St. George's Junior School, Vancouver, BC	November 16, 2017
Collingwood Elementary School, West Vancouver, BC	November 2, 2017
W.E. Kinvig Elementary School, Surrey, BC	May 23, 2017
Heritage Park Middle School, Mission, BC	May 18 & 25, 2017
Glenmerry Elementary School Trail, BC	May 11, 2017
Fruitvale Elementary School, Fruitvale, BC	May 11, 2017
Prince Charles Secondary School, Creston, BC	May 10, 2017
Adam Robertson Elementary School, Creston, BC	May 10, 2017
Redfish School, Nelson, BC	May 9, 2017
L.V. Rogers Secondary School, Nelson, BC	May 9, 2017
J.V. Humphries Elementary School, Nelson, BC	May 9, 2017
Wildflower Elementary School, Nelson, BC	May 8, 2017
Trafalgar Middle School, Nelson, BC	May 8, 2017
South Nelson Elementary School, Nelson, BC	May 8, 2017
Brent Kennedy Elementary School, Crescent Valley, BC	May 8, 2017
Christine Morrison Elementary School, Mission, BC	May 4, 2017
Kay Bingham Elementary School, Kamloops, BC	April 27, 2017
Rayleigh Elementary School. Kamloops, BC	April 27, 2017
Sa-Hali Secondary School, Kamloops, BC	April 26, 2017
Beattie Elementary School, Kamloops, BC	April 26, 2017
Marion Schilling Elementary School, Kamloops, BC	April 25, 2017
Dallas Elementary School, Kamloops, BC	April 25, 2017
Ecole John Stubbs Memorial, Sooke, BC	April 19, 2017
Lauwelnew Tribal Highschool, Brentwood Bay, BC	April 18, 2017
Windebank Elementary, Mission, BC	April 13, 2017
Queensbury Elementary School, North Vancouver, BC	March 30, 2017
Sts'ailes Community School, Agassiz, BC	March 17, 2017
Our Lady Of Fatima School, Coquitlam, BC	March 2, 2017
Charles Dickens Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.	February 2, 2017
Quilchena Elementary, Vancouver, B.C.	January 24, 2017
Marlborough Elementary School Pro-D Day	January 23, 2017
West Heights Community School , Mission, B.C.	January 19, 2017

2016 Visits

Capitol Hill Elementary School, Burnaby, B.C.	December 16, 2016
Waverley Elementary, Vancouver, B.C.	December 15, 2016
Studio 9 Independent School of the Arts, Kelowna, B.C.	November 29, 2016
MacDonald Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C	November 24, 2016
Britannia Secondary School, Vancouver, B.C.	November 14, 2016
Agassiz Christian Elementary School, Agassiz, B.C.	November 10, 2016
Our Lady of Good Counsel School, Surrey, B.C.	November 7, 2016
École Riverdale Elementary, Surrey, B.C.	November 3, 2016
École Laronde Elementary, Surrey, B.C.	October 27, 2016
École Westridge Elementary, Burnaby, B.C.	October 13, 2016
Suncrest Elementary School, Burnaby, B.C.	October 13, 2016
Citadel Middle School, Port Coquitlam, BC	September 20, 2016
W.E. Kinvig Elementary, Surrey, BC	June 7, 2016
Fort Rupert Elementary, Port Hardy, B.C.	May 26, 2016
Moody Elementary, Port Moddy, B.C.	May 12, 2016
South Sahali Elementary, Kamloops, B.C.	April 27, 2016
Savona Elementary, Savona, B.C.	April 27, 2016
Chase Secondary School, Chase, B.C.	April 26, 2016
Haldane Elementary School, Chase, B.C.	April 26, 2016
Bert Edwards Science & Technology School, Kamloops, B.C,	April 25, 2016
Pinantan Elementary, Pinantan Lake, B.C.	April 25, 2016
Clayton Elementary School, Surrey, B.C.	April 14, 2016
Ross Road Elementary, North Vancouver, B.C.	March 31, 2016
Hatzic Elementary School, Mission, B.C.	March 3, 2016
Saseenos Elementary School, Sooke, B.C.	February 18, 2016
John Muir Elementary School, Sooke, B.C.	February 18, 2016
Mount Pleasant Elementary, Vancouver, BC	February 4, 2016
Gibson Elementary School, Delta, B.C.	January 21, 2016

2015 Visits

Alderson Elementary, Coquitlam, B.C.	October 16, 2015
David Thompson Secondary, Vancouver, B.C.	October 9, 2015
Waverley Elementary, Vancouver, B.C.	October 2, 2015
Christine Morrison Elementary School, Mission, B.C	September 25, 2015
Science Summer Camp	July 3, 2015
SFU Math Camp 2015	June 21, 2015
Burnaby South Secondary Visits SFU	May 21, 2015
Pinewood Elementary, Cranbrook, B.C.	May 7, 2015
T.M. Roberts Elementary, Cranbrook, B.C.	May 7, 2015
Kootenay Educational Services, Cranbrook, B.C.	May 6, 2015
Laurie Middle School, Cranbrook, B.C.	May 6, 2015
Mount Baker Secondary School, Cranbrook, B.C.	May 6, 2015
Parkland Middle School, Cranbrook, B.C.	May 6, 2015
Gordon Terrace Elementary, Cranbrook, B.C.	May 5, 2015
Highland Elementary, Cranbrook, B.C.	May 5, 2015
Amy Woodland Elementary, Cranbrook, B.C.	May 5, 2015
Fernie Secondary School, Fernie, B.C.	May 4, 2015
Elkford Secondary School, Elkford, B.C.	May 4, 2015
Sparwood Secondary School, Sparwood, B.C.	May 4, 2015
Logan Lake Secondary, Logan Lake, B.C.	April 24, 2015
Logan Lake Elementary, Logan Lake, B.C.	April 24, 2015
Kay Bingham Elementary, Kamloops, B.C.	April 23, 2015
Sahali Secondary, Kamloops, B.C.	April 22, 2015
Dufferin Elementary, Kamloops, B.C.	April 22, 2015
Arthur Hatton Elementary, Kamloops, B.C.	April 22, 2015
Arthur Stevenson Elementary, Kamloops, B.C.	April 21, 2015
David Thompson Elementary, Kamloops, B.C.	April 21, 2015
Argyle Secondary, North Vancouver	April 2, 2015
Gibson Elementary School, Delta, B.C.	March 11, 2015
Brooksbank Elementary School, North Vancouver, B.C.	February 25, 2015
Ridgeway Elementary, North Vancouver, B.C.	February 18, 2015
Norgate Elementary, North Vancouver, B.C.	February 4, 2015
Maple Grove Elementary, Vancouver, B.C.	January 29, 2015
W.E. Kinvig Elementary, Surrey, BC	January 21, 2015
Belmont Secondary, Victoria, B.C.	January 7, 2015
Metchosin Technical Centre, Victoria, B.C.	January 7, 2015
West Shore – First Nations Grad Program, Victoria, B.C.	January 7, 2015

2014 Visits

Inquiry Hub Secondary School, Coquitlam, B.C.	November 27, 2014
Port Hardy Secondary School, Port Hardy, B.C.	November 21, 2014
Waverley Elementary, Vancouver, B.C.	November 13, 2014
Parkcrest Elementary, Burnaby, B.C.	October 30, 2014
Mount Elizabeth Middle/Secondary, Kitimat, B.C.	October 21, 2014
Nechako Elementary, Kitimat, B.C.	October 21, 2014
Kitimat City High, Kitimat, B.C.	October 20, 2014
Kiladala Elementary, Kitimat, B.C.	October 20, 2014
Argyle Secondary, North Vancouver	October 2, 2014
The IRMACS Centre Welcomes the Nass Valley	August 14, 2014
Mary Hill Elementary, Port Coquitlam, B.C.	June 12, 2014
nkmaplqs i snmamayatn kl sqilxwtet Cultural Immersion School, Vernon, B.C.	June 5, 2014
James Park Elementary, Port Coquitlam, B.C.	May 29, 2014
Maple Grove Elementary, Vancouver, B.C.	May 15, 2014
Belmont Secondary School, Victoria, B.C.	April 29, 2014
Sk'elep School of Excellence, Kamloops, B.C.	April 25, 2014
AE Perry Elementary, Kamloops, B.C.	April 24, 2014
Marion Schilling Elem. School, Kamloops, B.C.	April 24, 2014
Barriere Elementary, Barriere, B.C.	April 23, 2014
Barierre Secondary, Barriere, B.C.	April 23, 2014
Raft River Elementary, Clearwater, B.C.	April 22, 2014
Clearwater Secondary School, Clearwater, B.C.	April 22, 2014
Bella Bella Community School, Bella Bella, BC	April 8, 2014
Baker Drive Elementary, Coquitlam, B.C.	April 2, 2014
Lalme' Iwesawtexw (Seabird Island Community School), Seabird Island Band, Agassiz, BC	March 28, 2014
Haahuupayak School, The Tseshaht First Nation	March 7, 2014
North Saanich Middle School, Sydney, B.C.	February 26, 2014
Parkland Secondary School, Sydney, B.C.	February 26, 2014
Quilchena Elementary, Richmond, BC	February 19, 2014
W.E. Kinvig Elementary, Surrey, BC	February 5, 2014
Valleycliffe Elementary School, Squamish, BC	January 24, 2014
Brentwood Bay Elementary, Brentwood Bay, BC	January 17, 2014
Queen Elizabeth Elementary, Vancouver, BC	January 10, 2014

2013 Visits

Signal Hill Elementary School, Pemberton, BC	December 4, 2013
Norgate Elementary School, North Vancouver, BC	November 28, 2013
Lynnmour Elementary, North Vancouver, BC	November 20, 2013
Duncan Christian School, Duncan, BC	November 14, 2013
Sherwood Park Elementary, North Vancouver, BC	November 6, 2013
Hugh Boyd Secondary, Richmond, B.C.	October 30, 2013
James Thompson Elementary, Powell River, BC	October 9, 2013
Westview Elementary, North Vancouver, BC	September 25, 2013
Fort Langley Elementary School, Fort Langley, B.C.	July 4, 2013
SFU Math Camp Surrey, BC, and Burnaby, BC	June 26, 2013
Gill Elementary School, Port Alberni, B.C.	June 6, 2013
Haa Huu Payak School, Port Alberni, B.C.	June 6, 2013
Alderson Elementary, Coquitlam, BC	May 30, 2013
Walnut Road Elementary, Surrey, B.C.	May 15, 2013
Alderson Elementary, Coquitlam, BC	May 7, 2013
NORKAM Secondary, Kamloops, BC	May 2, 2013
Chase Secondary, Chase, BC	May 1, 2013
Haldane Elementary, Chase, BC	May 1, 2013
Brock Middle, Kamloops, BC	April 30, 2013
4-Directions Storefront School, Kamloops, B.C.	April 29, 2013
Kay Bingham Elementary, Kamloops, B.C.	April 29, 2013
A.E. Perry Elementary, Kamloops, BC	April 29, 2013
Laurie Middle School, Cranbrook, B.C.	April 18, 2013
Mount Baker Secondary, Cranbrook, B.C.	April 18, 2013
Parkland Middle School, Cranbrook, B.C.	April 18, 2013
Steeples Elementary, Cranbrook, B.C.	April 17, 2013
Pinewood Elementary, Cranbrook, B.C.	April 17, 2013
Kootenay Educational Services, Senior Alternative, Cranbrook, B.C.	April 17, 2013
Amy Woodland Elementary, Cranbrook, B.C.	April 17, 2013
Fernie Secondary, Fernie, BC	April 16, 2013
Rocky Mountain Elementary, Elkford, BC	April 16, 2013
Sparwood Secondary, Sparwood, BC	April 16, 2013
Beaver Creek Elementary, Surrey, BC	April 5, 2013
McCammon Traditional Elementary, Chilliwack, BC	March 28, 2013
Central Community School, Chilliwack, BC	March 28, 2013
Fraser Academy, Vancouver, BC	March 12, 2013
Dunsmuir Middle School and Lakewood Elementary, Victoria, BC	March 4, 2013
Duncan Christian School, Duncan, BC	February 28, 2013
Pemberton Secondary School, Pemberton, BC	January 22, 2013

2012 Visits

James Thompson Elementary, Powell River, BC	October 26, 2012
Bayview Elementary School, Nanaimo, B.C.	October 16, 2012
SFU Math Camp, Surrey, BC, and Burnaby, BC	June 28, 2012
Sk'elep School of Excellence, Kamloops, BC	June 14, 2012
N'Kwala School, Douglas Lake, BC	May 24, 2012
Alderson Elementary, Coquitlam, BC	May 8, 2012
Okanagan Nation School, Oliver, BC	May 3, 2012
Nkmaplks Isnmamyatn Klsqilxw Cultural Immersion School, Vernon, BC	May 2, 2012
Bella Bella Community School, Bella Bella, BC	April 27, 2012

2011 Visits

LAUWELNEW Tribal High School, Brentwood Bay, BC

May 4, 2011

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