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On the “clientèle-based” logic in redefining academic units

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Ghoussoub

Are we just a service department? I doubt that Princeton’s Mathematics department thinks it is, neither does any Chemistry department on this continent. Yet, a Vice-President of the Canadian Mathematical Society wants us “to come to the realization that in … Continue reading →

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Canada’s Mathematical “Dream Team”

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Ghoussoub

Back on July 2nd, I received a report that four members of Canada’s International Math Olympiad team were stuck for more than an hour in the elevator, while training at the Banff International Research Station. Well, it doesn’t look like this time … Continue reading →

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They also owned the podium for Canada

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Ghoussoub

… away from your cameras and without your millions. “We were very grateful to have our summer training for the Canadian International Math Olympiad (IMO) team at the Banff International Research Station (BIRS) again this year. As in previous years, the … Continue reading →

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Grade inflation, instability and uncertainty in Discovery Grant competitions

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Ghoussoub

It is reported that in a still embargoed presentation to the 2011 Canadian Mathematical Society meeting in Edmonton, NSERC’s President, Suzanne Fortier, cited “Grade inflation” as one of the factors for the disastrous collapse of grant levels in mathematics in the 2011 Discovery … Continue reading →

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