MATH CAMPS

REPORT

RAPPORT
DES CAMPS
MATHÉMATIQUES 2019
contents | sommaire
about cms math camps | a propos des camps
mathematiques de la smc

infographic | Infographiques
regional camps | Camps régionaux

specialty camps | Camps spécialisés

national camp | Camps nationaux

sponsors and partners | Commanditaires et parte-

naires
 About CMS Math Camps
À propos Camps mathématiques de la SMC

Since its inception in 2000, the CMS Math In 2019, a total of 24 camps were held across
Camps program continues to capture the spirit of Canada with more than 1000 students and volunteers
mathematics from coast to coast and to inspire young participating. Organizers are encouraged to engage
minds across the land. The program offers a unique students from visible minority communities and to
opportunity for young Canadian students to explore a have as many gender balanced camps as possible. Like
side of mathematics that is not accessible in a classical in previous years, regional CMS Camps were a combi-
classroom setting. Although the CMS gives local orga- nation of weekend camps, day camps and week-long
nizers the freedom to choose the topics and activities overnight camps. There were some specialty camps,
of their camps, the main goal of a typical camp is to such as, the Math Quest Camp for Girls, in (Kingston),
engage students in an authentic learning environment the math camp for Black students at Dalhousie. For the
in mathematics and its broad applications to Science, first time in its history, the CMS was also able to hold a
Technology and Engineering. This is achieved through specialty camp in the Yukon this year. Math Olympiad
stimulating presentations, hands-on activities, build- training camps were held in Toronto and Waterloo and
ing projects and competitions. Students who attend the EGMO training camp was held at the Fields Insti-
the camps leave with new friends who share the same tute in Toronto.
passion for the subject, new ideas to explore, and a
fresh outlook on mathematics and the role it plays in
our lives.

Depuis sa création en 2000, le programme de En 2019, 24 camps ont été organisés un peu
camps mathématiques de la SMC continue de diffuser partout au Canada et ont accueilli plus de 1000 partici-
l’esprit des mathématiques d’un océan à l’autre et d’in- pants et bénévoles. Les organisateurs sont encouragés à
spirer les jeunes esprits de tout le pays. Le programme inciter la participation des élèves de minorités visibles
offre une occasiovn unique aux jeunes canadiens d’ex- et à offrir le plus possible des camps auxquels partici-
plorer un aspect des mathématiques auquel ils n’ont pent autant de garçons que de filles. Comme les années
pas accès dans une salle de classe ordinaire. Bien que précédentes, les camps régionaux de la SMC étaient
la SMC laisse les organisateurs locaux choisir les su- des camps de fin de semaine, des camps de jour ou
jets et les activités de leurs camps, l’objectif principal des camps d’une semaine. Il y avait des camps spécial-
d’un camp typique est de faire participer les élèves à isés, comme le camp de mathématiques Math Quest
un milieu d’apprentissage authentique en mathéma- pour les filles à Kingston, le camp pour élèves noirs à
tiques et à ses vastes applications en science, en génie Dalhousie. Pour la première fois dans son histoire, la
et dans les technologies. Cet objectif est atteint grâce à SMC a organisé un camp mathématique au Yukon. Les
des présentations stimulantes, des activités pratiques, camps d’entraînement pour les olympiades mathéma-
des projets de construction et des concours. Les élèves tiques ont été tenus à Toronto et à Waterloo et le camp
qui participent aux camps se font de nouveaux amis d’entraînement pour l’OEMF a eu lieu à Fields Institute
animés d’une passion commune pour le sujet, ils ont à Toronto.
de nouvelles idées à explorer ainsi qu’une nouvelle per-
spective des mathématiques et de leur rôle dans nos
vies.
 744 campers

20 Regional
Camps

3 Specialty
Camps

3 National/
Training
Camps

42% girls
58% boys

As a result of participating in
camps:
• 88% students reported
an increased interest in
STEM subjects
• 78% students report-
ed considering a career in
STEM
 2019 Regional Camps
Alberta

CMS Alberta Math Camp

“The thing that [I] enjoyed most about
Location: University of Calgary, Calgary, AB the camp was the people. It’s very rare
Date: June 30 - July 6, 2019 that I find someone who shares my inter-
Participants: 16 girls and 15 boys ests and staying with those who interest
Grades: 7-10 me the most from around the province
was certainly an exciting experience.”
Camp Leader: Lauren DeDieu
- camp participant
Topics: Number Theory, Probability and Data Science, Infinite Series, Symmetries,
RSA encryption, Topology, math games/puzzles, Algebra/Combinatorics, Jupyter/
Python session, wind patterns of Alberta, popsicle bridge competition, computa-
tions challenge , invariance principle

British Columbia
Mathematics Day Camp at Camosun
College
Location: Camosun College, Victoria, BC
Date: July 2-5, 2019
Participants: 10 girls and 8 boys
Grades: 8-11
Camp Leader: Amanda Malloch
Topics: Combinatorial Games, Ancient Mathematics, To Infinity and Beyond (dis-
cussed countability including different types of infinities ), S ampling S chool ( sam -
pling techniques to estimate population parameters ), K not T heory ( introduction to
the concept of a mathematical knot , what it means to be tri - colourable and how to
untie a knot )
SFU-CMS-PIMS Summer Math Camp - Burnaby
Location: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
Date: June 24 - 28, 2019
Participants: 13 girls and 21 boys
Grades: 8-10
Camp Leader: Malgorzata Dubiel
Topics: Logarithms, Math of Juggling, Proba-
bility and P olynomials , M athematics of B illiards ,
Squaring Rectangles, Route Problems

2019 CMS-PIMS-SFU Surrey Math Camp

Location: Simon Fraser University, Surrey, BC
“(...) I really enjoyed how the activities
showed and demonstrated how mathe-
Date: June 25-26, 2019
matics is involved in nearly everything. Participants: 29 girls and 20 boys
The camp taught us how understand- Grades: 9 - 10
ing simple geometry is the key to Camp Leader: Randall Pyke
constructing stable structures (...)” Topics: Cryptography, Geometric models and
construction of bridges , M athematical modelling
-camper from the 2019
of biological systems
CMS-PIMS-SFU Surrey Math Camp

Science Rocks! Patterns, Puzzles, and Pedigree (Abbotsford)

Location: University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, BC
Date: July 2-5, 2019
Participants: 9 girls and 13 boys
Grades: 4-6
Camp Leader: Robin Endelman
Topics: Molecule build, making abacuses, extracting strawberry DNA, scavenger hunt (logical
analysis ), measurements in different units , local weaving patterns , modular origami , computer pro -
gramming , 3- d printing , making fractal patterns , making slushies
Science Rocks! Patterns, Puzzles, and Pedigree (Chilliwack)
Location: University of the Fraser Valley Canada Education Park, Chilliwack, BC
Date: August 6-9, 2019
Participants: 12 girls and 11 boys
Grades: 4-6
Camp Leader: Robin Endelman
Topics: Molecule build, math-art nail/wood, agriculture field trip, strawberry DNA extraction, local weaving designs, scavenger
hunt and mystery game ( logical analysis ), modular origami , STEM building challenges , nature walk , making fractal patterns , com -
puter lab , making slushies

Manitoba
University of Manitoba Math Camp
Location: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
Date: July 7-10, 2019
Participants: 6 girls and 17 boys
Grades: 9-10
Camp Leader: Don Trim
Topics: Arithmetic in different bases, sequences
and series , linear diophantine equations

New Brunswick
Nouveau Brunswick

UNB/CMS Math Camp

Location: University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB
Date: May 2-4, 2019
Participants: 10 girls and 16 boys
Grades: 10-11
Camp Leader: Patrick Reynolds
Topics: Group activities based on geometry; Mobius strips; polyhedra; topology; graph
theory ; M ultiple problem sets ; construction of a mathematical piece of art .
Université de Moncton, Shippagan
Lieu: Université de Moncton, Campus de Shippagan, Shippanagan, NB Avant, j’étais une fille qui ai-
mait pas beaucoup les maths.
Date: 1 au 5 juillet 2019
Grâce au camp, j’ai compris leur
Participants: 11 filles et 9 garçons utilité, tout en m’amusant!
Année: 7e-8e
Chef du Camp: Professeur Jules de Tibeiro
Sujets: Utilisation des mathématiques dans le domaine des finances; application des mathéma-
tiques dans les propriétés de la lumières et des lasers ; modèles de mathématiques dans la création
des sculptures ; atelier de géométrie ; calculs mathématiques dans le domaine de la cuisine .

Camps mathématiques Donald Violette

Lieu: École Mgr-Martin, Saint-Quentin, Moncton, NB
Date: 2 au 10 juillet 2019
Participants: 19 filles et 26 garçons
Année: 8e et 12e
Chef du Camp: Professeur Donald Violette
Sujets: Conférences, ateliers de construction d’objets mathématiques, combats
de calcul mental et d ’ énigmes , jeux mathématiques , chasses aux trésors et rallyes
truffés d ’ énigmes mathématiques , visites guidées , piscine , visite d ’ une ferme d ’ animaux ,
visite d ’ une feuille d ’ érable géante , visite d ’ une bibliothèque publique .
 Newfoundland and Labrador
Blundon Seminar Camp @ Memorial University
Location: Memorial University, St. John’s, NL “Thank you very
Date: May 15-17, 2019 much for all your
hard work and
Participants: 9 girls and 28 boys
the truly amaz-
Grades: 10-12 ing experience!”
Camp Leaders: Tom Baird and Margo Kondratieva - Camp participant
Topics: Machine learning and artificial intelligence;
problem - solving sessions ; mathletics ; black holes

Nova Scotia
AARMS-CMS-Dalhousie Math Camp
Location: Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
Date: July 14-19, 2019
Participants: 10 girls and 10 boys
Grades: 10-11
Camp Leader: Roman Smirnov
Topics: Large numbers; symmetry, math and crystals; group theory;
probability ; irrational numbers ; infinite cardinalities ; game of SET

StFX-CMS Math Camp

Location: St-Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS
Date: May 17-19, 2019
Participants: 22 girls and 17 boys
Grades: 10-11
Camp Leader: Joe Apaloo
Topics: Fractals, numbers and shapes, statistiques, polyhedra and Euler’s, team problem solving, computer
science , math relays infinite polynomials , special functions , aboriginal knowledge and mathematics , math trivia
 Ontario
CMS Math Camp @ Western
Location: Western University, London, ON “I liked the fact that I got to learn new
Date: July 23-25, 2019 strategies for problem solving, meet
Participants: 13 girls and 17 boys peers who had passion for math like
Grade: 9 myself, and learn new ways of look-
Camp Leader: Gord Sinnamon ing at mathematics and the world.”
- Camp participant
Topics: Problem-solving, Competitions,
Algebra Fractals, Puzzles, Modular Arith-
metic , C yclic Q uadrilaterals , R eflection
Groups

Math Experience at York University

Location: York University, Toronto, ON
“I enjoyed how most of the presen-
Date: July 8-12, 2019
tations were engaging and about
interesting concepts that I had little
Participants: 13 girls and 24 boys
exposure to prior to the camp(...)” Grades: 8-9
-Camp participant Camp Leader: Chris Wu
Topics: Brain teasers, Enrichment Problems, Diophan-
tine E quations , G enerating F unctions , M athematical
Fallacies, Graph Theory, Proof by Induction, Inequal-
ities , M ath and P uzzles , E xperimental M ath V ibration ,
Competitions

Université d’Ottawa | University

of Ottawa
Lieu | Location: University of Ottawa | Université d’Ottawa, Ottawa,
ON
Date: June 23-28, 2019 | du 23 au 28 juin 2019
Participants | Participant.e.s: 14 girls and 30 boys | 14 filles et 30
garçons
Année | Grade: 10 | 3e
Chefs du camp | Camp Leaders: Joseph Khoury and/et graham wright
Sujects | Topics: Math competitions, math leagues, projects, escape
room , chemistry magic show , a physics show .
 Prince Edward Island
CMS-UPEI-AARMS Math Camp 2019
Location: University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE
Date: May 3-5, 2019
Participants: 21 girls and 10 boys
Grades: 10-11
Camp Leader: Shafiqul Islam
Topics: Actuarial math; math relays; team problem solving; math trivia;
counterintuitive mathematics ; counting the elements in an infinite set

Québec
Camp mathématique collégial
Lieu: Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC
Date: du 2 au 8 juin 2019
“Merci pour une expérience
Participant.e.s: 7 filles et 19 garçons
merveilleuse au début d’été”
Année: Gégep I et II
Chef du Camp: Alain Goupil
Sujets: la mécanique quantique dans les cristaux; mathématiques et robotique; la phy-
sique à travers le principe variationnel ; la théorie des noeuds en sciences ; programmation
fonctionnelle ; intelligence artificielle et son impact sur la société

Camp AMQ Camp du secondaire

Lieu: Ecole polytechnique de Montréal, Montréal, QC
Date: du 24 au 29 juin 2019
Participant.e.s: 2 filles et 19 garçons
Année: secondaire 4 et 5
Chef du Camp: Marc Laforest
Sujets: résolution de problèmes individuelle et en groupe; graphes; nom-
bres réels ; théorie de la mesure ; histoires des mathématiques ; géométrie
projective ; origami ; jeux de société
 Saskatchewan
University of Regina Math Camp
“My 7/8s really enjoyed the insur-
Location: University of Regina, Regina, SK
ance problem and having the free-
dom to bring in their own ideas”
Date: March 2, 2019
-Parent of a camp participant Participants: 26 girls and 68 boys
Grades: 1-10
Camp Leader: Patrick Maidorn
Topics: Geometric constructions and spirolaterals; mathematical
treasure hunt ; puzzles ; N etwork T heory ; D ice P robability ; I nsurance
Models; Hyperbolic Geometries and Binary Computing
 2019 Specialty Camps
Math Camp for Black Students
Location: Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
Date: July 8-13, 2019
Participants: 14 girls and 13 boys
Grades: 6-8
Camp Leader: Rajendra P. Gupta
Topics: Activities include playing the games 10 and NIM , where students discuss strategies on winning and look at the mathe-
matics behind simple games that they play ; F iobonacci sequence via a hand on activity using the mating rituals of enclosed rabbits .
This allows them to think about when they use mathematics in their everyday life and how use of mathematics is important when
thinking logically and solving problems . P resentations on A ctuarial S ciences . S tudents also visited the C itadel H ill museum and
Black Cultural Centre.

Math Quest: Queen’s Math Camp for Girls

Location: Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
“I would just like to thank the
Date: August 19-22, 2019 Math Quest team for making
Participants: 21 girls this camp an unforgettable
Grades: 8-11 experience. It was very wel-
Camp Leader: Siobhain Broekhoven coming, I learned a lot and
Topics: Physics experiments applying mathematical formulas; magnetism, flux, emf, lenz law; made several friends.”
centre of mass with egg spinning ; volume and A rchmedes ’ P rinciple ; calculating hte period -Camp participant
of a pendulum using acceleration due to gravity ; density and experimental measurement
error ; P ython programming ; robotics ; game theory ; topology ; knot theory ; combinatorics ;
trigonometry ; algebra ; mathematics of sound waves and musical scales
Yukon College Kids Program Math Camp
Location: Yukon College, Ayamdigut Campus, Whitehorse, YK
“I didn’t think I was go-
Date: August 5-9, 2019 ing to enjoy math camp
Participants: 6 girls and 6 boys but this was really fun”
Grades: 5-8 - Camp participanth Camp
Camp Leader: Dana Mills
Topics: bridge building competition, egg drop competition, math challenges, money
management , fort building and design , board games , paper airplane design and flight
contest

European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad

(EGMO) Training Camp
Location: Fields Institute, Toronto, ON
Date: February 22-24, 2019
Participants: 4 girls
Grades: 11-12
Camp Leader: Dorothea Pronk
Topics: Olympiad training in preparation for the european girls’ mathematical olympiad
in kiev , ukraine .
 2019 National Camp
Canada Math Camp
Location: University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Date: July 27 - August 3, 2019
Participants: 7 girls and 19 boys
Grades: 8-10
Camp Leader: Supreet Radnhawa
Topics: The camp is focused on preparing students for the Canadian Mathe-
matical O lympiad (CMO) and the I nternational M athematical O lympiad (IMO),
so most of the learning time was dedicated to higher level concepts in mathe -
matics relevant to the contests .
 Canada Math Camp
Location: York University, Toronto, ON
Date: Jan 7 - 12, 2019
Participants: 5 girls and 8 boys
Grades: 10-12
Camp Leaders: Dr. Dorette Pronk, James Rickards, Matt Brennan, David Arthur
Topics: The camp is focused on training egmo and imo hopefuls so most of
the learning time was dedicated to higher level concepts in mathematics rele -
vant to the contests .

IMO Training Camp

Location: University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
Date: June 30 - July 13, 2019
Participants: 1 girl and 11 boys
Grades: 10-12
Camp Leaders: James Rickards, Matt Brennan
Topics: The camp is focused on training students for the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) shortly before their depar-
ture , so most of the learning time was dedicated to higher level concepts in mathematics .
 Camp Sponsors
Commanditaires des camps
The CMS gratefully acknowledges the support of our sponsors, who help make the CMS Math Camps program possible.