The CMS Inclusion in Mathematics Prize is awarded each year to the organizer or organizers of an association, event, series of events, or other effort furthering the goals of equity, diversity, and inclusion in mathematics in Canada. It recognizes work that has developed a more welcoming and safer environment, or helped dismantle racism, sexism, and other forms of oppression and discrimination within the Canadian mathematical community.
More than one prize may be awarded in different categories – for example, to individual contributions by students and postdocs or by faculty and staff, or to group efforts – if the committee judges it appropriate.
The inaugural prize will be awarded in 2026.
Purpose of the award
The award has two main purposes.
- To recognize and reward outstanding efforts to support and promote equity, diversity, and inclusion in mathematics, especially within Canada.
- To share and publicize ideas for such efforts and to encourage others to try similar initiatives at their own universities and in their own networks.
The second purpose is the motivation for the award event to include public presentations from top nominees and their work.
Sharing Our Initiatives: Short Presentations of Committee-Selected Activities
The CMS would like to create, each fall, an online showcase of the top initiatives undertaken by our community. The goal is to foster the exchange of good practices and to encourage people to consider further initiatives.
The selection committee will therefore extend invitations to the Prize recipient and several of the short-listed candidates to create a short online presentation (10-15 minutes). This collection of presentations will then comprise the core of an online event of 1-2 hours hosted by the Women in Math Committee for the broader mathematical community, in order to maximize impact and share these initiatives within the mathematical community.
Prize
The recipient(s) will receive a commemorative plaque.