Resources for students

The Canadian Mathematical Society Student Committee (CMS Studc) was created in 1999 to help the Society serve the needs of university students. The Committee aims to develop and support the community of mathematics students across Canada. 

Each year, the Committee carries out a number of major projects. We host a variety of events at the semi-annual CMS Meetings, including the AARMS-CMS Student Poster Session, panel discussions, various workshops, and a student social. Studc also oversees the bidding process and operation of the Canadian Undergraduate Mathematics Conference (CUMC), which brings together over one hundred math undergraduates annually at a Canadian university. We produce and distribute a semi-annual publication, Notes from the Margin. The Committee also administers a regional conference fund, to support local student initiatives across the country. 

The CMS maintains a list of problem solving resources aimed at competitive mathematical problem solving.

A source of mathematical problems, hints, and articles for senior secondary and undergraduate level students.

A list of possible math projects from many different areas of mathematics that could be used by students at science fairs, as well as many references on topics that could make exciting and interesting projects.

Each summer, CMS Math Camps provide students with an interest in mathematics with a unique and unforgettable experience. The camps take place in universities and CEGEPs across Canada and range from day camps to week long events. Students who attend the camps leave with new friends, new ideas, and a new outlook on mathematics.

Come participate in the Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge (COMC), held each November.  Students from across Canada and around the world are invited to compete in this written competition held at their own schools.  Besides prizes and awards, the top students are get invitations to the elite national math competitions such as the Canadian Math Olympiad and from there, they could be invited to train and represent Canada at international events such as the APMO, EGMO and even the International Mathematical Olympiad!

Kazuo Nakamura Perspective Drawing Slope And Equations Of Lines Art Canada Institute Teacher Resource Guide  has been designed to complement the Art Canada Institute online art book Kazuo Nakamura: Life & Work by John G. Hatch. These activities were prepared with Laura Briscoe & Jeni Van Kesteren of Art of Math Education.

Jock Macdonald Shading Techniques And Mathematical Analysis Of Circles ACI Teacher Resource Guide invites students to use Macdonald’s abstract visual language in order to practice using equations to calculate the area and circumference of circles.

Features lessons, interactive activities, enrichment challenges, and practice with feedback, provided by the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing (CEMC) at the University of Waterloo.

The online encyclopedia of integer sequences is a good way to explore the wealth of patterns that were studied throughout history. If you have a pattern that you are trying to understand, the encyclopedia can give you suggestions of how your pattern is formed.

A collection of mathematical puzzles that can be solved by writing computer programs; ranked by difficulty (from beginner to professor-level).

A collection of small computer programs which implement one-player puzzle games.

This site contains information for teachers and students from K-12. It offers online multimedia investigations, classroom video vignettes, standard-based lesson plans, links to reviewed websites and more.

S.O.S. Mathematics provides math review material in a variety of topics. It is a good study site for high school, college students and adult learners. Their link collection is impressive.

This site, based at University of Tennessee – Knoxville, contains links to various web resources on Mathematics. They are organized by topics and use both keywords to describe the site and icons to quickly show the level of mathematical background neede to read the material.

This internet library is presented by Math Forum. It contains more exhaustive lists and allows to search for materials that match your specific needs.

The Math Forum is an excellent collection of resources available on the Internet. We strongly recommend you visit this site.

Hundreds of practice questions in undergraduate linear algebra

Expii solve is a periodically-released set of math problems composed by Po-Shen Loh, math professor at Carnegie Mellon University and coach of the US International Math Olympiad team.

Practical uses for linear algebra, answering the question “Why on earth do we need to know that?”

Ask Dr. Math is a question and answer service for math students and their teachers. A serchable archive is available by level and topic, as well as summaries of Frequently Asked Questions.

Expii is a free, open, and interactive platform for crowdsourced explanations and practice problems in math and science.

If you have any nagging mathematical problems or questions you can’t solve, or are just plain curious about something, Math Central is here for you: their panel of Quandaries and Queries consultants will try to answer your question.