Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) Adrien Pouliot Award 2025: (Deadline 30 April, 2025)

Nominations are open for the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) Adrien Pouliot Award 2025. This award was inaugurated to recognize individuals or teams of individuals who have made significant and sustained contributions to mathematics education in Canada.

Nominations of individuals or teams of individuals who have made significant and sustained contributions to mathematics education in Canada are solicited. Such contributions are to be interpreted in the broadest possible sense and might include: community outreach programs, the development of a new program in either an academic or industrial setting, publicizing mathematics so as to make mathematics accessible to the general public, developing mathematics displays, establishing and supporting mathematics conferences and competitions for students, etc.

Award

• The Adrien Pouliot Award is an etched blue glass award. The Adrien Pouliot Award is officially presented each year at the CMS Winter meeting.  The recipient presents a prize lecture at the meeting.

Eligibility

• Canadian citizens only are eligible for this award.
• CMS aims to promote and celebrate diversity in the broadest sense. They strongly encourage department chairs and nominating committees to put forward nominations for outstanding colleagues regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or sexual orientation.

Nomination

Nomination requirements:

• Include contact information for both nominee and nominator.
• Describe the nominated individual’s or team’s sustained contributions to mathematics education. This description should provide some indication of the time period over which these activities have been undertaken and some evidence of the success of these contributions. This information must not exceed four pages.
• Two letters of support from individuals other than the nominator should be included with the nomination.
• Curricula vitae should not be submitted since the information from them relevant to contributions to mathematics education should be included in the nomination letter and the other documents mentioned above.
• If nomination was made in the previous year, indicate this.
• Members of the CMS Education Committee will not be considered for the award during their tenure on the committee.

Submit your nomination electronically, preferably in PDF format, to [email protected], before April 30, 2025. No nominations will be accepted beyond this deadline.

For more information, visit Adrien Pouliot Award.