[cmath] 39th Canadian Mathematical Olympiad Winners

[Graham Wright]

News Release

39th Canadian Mathematical Olympiad Winners

Ottawa, Ontario Seven students receive top honours in the 39th 
Canadian Mathematical Olympiad (CMO). The CMO, Canada's premier 
mathematics competition, is organized and administered by the Canadian 
Mathematical Society (CMS). A total of 76 students from over 50 
schools wrote the 2007 CMO based upon their performance in the 2006 
Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge (COMC) (November 22, 2006), the 
CMS Correspondence Training Programme and other mathematics 
competitions. Students had to solve five difficult questions during 
the three hour 2007 CMO examination held on March 28, 2007.

"Preparing for the Olympiad gives students the incentive to explore mathematics 
beyond the regular curriculum. The candidates become very knowledgeable and 
skilful at mathematics, and I congratulate the winners of this year's Canadian 
Mathematical Olympiad." said Dr. Edward Barbeau, University of Toronto, and 
Chair of the CMS Canadian Mathematical Olympiad Committee.

2007 Prize Winners: The top winners in the 39th Canadian Mathematical Olympiad 
are:

FIRST PRIZE and the Sun Life Financial Cup Yan Li, Dr. Norman Bethune 
Collegiate Institute, Scarborough, ON; SECOND PRIZE Jonathan 
Schneider, University of Toronto Schools, Toronto, ON; THIRD PRIZE 
Jarno Sun, Western Canada High School, Calgary, AB. HONOURABLE 
MENTIONS were awarded to: Jia Guo, O'Neill Collegiate and Vocational 
Institute, Oshawa, ON; Kent Huynh, University of Toronto Schools, 
Toronto, ON; Steven Karp, Lord Byng Secondary School, Vancouver, BC; 
and Alexander Remorov, William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute, 
North York, ON.

Over 7000 students wrote the 2006 Canadian Open 
Mathematics Challenge and the winners of the 2006 Open and the 2007 
CMO will be honoured at the CMS Awards Banquet which will take place 
at Renison College, University of Waterloo, on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 
from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

"All of these winners have done very well in a very challenging 
competition. The students who participate in these competitions 
develop the creative problem solving skills so valuable in today's 
workplace." said Dr. Graham Wright, Executive Director, Canadian 
Mathematical Society.

The Society is grateful for the support received from Sun Life Financial; 
Alberta Learning; Department of Education (New Brunswick); the Department of 
Education (Newfoundland and Labrador); the Department of Education (Northwest 
Territories); the Department of Education (Nova Scotia); the Ministry of 
Education (Ontario); the Department of Education (Saskatchewan); Nelson Thomson 
Learning; John Wiley and Sons Canada Ltd.; A.K. Peters Ltd.; Maplesoft; the 
Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto; the Department of Mathematics 
and Statistics, University of Ottawa; the Department of Mathematics and 
Statistics, University of Calgary; the Department of Mathematics and 
Statistics, University of Regina; the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, 
York University; the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing, 
University of Waterloo; and the Department of Mathematics, Wilfrid Laurier 
University.

Problems, solutions and other contest information is available at:
www.cms.math.ca/Competitions/CMO/

For more information, contact:
Dr. Graham P. Wright
Canadian Mathematical Society Executive Director
director at cms.math.ca
(613) 562-5702

or

Dr. Edward Barbeau
Chair, CMS Mathematical Olympiad Committee
Department of Mathematics
University of Toronto
barbeau at math.toronto.edu
(416) 653-1961