[cmath] The Fields Institute announces the Margaret Sinclair Memorial Award

[Andrea MacLeod]

The Fields Institute announces The Margaret Sinclair Memorial Award
Recognizing Innovation and Excellence in Mathematics Education

The Margaret Sinclair Memorial Award recognizes an educator in Canada who
has demonstrated innovation and excellence in promoting mathematics
education at the elementary, secondary, college or university level. This
annual award comprises a $5000 prize and inscription of the winner’s name on
a plaque to be installed at the Fields Institute.

Candidates for the award will have shown an enthusiasm for enhancing the
learning environment and displaying novel ways of teaching mathematics. They
will also have supporting evidence of providing an opportunity for students
to experience mathematics in a significant way. Candidates must have served
as a role model for other teachers and had an inspirational influence on
students and/or colleagues. 

Candidates may nominate themselves or be nominated by others. A complete
nomination package consists of:
• A nomination letter of no more than 1000 words demonstrating alignment
with the award 
• A recent curriculum vitae
• Three (3) letters from arm’s length referees

Nominations for the 2013 Margaret Sinclair Memorial Award must be received
electronically by the Fields Institute by December 1, 2012.

The judges for the 2013 competition are Michele Cooper (Holy Cross Catholic
School, ON), Frédéric Gourdeau (Université Laval, QC) and Elaine Simmt
(University of Alberta, AB).

For more information, please visit
http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/honours/sinclairaward.html.


About Margaret Sinclair

Margaret Sinclair passed away on her 62nd birthday, February 21, 2012 after
a brave struggle with a rare form of cancer. Until then she was a tenured
professor in the Faculty of Education, Graduate Program in Education, York
University. During her remarkable career she taught at the elementary,
secondary and university level. A vibrant and creative woman, Margaret
followed an untraditional path to her impressive accomplishments in life.
While raising five children, Margaret earned a bachelor’s degree in
mathematics from the University of Waterloo, and a masters degree in the
Mathematics for Teachers program from York University. In 2001, at age 51,
while still a mathematics department head and then a vice-principal,
Margaret completed her PhD in education at the University of Toronto.

Although she was driven by mathematics, Margaret’s passion was learning and
sharing her knowledge and expertise with others through teaching, research
and writing. She loved educating prospective teachers, using innovative ways
to inspire them and their students.  

Margaret Sinclair was posthumously inducted as a Fields Institute Fellow in
June 2012.