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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">We are excited to announce a Canada-wide Math Performance Festival for grades 4-6 students and teachers. We also have an "Other" category where students and teachers/professors of other ages may also participate. See <A href="http://mathfest.ca/" target=1><FONT color=#800080>http://mathfest.ca</FONT></A> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The Festival is sponsored by the Fields Institute, the University of Western Ontario, and the Canadian Mathematical Society, and it is a project by George Gadanidis (UWO), Susan Gerofsky (UBC) and Rick Jardine (UWO). <BR><BR>The adjudication committee for the Contest component of the Festival includes:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The deadline for submissions is June 30<SUP>th</SUP>, 2008.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">We are in the process of sending Math Performance Festival posters to all elementary schools across Canada, in English, French & Inuktitut. <BR><BR>Please share this information with interested students and colleagues. </SPAN><BR><BR>George Gadanidis <BR>Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Western Ontario <BR><A href="http://publish.edu.uwo.ca/george.gadanidis">http://publish.edu.uwo.ca/george.gadanidis</A> </P>
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