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Apr 1/26 11:04 am

Congratulations to the Winners of the Acadia Math Competition 2026!

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Acadia University held the 14th Annual Acadia University Mathematics Competition on Saturday, March 26, 2026. This competition was open to all undergraduate students at Acadia, from every department and faculty, and also welcomed local high school students to participate.

There was a great turnout with 48 students who wrote the for the competition. The problems were thoughtfully designed to challenge participants’ mathematical mental toughness without requiring advanced mathematical topics. Most could be solved using high school mathematics, such as geometry and trigonometry, along with some first-year calculus and a sprinkle of ingenuity.

CONGRATULATIONS TO:

BEST OVERALL - Gabe Denney-Martell

BEST FIRST YEAR - Joshua DSilva & Troy Lu (a tie!)

BEST HIGH SCHOOL: Bryn Kershaw

Feb 3/26 8:51 am

Acadia team finishes second in Bank of Canada's national competition

A team of Acadia students, including 3 Mathematics and Statistics majors, finished second in The Governor's Challenge, a national competition organized by the Bank of Canada.

In this student competition, teams simulate the role of advisor to the Bank’s Governing Council. Acadia was one of five teams competing in the final round, each giving a presentation on the economic outlook for Canada and making a monetary policy recommendation to a panel of senior central bank officials. UBC came first, and Acadia finished second ahead of UQAM, University of Ottawa and the University of Toronto.

Congratulations!!

The full news story on the Bank of Canada website is here and Acadia has a story (with pictures) here.

Oct 19/25 8:39 pm

Acadia students participate in Science Atlantic

Science Atlantic was held at CBU October 17 - 19. The Math & Statistics department sent eight students, four of whom wrote the Math Competition and three gave presentations.

Congratulations to Anna Lukeman and Nimar Bajwa whose presentation's placed 1st and 2nd respectively for math research!

$Anna and Nimar with their presentation awards$

Acadia Alumni Neil Spencer gave the Field lecture (plenary lecture in Statistics) at the conference.