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Monday, September 12, 2016

READI or not

by JEAN LOWRY

Indonesian actuarial workshops begin

On September 26th the University of Waterloo’s Risk Management, Economic Sustainability and Actuarial Science Development in Indonesia (READI) project along with its co-sponsor, Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK), brought together 95 senior representatives from universities, life and general insurance companies, Government of Indonesia (GoI), the Embassy of Canada, and national and international associations to discuss the challenges facing the actuarial profession and actuarial education in Indonesia.

Prof. Jo Atlee
Monday, September 12, 2016

New Computer Science Leadership Role for Waterloo

by ANNA BEARD

Prof. Jo Atlee Named First Director of Women in Computer Science

Atlee says that her top priority is to ensure that the women who are enrolled in computer science have a positive exposure to computing and that they see computing as an attractive career option.

Two women at Math event
Monday, September 12, 2016

UWaterloo encourages young women from Vancouver to “Think About Math”

by CANDACE HARRINGTON

Local Math alumnae team up with the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing

On May 24th, grade nine and ten girls from Vancouver and surrounding areas, spent a Saturday occupying the hallways and classrooms of York House School in Kitsilano. The goal – to confront head-on the damaging and discouraging stereotypes related to math. To ‘think about math’ in new and exciting ways.

A man and a woman smiling
Monday, September 12, 2016

Couple encourages Math grads to “make a difference in your own way"

by CANDACE HARRINGTON

Meet April Gale-Seixeiro (BMath '95, Actuarial Science and Statistics) and Steve Seixeiro (BMath '95, Computer Science)

Growing up 1400 kilometres apart, it was a mutual fascination of computers that drew teenagers April Gale-Seixeiro (BMath '95, Actuarial Science and Statistics) and Steve Seixeiro (BMath '95, Computer Science) to the University of Waterloo. Who could have known that a chance meeting on the fourth day of frosh week would, two decades later, make dreams come true for future UWaterloo students.