Inside Fall 2016
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READI or not
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.
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New Computer Science Leadership Role for Waterloo
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.
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UWaterloo encourages young women from Vancouver to “Think About Math”
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.
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Couple encourages Math grads to “make a difference in your own way"
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.
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