Hayley Reid | Pure Mathematics | Faculty of Mathematics Graduate Brochure

$Photo of Hayley Reid$ In her first year at Waterloo Math, Hayley Reid’s experience as a TA ignited a passion for teaching. “One of the biggest highlights of graduate school has been to stand in front of a class and teach students new concepts,” she says. “For me, it’s an overwhelmingly exciting thing to be able to witness those lightbulb moments.” After finishing her degree, Hayley aspires to teach mathematics at the university level. To continue building her teaching credentials, she has taken advantage of training opportunities like the Math Faculty Graduate Teaching Seminar and Fundamentals of University Teaching program at the Centre for Teaching Excellence.

Reflecting on her time at Waterloo, Hayley appreciates the seemingly limitless opportunities for graduate students in the Faculty of Math. “There is such a large math community here that no matter what you want to study, you can find someone who will be able to supervise you,” she says. “If you want to learn to teach, there are ways to do that. Anything you want to do, you can do here.”