The first-ever Canadian team to compete in the European Girls Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO) returned home this month with three medals and an honourable mention.
Canada was represented at the EGMO by:
Elnaz Hessami Pilehrood (Marc Garneau C. I., North York, ON) - Silver Medal
Anna Krokhine (University of Toronto Schools, Toronto, ON) - Bronze Medal
Jingzhi Liang (Marc Garneau C. I., North York, ON) - Bronze Medal
Karen Situ (University Hill Secondary School, Vancouver, BC) - Honourable Mention
CMS Mathematical Competitions Chair, Professor Dorette Pronk (Dalhousie) and Deputy Leader Sarah Sun (TD Bank, Data Strategy) led the team. The University of Waterloo Faculty of Mathematics proudly provided financial support to the Canadian Mathematical Society to send Team Canada to this year’s event.
Held this year in Florence, Italy, the EGMO is an invitation-only competition that includes teams from more than 50 countries and focuses in part on creating a community of female mathematicians. Each student competes individually, solving six questions over the course of the two-day event.
Read more about Team Canada’s trip to Florence and the EGMO.