Dynamic Academic Ventures creators: Spencer Gardner, on the left, and Michael Rouben stand in front of UWaterloo’s Math and Computer building.
Program: Combinatorics & Optimization, Graduate Studies
Hometown: Magog, Quebec
Extracurriculars: Travel, lots of travelling
Waterloo is well-known for its mathematics and co-op programs and I always enjoyed math so it was rather a natural choice.
I like to boulder, lead climb, and do silly challenges with my friends.
I also like to bake, so I’ve been making different cupcakes and sharing them with my classmates who also live in CLV.
My main hobby and recreative passion is the sport of fencing!
Every season is a good outdoors season, and almost anywhere can be a picnic spot if you’re determined enough!
I really like playing strategy board games, often with other math students.
I have a project to find as many bird species in Ontario (and other places) as I can, and to take a decent photograph of a lot of them.
There are many items on my bucket list: traveling to every province in Canada before I finish my PhD, mountain hiking, snow skiing, paragliding, volunteering with the Waterloo Regional Police Service, and learning how to drive a bus!