By: Brittney Durston, PIMS Communications Coordinator I had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Thomas Hillen, Professor in the Mathematics & Statistical Sciences Department at the University of Alberta, President of CAIMS and PIMS Site Director. Dr. …

Ruth A. Situma, PIMS Programs & Communications When Natalie moved to Victoria in January, she was relieved that things were just beginning to open up. Starting her new position and meeting everyone in-person, rather than online, was wonderful, both for the ease of communicating maths and for making friends with…

Ruth A. Situma — PIMS Program and Communications Manager Raphaël Belliard is presently in Edmonton for his second PDF. A native of Paris, he moved to the University of Alberta in the fall of 2021 to begin his PIMS CNRS PDF. “Moving to Canada was quite nice, for once in…

Ruth A. Situma. PIMS Programs and Communications Manager If you ask Jordan about life in Calgary, he’d probably let you know that he is enjoying everything the city and its surroundings have to offer — hiking, collecting vinyl records, and going out for pizza are amongst his favorites. He lived…

Ruth A. Situma, Program and Communications Manager. It’s clear from Meredith’s responses that she is waiting for the Pandemic to be over. She was at the University of Arkansas (UArk) when COVID hit. Once it became clear that all programming would move online, she moved in with her parents in…

Ruth A. Situma, Program and Communications Manager Regina is not a new city for Prateek. He has, in fact, returned to familiar stomping grounds — one that he visited not too long ago. A native of Uttar Pradesh in India, Prateek moved to Regina on February 14th, 2022. He owes…

Ruth A. Situma, Programs and Communications Manager. Amy Wiebe has gone places, but her heart is truly at home in the Pacific Northwest. Aside from her first postdoctoral fellowship in Germany, the rest of her degrees have been at institutions on the west coast: she completed both her undergraduate and…

Ruth A. Situma, PIMS Programs & Communications Manager When Anirudh Asuri Mukundan moved to Vancouver, he was pleasantly surprised by the diversity at the University of British Columbia. After six years in Europe, he was able to seamlessly transition to the environment, meeting many professors and colleagues despite the pandemic…

Ruth A. Situma, Program and Communications Manager It’s clear from the way Josh communicates, that he has already found his rhythm. A recent transplant to the University of Manitoba, Josh is originally from the UK and spent the last three years in Cologne, Germany. He moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, in…