My friend and fellow mathematician, Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann, passed away peacefully on the 17th of June. She had been suffering from Parkinson disease since 2007. Nicole received her Master�...
https://nghoussoub.com/2022/08/08/nicole-tomczak-jaegermann-1945-2022/
No, I am not talking about the sudden and probably more consequential recent change in NSERC’s leadership, but about an accounting mistake. Yes, it looks minor, but it speaks volume. As I menti...
https://nghoussoub.com/2018/10/06/nserc-corrects-a-mistake-but-many-remain-unaddressed/
The programs of the Banff International Research Station (BIRS) in Banff and Oaxaca are supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), Canada’s Natural Science and Engineering Researc...
https://nghoussoub.com/2018/08/23/is-the-birs-programme-multiple-disciplinary-enough-for-nserc/
Originally posted on The Intrepid Mathematician : Nassif Ghoussoub is the founder and current director of the Banff International Research Station, the founding director of the Pacific Institute...
https://nghoussoub.com/2016/10/12/interview-with-a-mathematician-nassif-ghoussoub/
For those not paying attention, David Naylor is leading “Canada’s Fundamental Science Review Panel” which is looking at the state of fundamental science in Canada. Last week, I had a chance...
The Mathematical Sciences are the foundation of any advanced research ecosystem, and Canada’s mathematical sciences institutes have been instrumental in supporting this ecosystem. They do so by...
All I could think of when the phone call from the Governor General office came was the friendly face of the immigration officer who signed my residence papers more than 36 years ago. I hadn’t a...
Thank you, Mme. Chancellor. Thank You, Mr. President, and Thank you, University of Victoria, for this tremendous honour. I obviously have many connections to UVic, but I should start by mentioni...
https://nghoussoub.com/2015/06/14/a-few-words-at-a-happy-event/
A joint site visit to the Banff International Research Station (BIRS) by four granting agencies representing four different governments, happened on April 16 and 17. Eight officials from the US N...
https://nghoussoub.com/2015/05/06/four-lessons-from-an-amazing-site-visit/
Once again, UBC has steered clear of appointing a career university administrator for its top position. Unlike UofT and UVic, who opted for the ultimate insiders, and McGill, who went for a consu...
https://nghoussoub.com/2014/03/12/ubc-appoints-a-doer-as-its-13th-president/
Today, I am in Oaxaca, Mexico, partying (literally) with the Director General of the National Council for Science and Technology (CONACyT), Dr. Enrique Cabrero Mendoza, the Governor of the Stat...
The Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery (BIRS) is now accepting proposals for its 2015 program. BIRS will again be hosting a 48-week scientific program ...
https://nghoussoub.com/2013/07/04/oaxaca-to-join-banff-as-a-hotbed-for-the-mathematical-sciences/
Once again, I had to perform the unpleasant annual task of writing to more than 120 colleagues and their co-applicants all over the world to inform them that their proposals to run a research wor...
Just imagine if you receive a Valentine’s card every day of every week of every one of the last 10 years. OK! not the loving and lusting kind, but the feel good and appreciative type. “Dear...
https://nghoussoub.com/2013/02/14/why-do-i-have-the-best-job-in-the-world/
My inbox started filling up at an unusual speed. The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) had just announced a partnership with The Banff Centre (TBC). “The two institutions are te...
https://nghoussoub.com/2013/02/11/will-birs-bring-cifar-and-the-mathematical-sciences-together/
“It is with great sadness that I write to inform you that in the early morning of December 23, my beloved father, and a man whom I know you knew very well, passed away.” That was Sue inform...
https://nghoussoub.com/2012/12/27/in-memory-of-hugh-c-morris/
Last weekend, representatives of Canada’s mathematical and statistical sciences community presented NSERC’s President, Suzanne Fortier, with a “Long Range Plan.” Entitled Solutions for ...
https://nghoussoub.com/2012/12/17/nserc-math-stats-innovation-and-all-that-jazz/
Marc Garneau, our astronaut MP, who saw from outer space how beautiful, fragile and precious our planet was, didn’t do it. Ted Hsu, our Physicist MP, who witnessed its launch last week-end in M...
Where have you been? How come you haven’t been blogging lately, wrote a “Piece of Mind” loyalist. Why weren’t you at the PDE seminar, a colleague inquired. “On attend ton papier avec im...
Back on July 2nd, I received a report that four members of Canada’s International Math Olympiad team were stuck for more than an hour in the elevator, while training at the Banff Internationa...
https://nghoussoub.com/2012/07/18/canadas-mathematical-dream-team/