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The Western Mathematics Exposition Competition

Welcome to the Western University Mathematics Exposition Competition. In this competition, we aim to foster interest in higher mathematics among high school students and offer an opportunity for students to experience learning beyond the high school curriculum and practicing skills for mathematical research. 

Enthusiastic high school students from grades 9 to 12 to participate are invited to attend this competition. Students join as a team of 2-3 students and work under supervision of a mentor to research one of the announced themes and develop a poster, a video, or a mathematical artifact.

What do mentors do?

High school teachers, teacher candidates from the Faculty of Education, and senior undergraduate students from Western University can register as mentors for the teams. Each mentor primarily serve as a supervisor and help their team identify a topic of interest, ensure their teams stay on the right track and assist them with time management and meeting deadlines, verify that the submitted projects meet the requirements, submit the final project; the submission link will only be available to the team mentors.  The estimated time commitment for mentoring each team is 7-10 hours.

Timeline of 2024-25 Competition:

• Team Registration: Opens on December 10^th, 2024.
• Mentor Application: Opens on December 10^th, 2024.
• Team Registration: Extended up until February 23rd, 2025.
• Mentor Application: Extended up until February 23rd, 2025.
• Theme and Format release time: February 20^th
• Project Submission Deadline: March 19^th, 2025 before 11: 55 pm London Ontarion Local Time
• Prize ceremony: April 12, 2025.

General Themes for 2025: 

Special Category

This year's the special category is Contributions of Black Mathematicians to explore and honor the mathematical achievements and contributions of black mathematicians throughout history and their enduring impact on the field of mathematics.

This special category honors individuals who creatively articulate the contributions of Black mathematicians to the field of mathematics. If your project, covering one of the above four themes, also includes the special topic and this contribution is properly explained in your work, your team will be (automatically) qualified to compete in this special category which has a separate award for the winning team. 

Organizing Committee:

• Coordinator: Dr. Asghar Ghorbanpour
• Coordinator Assistant: Anna Ng
• Marketing and Outreach Director: Bahar Zali Kah Kesh
• Mathematics Element Advisor: Adrian Chitan

Registration link for the teams:

 Team Registration 2024-25 Competition

A few Remarks about the team registration:

•  You must register with a team to be qualified for our competition. We do not accept solo participants. 
• The registration fee of the competition is $65+tax per team. The payment can be made by credit card or debit card.
• The form can be started by any member or the mentor, however, all the participants need to be present to be able to fill in personal information in the form.  
• Should you experience any financial difficulties; financial assistances are available upon request.

Application link for the mentors:

Mentor Applications 2024-25 Competition

More Resources

The following video can help the participants to choose a proper topic for their project as well as guide them in the production of their project.

Highlights of Past Competitions 

Highlights of 2023-24 Competition

Highlights of 2022-23 Competition

 Winners of 2024 Competition: