Project Requirements

All projects submitted for the competition must meet the requirements of their categories. Submissions that do not meet one or more requirements will not be considered for judging.

Poster Requirements

All posters submitted for the competition must meet the following requirements. Submissions that do not meet one or more requirements will not be considered for judging.

Size of poster: 24 inch by 36 inch
Margin: at least 1 inch on all four sides.
File format: jpeg with resolution 200-600 dpi
Orientation: Portrait or Landscape
Font Size: The font size must not be less than 11 pt.

Content should be clear and legible for a reader standing at a 50-cm distance from the poster on a wall. Since type and color can impact the visibility of different fonts, there is no minimum/maximum font size, but legibility/accessibility will be a notable component of the poster’s adjudication in the Presentation judging criteria (worth 20% of the overall mark).

Graphic limit: At least 30% and at most 50% of the poster must be filled out with graphics. This does not include white space/background, but this does include supplementary visuals such as icons, images, diagrams, and figures.
Word count limit: We also won’t enforce a strict minimum/maximum number of words, since the complexity of the work can influence the amount of text necessary for explication, but we recommend a word count of 500-1000 words. The whole poster should be readable in 5-10 minutes to the average high school student.
Title: Each poster must contain a title that clearly shows the topic covered in the poster. The title should be under 100 characters including subtitles if there are any.

Recommendation: The title is recommended to be located at the top of the poster and printed with a larger font size.

Team members' information: Full names of all the members must be listed in the alphabetical order of their last name. Each name should be followed by a bracket containing the grade of the student and the school's name. E.g. John James (Grade Y, XXXX highschool).
Mentor Information: The poster must contain the full name of the mentor followed by the (Teacher or Undergraduate Mentor, school name). E.g. Hanna Hola (Teacher Mentor, XXXX school).

Recommendation: The information of team members as well as the mentor is recommended to be posted under the title of the poster.

Acknowledgment statements and logos: The posters must include the QR code for the competition webpage and the sponsors' logos as appearing below on this page.

All logos and the QR code must have the same height. The height of the logos and the QR code must be between 1 to 2 inches.

The QR Code (can be found below) should be accompanied by the following statement: “An entry to the Western Mathematics Exposition Competition 2025, organized by Western Mathematics.”

The logos should be accompanied by the following statement: “This Competition is made possible by the generosity of our donors and the support of the Department of Mathematics, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, and the Canadian Math Society." (logos of the sponsors listed below)

Reference list: Citations could be formatted in any existing citation style. However, the citation format and in-text citation must be consistent. Visit here for the details of different styles.

Recommendation: The recommended citation format is "amsplain". For more details visit here.

Citation of the source of graphics: Any graphics not created by the team must have their source cited. To cite a graphic on a poster, include the creator's name (artist or photographer), the title of the graphic (if available), the date of creation, the source where you found it (like a website or publication), and any relevant copyright information, usually presented as a caption directly below the image in a format consistent with your chosen citation style.

Video Requirements

All videos submitted for the competition must meet the following requirements. Submissions that do not meet one or more requirements will not be considered for judging.

File format: .MOV,.MPEG-1, .MPEG-2, .MPEG4, .MP4, .MPG, .AVI, .WMV
File size: No more than 100 MB
Display Resolutions: High Definition (720p) or higher resolutions
Video Length: No shorter than two minutes and no longer than 5 minutes.
Orientation: Landscape
Video Introduction: Your video should include a video introduction that runs for at least 5 seconds, and it should include at least the following components:

The title of the video should be displayed. It should be under 100 characters including subtitles if there are any. 

Team Members’ Information: Full names of all the members must be listed in alphabetical order of their last name. Each name should be followed by a bracket containing the grade of the student and the school’s name. E.g. John James (Grade X, XXXX secondary school).

Mentor Information: The introduction must contain the full name of the mentor followed by the (Teacher or Undergraduate Mentor, school name). E.g. Hanna Hola (Teacher Mentor, XXXX school).

Credit: The video introduction should include (a slide or as a subtitle) the statement: “An entry to the Western Mathematics Exposition Competition 2025, organized by Western Mathematics.” and the QR Code (can be found below) of the first page of the competition.

Video Closing: At least one final page must be included at the end of the video. You are allowed to include more than one page to acknowledge all the requirements, so long you meet the file size and length requirements.

Acknowledgment statements and logos: The video must visually acknowledge all the sponsors of this event. It should include a visual acknowledgment of the sponsors of the competition. The closing of the video should include the logos of the sponsors accompanied by the following statement: “This Competition is made possible by the generosity of our donors and the support of the Department of Mathematics, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, and the Canadian Math Society." (logos of the sponsors listed below)

Reference list: Citations could be formatted in any existing citation style, however, the citation format must be consistent. Visit here for the details of different styles. 

Mathematical Artifact Requirements

Each Artifact project must include a description poster of the artifact and here is the requirement. These posters will be printed and will be displayed along with the artifact on the prize ceremony.

Description Poster Requirements

Content: The description should communicate the ideas, the inspirations on how the created artifact can be called a mathematical artifact.
Submission Format: The description must be submitted as a small poster in jpeg with resolution 200-600 dpi
Poster size: The description poster must have a 2:3 (or 3:2) ratio, with the longest side not exceeding 18 inches.
Orientation: Portrait or Landscape
Font Size: The font size must not be less than 11 pt.
Margin: At least 1 inch onall four sides.
Title: Each poster must contain a title that clearly shows the topic covered in the poster. The title should be under 100 characters including subtitles if there are any.