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Barbara Keyfitz
know that Fields does not always consult its committees in
a timely manner. I suspect that, as usual, most of the
work falls to the Director, the Deputy Director, and a few
dedicated volunteers. Every so often, a completely new project
takes shape. More frequently, a successful program—such
as the financial seminar, or the long-term co-operation with
Mitacs—gets re-invented as a “Centre for Financial Industries”
or “Mitacs Accelerate Fellowships.”
There is a new web page and many new activities. The
number of incubated companies and industry members has
doubled. The Math Ed Forum membership list stretches on for
seven pages. The thematic programs sport new and appealing
titles. There are a number of new special lecture series, and the
old series continue, including one endowed by my parents, who
could not suppress their pride when their little girl became the
Director of a world-famous mathematics research institute.