Due to complications arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, we are not able to hold the OAME 2021 Annual Conference at Humber College. However, we have been able to find a replacement venue. OAME 2021 will now be held at The Beanfield Centre, Exhibition Place, Toronto. The Beanfield Centre is a premier convention centre that is an ideal fit for the OAME conference, and we are very pleased to have been able to secure the entire space there.

Unfortunately, we have had to change the date of the conference. The new dates are May 20-21, 2021. Mark this event on your calendar, and consider staying in Toronto over the long weekend.

Wayne Erdman & Margaret Quinn
Co-Chairs, OAME 2021

P.S. Presenters: We are now open for Session Proposals! Login to MCIS, then click on the  Propose  tab. link ...

The Jo Boaler webinar from earlier this week is now available in the OAME Members Only area. "21st Century Teaching & Learning" was recorded on Monday June 29th, and is now available to all OAME members. Click on the Videos/Webinars link in the MEMBER LINKS section of the left panel after you login. link ...

The revised Ontario elementary curriculum for Grades 1 - 8 has been released.
OAME/AOEM is committed to supporting Ontario teachers as they work to implement the revised curriculum expectations. link ...

A HUGE thanks goes out to the small group of crazy and dedicated volunteers - the OAME 2020 Virtual Conference has successfully and virtually finished. All of the Live Sessions have now been completed and recorded, and the many hard working presenters and session hosts can relax! We have been subscribed to beyond our wildest imaginings! We hit registration # 5309 by the end of the conference!

Check out the Final Message from the OAME 2020 Virtual Conference for final updates and news.

The Virtual OAME conference included pre-recorded sessions to view on-demand, as well as a set of live sessions from Wednesday to Saturday, May 6th - 9th, whose recordings are also now available for viewing

These recordings are now accessible from inside the OAME Members Only area. You must login to gain access. If you are not an OAME member, consider joining OAME now.

Check the website for more details plus a link to the complete list of sessions. link ...

In response to the current COVID-19 outbreak, OAME/AOEM wants to remind members that there are many supports available for teachers and students to assist with online learning that are available on the OAME/AOEM website. Free to all (members and non-members) are resources such as:

• Mathies (https://www.mathies.ca/) - These online tools provide students and teachers games, activities, learning supports and other links to assist with learning at home. Note that many of these are also available in French.
• Grade Specific Resources (https://oame.on.ca/main/index.php?code=grspecres) - Many resources from K-12 that include activities (many from the TIPS4RM lessons) as well as financial literacy resources. NOTE: This now includes resources that were originally in the Members Only section.
• Math4theNines (http://www.math4thenines.ca/resources.html) - These resources were specifically designed for Grade 9. Great tasks for your students and research for you to dive into.

In addition to the resources noted above, members have access to all of the member resources (once you log in). These include some of the grade specific resources that are not posted publicly for Grade 10 and Grade 12 as well as all webinar recordings from the last two seasons of OAMEtalks and recordings of the featured speakers from OAME 2019.

We would also like to remind you of resources that have been made available to all students and teachers in the province such as:

• The Ministry of Education has made available online learning supports for elementary students (https://www.ontario.ca/page/learn-at-home#section-0) and secondary students (TVO has support available to students in Grades K-6 through mPower (https://mpower.tvo.org/#/login/) and for students in Grades 6-10 through Mathify (href=https://www.tvomathify.com/students). Note that students will need to create an account to access these supports.
• OAME is an affiliate of NCTM and NCTM has many free resources available to teachers to support them through online learning. There are webinars, problems and interactives available at https://www.nctm.org/freeresources/.
• CEMC out of the University of Waterloo also has a variety of resources to support teachers and students . Resources range from problems and online courseware to computer science tutorials. Check out everything available at https://cemc.uwaterloo.ca/news/coronavirus.html.
• ChatterPack has a list of free, online, boredom-busting resources https://chatterpack.net/blogs/blog/list-of-online-resources-for-anyone-who-is-isolated-at-home?fbclid=IwAR1aDg3N2n6hYlqJ3h-oADUhfpyAMF4R7e2fOhnJDv1N8ljcujSUpWzFuRI

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The Executive Committee and the Nominations/Elections Committee are pleased to announce the results of this year's election for the OAME Board of Directors.

Vice-President : SANDRA JEAN PRICE
Director, JK to 6 : BART VANSLACK
Director, 7 to 12 : HEMA KHODAI

Congratulations to each of the individuals who, in volunteering to work on the OAME Board of Directors, will be helping us meet the goals of our organization and supporting mathematics education in Ontario. Our gratitude to all the candidates who put their names forward.