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Year: 1993 – Province: Manitoba

Local Recipients

John Barsby

John Barsby is the Head of the Mathematics Department at St. John's-Ravenscourt School in Winnipeg. Through the university mathematics course taught by Mr. Barsby, many of his students have completed a year of university mathematics while still in high school. Mr. Barsby also takes an active role in preparing students for various provincial and national math contests, where they are very successful.