Gila Hanna

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Gila Hanna is a Canadian mathematics educator and philosopher of mathematics whose research interests include the nature and educational role of mathematical proofs, and gender in mathematics education. She is professor emerita in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at the University of Toronto, affiliated with the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, [1] the former director of mathematics education at the Fields Institute, [2] and the founder of the Canadian Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education. [3]

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Books

Hanna is the author of Contact and Communication: An Evaluation of Bilingual Student Exchange Programs (OISE Press, 1980) and Rigorous Proof in Mathematics Education (OISE Press, 1983). [4] Her numerous edited volumes include:

Recognition

Hanna was named a Fields Institute Fellow in 2003. [8] She was the 2020 winner of the Partners in Research Dr. Jonathon Borwein Mathematics Ambassador Award. [3]

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References

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