In contribution to Black History Month events on campus, Dr. Jean-Jacques Rousseau will be delivering a math talk at the Black Student Centre on Monday, February 9, from 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM.

Those interested in the event can find the full details and RSVP on ExperienceBU here.

Math, Just Because is not a lecture, not a workshop, and certainly not a test! It’s a conversation, an exchange and a math-along. It will touch on how math can help get our money right, explain why we each have unique social media feeds, and show how music is really hearing mathematics.

But this isn’t “Math, Because It’s Useful.” It’s Math, Just Because: the value of math for its own sake: math for edification, for self-transformation, and ultimately, math for being our best selves. This Black History Month, let’s walk tall knowing that math is ours, and be reminded of how powerful that makes you.

Dr. Jean-Jacques Rousseau is a community math educator whose MATH4AI learning experiences build confidence in non-technical learners through problem-posing, “silly” questions, and real-world applications. He holds a PhD (IHPST, University of Toronto) and an MBA (Schulich School of Business, York University) and completed a three-year postdoc in AI & Trust at York University’s Lassonde School of Engineering. Jean-Jacques is a former Innovation Advisor to the President of Haiti and currently serves as EDID Advisor in the Office of the Vice-President Research at Brock University.