{"id":21572,"date":"2026-03-13T11:23:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/article\/new-dr-wesley-burr-to-receive-the-2026-excellence-in-teaching-award\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T11:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:25:09","slug":"new-dr-wesley-burr-to-receive-the-2026-excellence-in-teaching-award","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/article\/new-dr-wesley-burr-to-receive-the-2026-excellence-in-teaching-award\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW: Dr. Wesley Burr to receive the 2026 Excellence in Teaching Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ottawa, ON \u2013 The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) is pleased to announce that Dr. Wesley Burr (Trent University) has been named the recipient of the 2026 Excellence in Teaching Award, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the teaching and learning of mathematics and statistics. 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