Human Math Museum
The Human Math Museum was created from the belief that mathematics is more than numbers and formulas—it is a human endeavor rooted in creativity, reasoning, and discovery. This student-centered approach transforms math learning into a hands-on experience where students build, create, and explain mathematical ideas through projects, manipulatives, and real-world applications. Students are able to recognize where mathematical concepts come from and understand how they apply to real-world contexts. Rather than simply memorizing procedures, they become active participants and teachers of their own learning. The Human Math Museum empowers all learners to develop confidence, deepen their mathematical understanding, and recognize that they are capable of creating meaningful, impactful work through mathematics.
Speaker
Human Math Museum
Grades 6 - 8
Guillermo Vodniza
Winnipeg, MB, CA
Guillermo Vodniza has been teaching in the Winnipeg School Division 1 for 10 years. He previously taught at a First Nations school in Easterville, Manitoba, as well as in Indigenous communities in Colombia. He holds a Bachelor of Physical Education and Sport from the University of Tolima, Colombia, and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Winnipeg, Canada.
In 2026, he received the Murray McPherson Award in recognition of his contributions to the development of mathematics education in Manitoba schools. In 2003, he was elected Chair of the Ethics and Human Rights Committee of the teachers’ union in the province of Putumayo, Colombia. In this role, he supported at-risk children and youth.
In 2011, Vodniza began a multi-year research project exploring the experiences of Colombian refugees in Winnipeg. For this work, he received the University of Winnipeg Undergraduate Student Research Award in the Humanities and Social Sciences (2013–2014). He also received the Faculty of Education Access Award for community service and academic achievement.
His publications include “We Refugees”: Construction of a Collective Memory Through Oral History: Experiences from Being Forcibly Displaced to Resettlement (with Juana Ruiz Hernandez and Pablo Serrano, Refugee Review: Focus Labour, 2017); Stories That Are Not Told: Everyone Has a Story, or a Story That Matters (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2016); Look at History: A Conversation About Teaching in a Northern First Nations School in Manitoba (with Lee Klyne, 2016); and Oral History Pedagogy in Situations of Conflict: Experiences from Colombia, 1998–2014 (with Alexander Freund, Palgrave Studies in Oral History, 2016).
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