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Armed with half a decade of experience as editor of vinculum, 4 years of writing the regular column “Math Ed Matters by MatthewMaddux” for The Variable, and as lead editor of Selected Writings from the Journal of the Saskatchewan Mathematics Teachers’ Society, I can safely say that the reports of the death of the Journal of the Saskatchewan Mathematics Teachers’ Society (SMTS) have been greatly exaggerated — until now. I mean, sure, with all due respect, and as a member of the executive of the SMTS myself, the journal kind of carries on as the subscript, which is a series of links compiled by the SMTS executive. Looked at from an old-man-yells-at-cloud perspective, emailing a few links out is a far cry from the mountain of material found printed in the many, many pages of the Journal of the SMTS, differently named as The Mathematics Newsletter, The SMTS Newsletter, SMTS Journal, Journal of the SMTS, vinculum, and The Variable over the past 60 years. I should know, after all, I led an extensive excavation of math teacher journal materials here in Western Canada. This article, then, is a quasi-autopsy of the journal. Rest in Peace, Journal of the SMTS. You deserve it.

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Fort d’une demi-décennie d’expérience en tant que rédacteur en chef de vinculum, de quatre années de rédaction de la chronique régulière intitulée « Math Ed Matters by MatthewMaddux» pour la revue The Variable, et ayant agi comme directeur de la rédaction de l’ouvrage Selected Writings from the Journal of the Saskatchewan Mathematics Teachers’ Society, je peux affirmer sans risque de me tromper que les informations annonçant la mort du Journal of the Saskatchewan Mathematics Teachers’ Society (SMTS) ont été grandement exagérées — jusqu’à présent, du moins. Bien sûr, en tout respect, et en tant que membre du comité exécutif de la revue de la SMTS, je peux affirmer que le périodique existe encore en quelque sorte sous la forme d’une série de liens compilés par le comité exécutif de la revue de la SMTS. Du point de vue du vieil homme qui s’en prend aux frivolités sur lesquelles il n’a aucune emprise, l’envoi de quelques liens par courrier électronique est bien loin de la montagne de documents imprimés dans les très nombreuses pages de la revue de la SMTS, qui a été renommée de différentes manières au cours des 60 dernières années comme suit: The Mathematics Newsletter, The SMTS Newsletter, SMTS Journal, Journal of the MTS, vinculum et The Variable. Après tout, je suis bien placé pour le savoir, car j’ai mené des fouilles approfondies dans les archives de revues destinées aux enseignants de mathématiques ici, dans l’ouest du Canada. Cet article constitue donc une quasi-autopsie de la revue. Repose en paix, revue de la SMTS. Tu le mérites bien.

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Chernoff, E.J. Rest in Peace, Journal of the Saskatchewan Mathematics Teachers’ Society. Can. J. Sci. Math. Techn. Educ. 23, 383–398 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42330-023-00286-x

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