Math Help Centre
The Math Help Centre (MHC) is a free walk-in service for first-year UM students who are registered in math courses. The centre is staffed primarily with graduate students who are passionate about teaching and have a deep understanding of the courses.
Please note that no appointments are needed. You can bring your notes, stop by with your questions, and get help working through problems alongside other students. Please refer to the hours and location for more information.
Hours and location
Hours for Fall Term (September 8 to December 19, 2025)
The Math Help Centre is available in person every weekday except on Holidays.
- Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
No appointments are needed. You can walk in during the following hours and get support with your math courses.
Location
The Math Help Centre is located in room 107, Allen Building,
Workshop seminars
MHC Workshop Seminars run throughout each semester. In each workshop, we will tackle problems that aid understanding of the topic, and problems that are commonly found on midterm and final examinations.
Each workshop starts with a (roughly) 20-minute demonstration, with time in the middle for students to attempt the problems and ask questions if or when they get stuck. The problems that caused students the most difficulty are then demonstrated for the last 20 minutes.
These workshops are free, and all first-year students are welcome to attend as much or as little of the workshop as they wish. Comments or suggestions for these workshops are welcome. Please email the MHC at MathHelpCentre@umanitoba.ca and your comments will be considered.
If we are not offering the workshop you are looking for, please feel free to submit a request.
Upcoming workshops
No registration is needed.
Math 1500 Workshop Series
Schedule: Fridays, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Armes 200
- Week 3 (September 19): Limits review
- Week 4 (September 26): Continuity review
- Week 5 (October 3): Test 1 prep
- Week 6 (October 10): Derivatives review
- Week 7 (October 17): Related rates review
- Week 8 (October 24): Midterm review
- Week 9 (October 31): No workshop
- Week 10 (November 7): Curve sketching review
- Week 11 (November 14): Reading break (No workshop)
- Week 12 (November 21): Optimization problems or test 2 prep
- Week 13 (November 28): No workshop
- Week 14 (December 5): Final exam prep
- Week 15 (December 12) (tentative): Optional final exam prep session (If space is available)
Math 1300 Workshop Series
Schedule: Thursdays, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Armes 208
- Week 3 (September 18): Quiz 1 prep
- Week 5 (October 2): Quiz 2 prep
- Week 7 (October 16): Midterm prep
- Week 9 (October 30): Quiz 3 prep (Location changed to Buller 207)
- Week 13 (November 27): Quiz 4 prep
- Week 15 (December 11) (tentative): Optional final exam prep session (If space is available)
Math Help Centre Online
The MHC online services provide students registered in our math courses with the platform to interact with helpers (TAs), ask questions and have them answered by the helpers. This greatly extends the services of the MHC beyond the walls of the Math Help Centre. This Math Help Centre Online platforms, Zoom and Piazza, are places you can access the services provided by MHC from the comfort of your home.
MHC online live Zoom sessions are temporarily unavailable until further notice.
MHC forums live on Piazza
Piazza has an online Q & A (Question and Answer) platform which is incredibly easy, completely free and convenient. Piazza creates tremendous engagement between students, helpers and instructors. You can post your questions and have them answered by a TA.
Questions?
For further information contact us.
Online resources
Math Bootcamp recordings
MHC study groups
MHC study groups are affiliated with the Math Help Centre. Interested students are matched with 4 to 7 other study mates to form a group. These study groups are created for each course, and each study group is supposed to meet for at least two hours each week.
A teaching assistant knowledgeable in that course will be assigned to each study group. The teaching assistant will meet with the study group to assist, advise and clarify problems students face relating to the course for an additional hour each week. If a student already has a study group for a course and their group needs assistance, their group can still register and receive the needed assistance. Students or groups wishing to enrol in this program for a course should sign up through our Microsoft Form.
Other online resources
Here are some additional resources you may find useful:
- ΣMH Factoring Calculator. This factors any expression and shows the step-by-step process.
- Desmos graphing calculator. This is a very useful website for graphing functions. It's fast and easy to use.
- Wolfram|Alpha. Wolfram|Alpha can do just about anything you would want it to do. Calculate a derivative, and find the roots of a massive polynomial. It doesn't plot functions as nicely as Desmos, but it's fantastic for just about everything else - and not just mathematics. Ask it whatever question you like and it can usually find you an answer.
- mathcentre. This website has short teaching worksheets on a variety of topics. For example, this worksheet can be found in the chain rule section of the differentiation tab and has a massive number of practice questions.
- Khan Academy. Khan Academy has good video content for a lot of different subjects.
- Codeacademy. If you want to learn to code, try this website. As a side note, if you're going to teach yourself to code try to come up with some kind of mini-project to work on as you learn. It will give your learning more of a purpose and make it more enjoyable.
- LevelUp. LevelUp is an online course on UMLearn developed by members of the math department as a supplement for anyone wishing to brush up on their pre-calculus math skills. There are tutorial videos, exercises and quizzes to test your understanding of a variety of pre-calculus topics.
Contact us
YG Liang
Lab Coordinator
YG.Liang@umanitoba.ca
Math Help Centre (MHC)
107 Allen Building, 30A Sifton Road
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2 Canada