John Mighton

Mighton was born in Hamilton, Ontario on (1957-10-02)October 2, 1957 and lives in Toronto, Ontario with partner Pamela Sinha and daughter Chloe.

In 1998 Mighton founded a highly successful math tutoring program.[1] In 2002, based on the methods[2] developed in the tutoring program, he founded JUMP (Junior Undiscovered Math Prodigies) Math, a charitable organization that works to educate students in mathematics, and to promote those methods in the education system. Mighton points out that any child who learns language is capable of learning math.

As a playwright, Mighton has been the recipient of the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre, two Governor General’s Literary Awards for Drama, the Dora Award, and the Chalmers Award. His plays include Possible Worlds, The Little Years, Body & Soul, Scientific Americans, A Short History of Night, and Half Life.

Mighton completed a Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Toronto and was awarded an NSERC fellowship for postdoctoral research in knot and graph theory. He is a Fellow of the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences and has taught mathematics at the University of Toronto. Mighton also lectured in philosophy at McMaster University, where he received a Masters in philosophy.

In 1997, Mighton played an assistant math professor in the critically acclaimed film Good Will Hunting.

• 10th Annual Egerton Ryerson Award for Dedication to Public Education (2016)[3]
• Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year (2015)[4]
• Ernst & Young Social Entrepreneur of the Year (2014)[5]
• Officer of the Order of Canada ^[1] (2010)
• Ashoka Fellow (2004)

• The Myth of Ability (2003)
• All Things Being Equal: Why Math Is the Key to a Better World (2020)

• Good Will Hunting (1997): Tom - Lambeau's Teaching Assistant
• Hokees (Short Film) (2000)

• John Mighton at IMDb
• About John Mighton at JUMP Math