“Charlotte often tells her students that the 'Aha' feeling which comes when a problem is solved is something that she hopes they all can experience.” That line from a colleague of Charlotte Danard speaks volumes about her love of mathematics and her work mentoring students and other teachers.
Charlotte is a keen problem solver, a well repected teacher, and a lover of the history of mathematics. She is a teacher and mathematics department head at Toronto's Branksome Hall. She has served on contest preparation and marking committees at the University of Waterloo and has participated in a wide range of conferences.
Charlotte is a graduate of the University of Waterloo's Mathematics Faculty. She got her teaching degree at the University of Toronto, and a masters degree in mathematics from the University of Rochester. Before being hired at Branksome Hall in 1991, she taught in Toronto, Mississauga and Rochester, N.Y.
 Biking and singing in a community choir are part of Charlotte's pleasures outside of mathematics. She is also a calligrapher, a mother of three grown children and is married to Don Plewes – also a Waterloo graduate.