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This document contains the proceedings of the annual meeting of the Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group (CMESG) held at the University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada, May 26-30, 2000. The proceedings consist of two plenary lectures, five working groups, four topic sessions, new Ph.D. reports, and panel discussions. Papers include: (1) "Manipulating Combinatorial Structures" (Gilbert Labelle); (2) "The Theoretical Dimension of Mathematics: A Challenge for Didacticians" (Maria Bartolini Bussi); (3) "Mathematics Courses for Prospect Elementary Teachers" (Caroline La Joie and Ed Barbeau); (5) "Crafting an Algebraic Mind: Intersections from History and the Contemporary Mathematics Classroom" (Louis Charbonneau and Luis Radford); (6) "Mathematics Education et Didactique des Mathematiques: Is There a Reason for Living Separate Lives?" (Tom Kieren and Anna Sierpinska); (8) "Teachers, Technologies, and Productive Pedagogy" (David A. Reid and Rosamund Sutherland); (9) "Calculus Reform: A Critical Assessment" (Sylvie Desjardins and Harald Proppe); (10) "A Proof Ought to Explain: A Classroom Teacher-Researcher, a Mathematics Educator, and Three Cohorts of Fifth Graders Seek to Make Meaning of a Non-Obvious Algebraic Equation" (Vicki Zack and David A. Reid); (11) "Assessment for All" (Leigh N. Wood and Geoffrey H. Smith); (12) "Mathematics--By Invitation" (Ralph T. Mason); (13) "Math Central: An Internet Service for Teachers and Students" (Mhairi (Vi) Maeers and Harley Weston); (14) "Mathematical Conversations within the Practice of Mathematics" (Lynn Gordon Calvert); (15) "The Word Problem as Genre in Mathematics Education" (Susan Gerofsky); (16) "How Visual Perception Justifies Mathematical Thought" (Dennis Lomas); (17) "Folding Back and Growing Mathematical Understanding" (Lyndon Martin); (18) "La Place et les Fonctions de la Validation Chez les Futures Enseignants des Mathematiques au Secondaires" (Claudine Mary); (19) "Mathematics Knowing in Action: A Fully Embodied Interpretation" (Elaine Simmt); (20) "Pourquoi Enseigner les Mathematiques a Tous?" (Bernard R. Hodgson); (21) "Why Teach Mathematics to Everyone?" (Bernard R. Hodgson); (22) "Why Teach Mathematics to All Students?" (Sandy Dawson); (23) "Why Teach Mathematics to All Students?" (Brent Davis); and (24) "Why Teach Mathematics to Everyone?" (Nadine Bednarz). (KHR)