CANSSI National

The van Eeden seminar is presented each year by the University of British Columbia’s Department of Statistics. The invited speaker is a prominent statistician chosen by the department’s graduate students. This year’s vitual seminar is sponsored by CANSSI and features Dr. Kevin Patrick Murphy, a research scientist at Google. For more information and to register […]

This virtual workshop, which is presented by the Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM) StatLab and supported by CANSSI, will showcase best practices in thoughtful and ethical handling of demographic data. A particular focus will be common questions that arise in the analysis of variables on race, ethnicity, sexuality, and disability. These include the challenges presented […]

WATCH THE VIDEO RECORDING DOWNLOAD THE TOWN HALL PRESENTATION SLIDES (PDF) If you’ve been meaning to explore what CANSSI can offer you, the 2023 CANSSI Town Hall is for you. The Town Hall will take place on Friday, June 16, from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. PT on Zoom. It is open to all members of […]

Are you interested in “Fostering Learning of Statistics and Data Science”? That’s the theme of IASE 2023, a satellite conference being organized by the International Association for Statistical Education (IASE) and the International Association for Statistical Computing (IASC) as a lead-up to the 64th World Statistics Congress in Ottawa. CANSSI is a co-sponsor of the […]

The 23rd Meeting of New Researchers in Statistics and Probability will take place from August 2 to 5, 2023, at the University of Toronto. It is co-sponsored by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the University of Toronto, and the Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute (CANSSI). The conference is designed to […]

Overview Nowadays, statisticians and health data scientists actively work together on the frontier of biological, medical, and public health research. The transdisciplinary collaboration not only develops the modern foundations of Health Data Science but also accelerates the pace of scientific discovery and innovation. The 2nd CANSSI-NISS Health Data Science Workshop will be held on August […]

Watch the Videos This event is past, but recordings of the sessions are available online: Keynote lecture (see description below) Panel discussion (see description below) Short talks (four presenters; see descriptions below) Lightning talks (15 presenters; see descriptions below) Conclusion (including announcement of meme contest winners) Connect with the Community The CANSSI Showcase is an […]