CANSSI National

Workshop held on Monday, April 11, 2022 This workshop was co-sponsored by CANSSI and the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS). The session was led by Dr. Sandra Miles of Academic Impressions. Resources from the workshop: Slide deck from workshop (23 slides, PDF format) Virtual training workbook on racial bias (PDF format)

Philip B. Stark, Distinguished Professor of Statistics at the University of California (UC), Berkeley, has had an enormous impact on the way student evaluations of teaching are—and aren’t—used to measure teaching effectiveness. On Wednesday, May 11, 2022, from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. PST, Dr. Stark will be the guest speaker at an online “CANSSI Townhall […]

Dr. Lehana Thabane, Vice-President of Research at St Joseph’s Healthcare—Hamilton; Scientific Director of the Research Institute at St Joseph’s Healthcare; Professor of Biostatistics and Former Interim Chair/Associate Chair of the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact at McMaster University Hosted by Dr. Joanna Mills Flemming, CANSSI Associate Director, Atlantic Region Friday, October 14 […]

As part of its Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) program, CANSSI regularly organizes EDI workshops and educational sessions for the statistical sciences community, often in partnership with Academic Impressions. We invite you to join us for this two-hour online led by Chandani Patel of New York University and co-presented by the Pacific Institute for the […]

Dr. Gabrielle Simoneau, Senior Principal Biostatistician, Biogen Digital Health Hosted by Dr. Joanna Mills Flemming, CANSSI Associate Director, Atlantic Region Friday, November 18 | 12:00–12:45 p.m. ET Biogen Digital Health, Montreal On Zoom   This event is past. WATCH THE VIDEO RECORDING   Presentation Abstract: Propensity score matching is among the most popular confounding adjustment […]

WATCH A RECORDING OF THE INTRODUCTION AND KEYNOTE LECTURE DOWNLOAD THE PRESENTATION SLIDES FOR THE KEYNOTE LECTURE WATCH A RECORDING OF THE PANEL DISCUSSION WATCH A RECORDING OF PRESENTATIONS BY CANSSI DISTINGUISHED POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS AND COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH TEAMS WATCH A RECORDING OF THE LIGHTNING TALKS Connect with the Community The CANSSI Showcase is an annual […]

Dr. Lisa Kanary, Instructor, Mathematics & Statistics, School of Business and Leadership, Yukon University Hosted by Dr. Joanna Mills Flemming, CANSSI Associate Director, Atlantic Region NEW DATE! Friday, December 16 | 12:00–12:45 p.m. MT Yukon University, Whitehorse, Yukon On Zoom   WATCH THE VIDEO RECORDING   Presentation Abstract: Most travel restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 […]

As part of its Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) program, CANSSI regularly organizes EDI workshops and training sessions for the statistical sciences community, often in partnership with Academic Impressions. We invite you to join us for this two-hour online workshop led by Sana Loue of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.   WATCH THE […]

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 […]