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CANSSI/SSC Cross-Country Tour | The Role of Statisticians and Statistical Thinking in the Pandemic Era

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 […]

Addressing Conflicts Related to Bias, Privilege, and Identity in the STEM Fields

Queen's University 127 Jeffery Hall, 48 University Avenue, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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 […]

CANSSI/SSC Cross-Country Tour | Visualization as a Diagnostic Tool for Estimands with Pairwise Matching of Multiple Treatments

Queen's University 127 Jeffery Hall, 48 University Avenue, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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 […]

CANSSI Showcase 2022

Queen's University 127 Jeffery Hall, 48 University Avenue, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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 […]

CANSSI/SSC Cross-Country Tour | The Development of a COVID-19 Self-Assessment Risk Model to Mitigate Case Importation Risk in Yukon

Queen's University 127 Jeffery Hall, 48 University Avenue, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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 […]

Cultural Humility: A Framework to Mitigate Personal Bias & Techniques to Build Greater Capacity

Queen's University 127 Jeffery Hall, 48 University Avenue, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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 […]

van Eeden Seminar: The Four Pillars of Machine Learning

Queen's University 127 Jeffery Hall, 48 University Avenue, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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 […]

Florence Nightingale Day 2023

Simon Fraser University (Halpern Centre) Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Florence Nightingale is widely known as the founder of modern nursing, but she was also a ground-breaking statistician who is credited with inventing the pie chart. Florence Nightingale Day is an international celebration that invites high school students, especially those from traditionally under-represented groups, to follow in her footsteps by exploring studies and careers in […]

Best Practice in Ethical Data Analysis

Queen's University 127 Jeffery Hall, 48 University Avenue, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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 […]

Microaggressions: They Aren’t Being Too Sensitive

Queen's University 127 Jeffery Hall, 48 University Avenue, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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 (opens in a new tab). We invite you to join us for this two-hour online workshop led by Sandra Miles of Academic Impressions.   WATCH THE […]

Eric Joel Tchetgen Tchetgen Will Speak at the 2023 Distinguished Lecture Series in Statistical Sciences

CANSSI and CANSSI Ontario are excited to present Eric Joel Tchetgen Tchetgen as the guest speaker for this year’s Distinguished Lecture Series in Statistical Sciences at the University of Toronto. Dr. Tchetgen Tchetgen will present two talks: An (un)Holy Union: Causal Inference, Semiparametric Statistics and Machine Learning in the Age of Data Science (May 9, […]

Mentoring 101: How to Get What You Need to Thrive in the Academy

Queen's University 127 Jeffery Hall, 48 University Avenue, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

As part of its Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) program, CANSSI regularly organizes EDI workshops and training sessions for the statistical sciences community. We invite you to join us for this two-hour online workshop developed by the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity and led by Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles, professor of higher education […]