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Bethany White, 2025 SSC Distinguished Educator Award Winner

Bethany White

The SSC Distinguished Educator Award recognizes sustained excellence in teaching statistics by SSC members, through significant contributions to evidence-based pedagogy and in leadership in statistical education in Canada. Such sustained excellence may be demonstrated through the development and improvement of evidence-based pedagogy, continued promotion of accessibility and inclusivity in learning, broad and continuing integration of research or professional experience into teaching, or evidence of success in statistics community building.

Melissa Lee, SSC Early Career Educator Award 2025

Melissa Lee

The SSC Early Career Educator Award recognizes excellence in teaching statistics by early career SSC members, through commitment to evidence-based pedagogy and in contributions to statistical education in Canada. Such excellence may be demonstrated through contributions to the scholarship of teaching and learning, attention to accessibility and inclusivity of learning environments, or innovation in development and/or implementation of new courses, curricula or programs.

Alexandre Bouchard-Côté, CRM-SSC Prize in Statistics 2024

Alexandre Bouchard-Côté

The CRM-SSC Prize in Statistics recognizes a statistical scientist's excellence and accomplishments in research during the first fifteen years after earning his/her doctorate (or equivalent degree). It is awarded annually by the Centre de recherches mathématiques and the SSC. 

This year's winner is Alexandre Bouchard-Côté from the University of British Columbia.
 

Cong Jiang, Michael Wallace, and Mary Thompson, The Canadian Journal of Statistics Award 2024

Cong Jiang
Michael Wallace
Mary Thompson

The Canadian Journal of Statistics Award is awarded annually by the SSC to the author(s) of an article published in the previous year in the journal, in recognition of the outstanding quality of the paper's methodological innovation and presentation. 
 

James A. Hanley, SSC Honorary Member 2024

James A. Hanley

Honorary Membership in the SSC is awarded to statistical scientists, or in special circumstances other individuals, of outstanding distinction who have made exceptional contributions to the development of the statistical sciences. The recipient should be someone whose work for which the Honorary Membership is awarded was substantially done in Canada or has had a major impact in Canada. The recipient need not be a member of the SSC.
 

Jim Stallard, 2024 SSC Distinguished Educator Award Winner

Jim Stallard

The SSC Distinguished Educator Award recognizes sustained excellence in teaching statistics by SSC members, through significant contributions to evidence-based pedagogy and in leadership in statistical education in Canada. Such sustained excellence may be demonstrated through the development and improvement of evidence-based pedagogy, continued promotion of accessibility and inclusivity in learning, broad and continuing integration of research or professional experience into teaching, or evidence of success in statistics community building.
 

Joanna Mills Flemming, SSC Award for Impact of Applied and Collaborative Work 2024

Joanna Mills Flemming

The Impact Award recognizes outstanding contributions by SSC members in collaborative research and applied work, the importance of which derives primarily from its relatively recent impact on a subject area outside of the statistical sciences, on an area of application, or on an organization.

Jonathan Jalbert, Christian Genest, and Luc Perreault Lise Manchester Award 2024

Jonathan Jalbert
Christian Genest
Luc Perreault

Jonathan Jalbert (Polytechnique Montréal), Christian Genest (McGill University), and Luc Perreault (Institut de recherche d’Hydro-Québec) are the recipients of the 2024 Lise Manchester Award. This award is given every other year by the Statistical Society of Canada to commemorate the late Dr Lise Manchester’s abiding interest in using statistical methods to study matters of relevance to society. The award recognizes excellence in statistical research that helps guide public policy in Canada.
 

Samantha-Jo Caetano, SSC Early Career Educator Award 2024

Samantha-Jo Caetano

The SSC Early Career Educator Award recognizes excellence in teaching statistics by early career SSC members, through commitment to evidence-based pedagogy and in contributions to statistical education in Canada. Such excellence may be demonstrated through contributions to the scholarship of teaching and learning, attention to accessibility and inclusivity of learning environments, or innovation in development and/or implementation of new courses, curricula or programs.