Grace Y. Yi, Professor in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Waterloo, is the 2010 winner of the CRM-SSC Prize. Within 10 years of her Ph.D., she has contributed in a significant way to the development of statistical methods for longitudinal studies and for the analysis of time-to-event data, especially for the treatment of missing observations and measurement errors.

The Canadian Journal of Statistics Award is presented each year by the Statistical Society of Canada to the author(s) of an article published in the Journal, in recognition of the outstanding quality of the paper’s methodological innovation and presentation.

The 2010 recipient of the Gold Medal of the Statistical Society of Canada is Louis-Paul Rivest.

Michelle Qian Zhou is the winner of the 2009 Pierre Robillard Award of the Statistical Society of Canada. This prize recognizes the best Ph.D. thesis in probability or statistics defended at a Canadian university in a given year.

The 2010 Distinguished Service Award is awarded to Paul Cabilio, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Statistics at Acadia University, Wolfville. This award is given at most once a year to a member of the Statistical Society of Canada who contributed substantially and over a period of several years to the operation or welfare of the SSC. 

Professor Raymond F. Currie is the 2010 recipient of the Lise Manchester Award. This biennial award is given by the Statistical Society of Canada in commemoration of 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 which considers problems of public interest and which is potentially useful for formation of Canadian public policy.

The Pierre Robillard Award for the best PhD thesis in the areas of probability and statistics defended in Canada in 2008 has been awarded to Dr. Baojiang Chen.
 

The Statistical Society of Canada announced today that Professor Christian Léger has been awarded the 2009 SSC Distinguished Service Award. This award is given to a member of the SSC who has made substantial contributions to the running or welfare of the Society over a period of several years.

George P.H. Styan has been named an Honorary Member of the SSC. Honorary Membership of the SSC is awarded to a statistical scientist of outstanding distinction who has contributed to the development of the statistical sciences in Canada.
 

Hugh obtained his B.Sc. in Mathematics in 1990 at Acadia University; he then went to the University of Waterloo where he obtained his M.Sc. in 1991 and his Ph.D. in 1994, both in Statistics. His Ph.D. thesis was written under the supervision of C. F. J. Wu and M. S. Hamada. He was then appointed in the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago as an assistant professor. He stayed in Chicago for three years and came back to Canada, at the University of Waterloo in 1997. He spent seven years in Waterloo, as an assistant and an associate professor.

The 2009 recipient of the Gold Medal of the Statistical Society of Canada is Professor Nancy Reid.

The Statistical Society of Canada is pleased to award Qing Pan and Doug Schaubel the Canadian Journal of Statistics Award for the best paper published in the journal in 2008. The papers are judged according to excellence, innovation and presentation.

The Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) today announced that the recipient of the SSC Award for Impact of Applied and Collaborative Work is Professor Rick Routledge of Simon Fraser University. This award recognizes outstanding contributions by SSC members in collaborative research and applications to a specific field outside of statistics.

Dr. Ivan P. Fellegi, who retired from his position as Chief Statistician of Canada on June 16, is now an Honorary Member of the SSC. Honorary Membership of the SSC is awarded to a statistical scientist of outstanding distinction who has contributed to the development of the statistical sciences in Canada. The formal announcement of this award was made in Ottawa by SSC President Christian Genest on the opening day of the 2008 SSC Annual Meeting.
 

The Canadian Journal of Statistics (CJS) Award is presented each year by the Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) to the authors of a contribution to the journal in recognition of the outstanding quality of the paper's methodological innovation and presentation.

The Pierre Robillard Award is awarded each year by the Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) to the author of the best doctoral thesis in probability or statistics defended at a Canadian university. In 2007, there are exceptionally two winners: Drs Juli Atherton and Jingjing Wu.

Paul Gustafson, Professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of British Columbia (UBC), is the 2008 winner of the CRM-SSC Prize. His contributions to Bayesian statistical methodology and its application to epidemiology have had an immense impact in statistics, biostatistics and public health.

The 2008 recipient of the Gold Medal of the Statistical Society of Canada is Prof. Luc Devroye.

The Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) today announced that Professor Stephen Fienberg has been named the first recipient of the Lise Manchester Award. This biennieal award is to commemorate the late Dr Lise Manchester's abiding interest in making use of statistical methods to provide insights into matters of relevance to society at large. This new award recognizes excellence in 'state of the art' statistical research which considers problems of public interest and which is potentially useful for formation of Canadian public policy.

The Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) today announced that the first recipient of the SSC Award for Impact of Applied and Collaborative Work is Professor Stephen Walter. This award recognizes outstanding contributions by SSC members in collaborative research and applied work. The award is intended for contributions that have made relatively recent impact on an organization or a subject area that is not cognate with the statistical sciences.

The Statistical Society of Canada today announced that Angelo Canty, Anthony Davison, David Hinkley and Valérie Ventura have been awarded The Canadian Journal of Statistics Award for the best paper published in the journal for 2006, judged according to excellence, innovation and presentation.

The Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) has announced that the Pierre Robillard Award for the best Ph.D. thesis in the areas of probability and statistics defended in Canada in 2006 is awarded to Dr. Mylène Bédard. The formal announcement of this award was made by SSC President Charmaine Dean at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s on the opening day of the 2007 SSC Annual Meeting.

The Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) today announced that Professor Agnes M. Herzberg has been named an Honorary Member. Honorary Membership of the SSC is awarded to a statistical scientist of outstanding distinction who has contributed to the development of the statistical sciences in Canada. The formal announcement of this award was made by SSC President Charmaine Dean at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s on the opening day of the 2007 SSC Annual Meeting.