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The SSC-CANSSI Award for Impact* is given to a Canadian or to someone residing in Canada, who is a member of the Society and who has made  outstanding contributions in applied and collaborative 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.

* The award was renamed from the SSC Award for Impact to the SSC-CANSSI Award for Impact in December 2024 by the SSC Board motion.

SSC Award for Impact Committee
Nominations


Nominations must be received on or before January 31 by the Chair of the Committee. Electronic submission with PDF files is preferred.

 

The essential idea is that the award is for the impact of the work (not for its degree of technical sophistication, for example). The work should demonstrate the importance of the statistical sciences to other areas of endeavour and should include an intellectual contribution to statistical science motivated by the area of application.

 

Areas in which a substantial contribution would qualify include: formulation of new statistical questions and ideas uniquely appropriate to the subject matter discipline or the organization; development and application of conceptually new approaches appropriate to the subject matter or the organization; new implementation of the best combination of techniques to solve important and difficult research problems in the applied discipline; development of statistical methods that answer a question in another field that could not have been answered adequately before; application of creative statistical thinking with demonstration of clear understanding of the science/industry of the area of endeavour; establishment of the relative merits of alternative analytic approaches leading to guidelines useful to applied scientists in choosing among them. This list is intended to be examples of contributions and is not necessarily exhaustive.


The nomination package should consist of a letter of nomination and at least three letters of support, a curriculum vitæ, a “layperson” description of the work and its impact expressed in terms that would be suitable for publicity purposes, and a citation suitable for public announcement of the award. The nomination package should also include at least two letters from non-statisticians representing the field or organization that has felt the impact of the work. The letters must address how the contributions have had a recent impact. Letters of recommendation from those not directly involved in the research are particularly encouraged. The onus is on the nominator(s) to explain the work and to provide evidence of its impact in support of the nomination.


The SSC values and encourages Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in all of its nominations and awards. Please see the SSC guidelines on implicit bias (pdf). 

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

Joanna Mills Flemming
SSC-CANSSI Award for Impact
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.

Pierre Dutilleul, SSC Award for Impact of Applied and Collaborative Work 2023

Pierre Dutilleul
SSC-CANSSI Award for Impact
Pierre Dutilleul

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.

Lehana Thabane, SSC Award for Impact of Applied and Collaborative Work 2022

Lehana Thabane
SSC-CANSSI Award for Impact
Lehana Thabane

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.

Therese Stukel, SSC Award for Impact of Applied and Collaborative Work 2021

Thérèse Stukel
SSC-CANSSI Award for Impact
Thérèse Stukel

The 2021 recipient of the Statistical Society of Canada Award for Impact of Applied and Collaborative Work is Thérèse Stukel, Senior Scientist at ICES in Toronto and Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto. The award recognizes outstanding contributions by a member of the SSC 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.

 

W. John Braun, Winner of the Award for Impact of Applied and Collaborative Work 2020

W. John Braun
SSC-CANSSI Award for Impact
W John Braun

The 2020 recipient of the Statistical Society of Canada Award for Impact of Applied and Collaborative Work is W. John Braun, professor in the Department of Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics, University of British Columbia Okanagan. The award recognizes outstanding contributions by a member of the SSC 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.

Prof. Stephen Walter, SSC Award for Impact of Applied and Collaborative Work 2008

Stephen Walter
SSC-CANSSI Award for Impact
Prof Stephen Walter

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.

Rick Routledge, SSC Award for Impact of Applied and Collaborative Work 2009

Rick Routledge
SSC-CANSSI Award for Impact
Rick Routledge

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.

Abdel H. El-Shaarawi, SSC Award for Impact of Applied and Collaborative Work 2010

Abdel H. El-Shaarawi
SSC-CANSSI Award for Impact
Abdel El Shaarawi

Professor Abdel H. El-Shaarawi is the 2010 recipient of the SSC Award for Impact of Applied and Collaborative Work. The award recognizes outstanding contributions by a member of the SSC that have made relatively recent impact on an organization or a subject area that is not cognate with the statistical sciences.

David Binder, SSC Award for Impact of Applied and Collaborative Work 2012

David Binder
SSC-CANSSI Award for Impact
David Binder

At its Annual Meeting held in Guelph, Ontario, June 3-6, the Statistical Society of Canada announced that David A. Binder is the 2012 recipient of the Award for Impact of Applied and Collaborative Work. The 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.

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