Check out the SSC 2017 award winners for Honorary Member, SSC Gold Medalist, the Distinguished Service Award, the Pierre Robillard Award, the CRM-SSC Prize in Statistics, the SSC Award for Impact of Applied and Collaborative Work, and the Canadian Journal of Statistics Award. 

The SSC is saddened by the news of the recent passing of Jim Kalbfleisch. Jim helped shape the University of Waterloo's Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science and served as SSC President in 1984.

The University of Waterloo has announced the appointment of Charmaine B. Dean as vice-president, university research beginning a five-year term on July 1, 2017. The appointment was approved by the Board of Governors following approval by and on the recommendation of Senate.

Dear members,

The SSC is again awarding travel supplements for students from Canadian Universities attending the 2017 SSC meeting. These awards are funded by the Society and six of its sections: Actuarial Science, Statistical Education, Biostatistics, Survey Methods, Business and Industrial Statistics, and Probability.