Dr. David Bellhouse is the recipient of the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Science Honoured Alumni Award 2017. 

"It wasn’t exactly luck that led Dr. David Bellhouse, [BA, Actuarial Science/70, MA, Statistics/72] to discover a love for the history of statistics – but the lottery did play a large part in it."

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.

The 2016 Census data on population and dwelling counts are now available for Canada, its provinces and territories, its municipalities and other levels of geography. 

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.

Awards will be given at the 2017 SSC Annual Meeting at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg for research presentations made by students. Awards will be given for oral and poster presentations. Entries will be judged on the quality of both the presentation and the underlying research. The awards consist of a certificate and a cash prize.

The Fisher award is given in very high recognition of meritorious achievement and scholarship in statistical science and recognizes highly significant impact of statistical methods on scientific investigations.  Nominations for the Fisher Award close on December 15th.  http://community.amstat.org/copss/awards/fisher-lecturer

Dear Members,

As you may already know, Larysa Valachko's last day in the SSC Office was November 18 2016. We wish her all the best during her maternity leave!

Well, it has been a very busy few months for our Society: continued development of the website, planning for next year's meeting in Winnipeg, preparing for the fundraising drive, ... the list goes on! Allow me to elaborate on these.

Here is some helpful advice from Paul McNicholas re: NSERC Discovery Grants!

Professor Nancy Reid, FRSC, can add one more accolade to her already long list of honours. On October 27, 2016, she will give this year's Fisher Memorial Lecture at the Royal Statistical Society in London (UK). The title of her lecture is "Statistical Science and Data Science: where do we go from here?"