Edward J. Chen, P.Stat., has been employed at Statistics Canada since October, 1986. He is a chief in Household Survey Methods Division and devotes his career to the excellence of Statistics Canada's household survey program. Edward is currently responsible for the sample control and maintenance for the Canadian Labour Force Survey (LFS) and other household surveys. He is active in the statistical and local communities. He has been Treasurer of the Statistical Society of Canada since July, 2005. Before that, he was Treasurer of the Statistical Society of Ottawa from 1999 to 2003.