Past Conferences and Activities
Contact: ssc.student.conference@gmail.com
The names and institutions of past keynote and career speakers, as well as titles of planned skills sessions are listed below.
2025 SSC Student Conference, University of Saskatchewan, photos
Keynote Speaker : Alexandre Bouchard-Côté (University of British Columbia)
Career Speakers : Alice Li (City of Saskatoon), Kuan Liu (University of Toronto) and Martin Segovia (Clara)
Scientific Workshop : Pingzhao Hu (Western University)
2024 SSC Student Conference, Memorial University, photos
Keynote Speaker : Richard Cook (University of Waterloo)
Career Speakers : Noel Cadigan (Memorial University), Jayde Eustace (Aviva Insurance),
Bethany White (University of Toronto)
2023 SSC Student Conference, Carleton University, photos
Keynote Speaker : Erica Moodie (McGill University)
Career Speakers : Dave Campbell (Bank of Canada / Carleton University),
Sanjeena Dang (Carleton University), Pierre Dodin (Bombardier)
Skills Sessions : i) Data access and management
2022 SSC Student Conference, Virtual
Keynote Speaker : Lisa Lix (University of Manitoba)
Career Speakers : Paul Gustafson (University of British Columbia), Catherine Njue (Health Canada),
Francisco Rius (Minecraft at Microsoft)
Skills Sessions : i) Scientific communication around the presentation of statistical analyses
2021 SSC Student Conference, Virtual
Keynote Speaker : Luc Devroye (McGill University)
Career Speakers : Dave Campbell (Carleton University), Matthew van Bommel (Zelus Analytics),
Edward Chen (Statistics Canada), Tingting Wen (Sun Life Investments)
Skills Sessions : i) Resources and strategies for a successful job search
2020 SSC Student Conference, Virtual, photos
Keynote Speaker : David Haziza (University of Montreal)
Career Speakers : Mireille Schnitzer (University of Montreal), Kathryn Mills (Canada Revenue Agency),
Reuben Pereira (The Home Depot)
Skills Sessions : i) How to Develop a Strong CV
2019 SSC Student Conference, University of Calgary, photos
Keynote Speaker : Charmaine Dean (University of Waterloo)
Career Speakers : Lisa Lix (University of Manitoba), Dominique Ibanez (Health Canada),
Steven Wu (Shopify)
Skills Sessions : i) Machine learning applications in R
2018 SSC Student Conference, McGill University, photos
Keynote Speaker : James Hanley (McGill University)
Career Speakers : David Maybury (Public Services and Procurement Canada),
Eric Hortop (Statistics Canada), Robert Platt (McGill University),
Matthew Kowgier (Roche Canada / University of Toronto), Eric Cai (Environics Analytics)
Skills Sessions : i) Mental health during graduate studies
2017 SSC Student Conference, University of Manitoba, photos
Keynote Speaker : Jiahua Chen (University of British Columbia)
Career Speakers : Kathryn Mills (Canada Revenue Agency), Karla Fox (Canada Revenue Agency),
Zhihui (Amy) Liu (University of Toronto)
Skills Sessions : i) Mohammad Jafari Josani (University of Manitoba)
ii) Olli Saarela (Dalla Lana School of Public Health of University of Toronto)
iii) Nathalie Moon (University of Waterloo)
2016 SSC Student Conference, Brock University, photos
Keynote Speaker : Robert Tibshirani (Stanford University)
Career Speakers : Eric Cai (Bank of Montreal, The Chemical Statistician [blog]), Jack Gambino
(Statistics Canada), Amanda Lafontaine (Fidelity Investments Canada)
Skills Sessions : i) Statisticians Working in Different Fields: Challenges and Rewards
2015 SSC Student Conference, Dalhousie University, photos
Keynote Speaker : Don McLeish (University of Waterloo)
Career Speakers : Talia Beech (Defence Research and Development Canada), Patrick Brown
(University of Toronto), Matthew Richard (DGI Clinical Inc.)
Skills Sessions : i) Resume and Interview Skills Workshop
ii) Senior Student and Recent Graduate Q&A Panel
2014 SSC Student Conference, University of Toronto, photos
Keynote Speaker : Jack Kalbfleisch (University of Michigan)
Career Speakers : Joseph Beyene (McMaster University), Amanda Halladay (Statistics
Canada), Albert Kim (Reed College), Irene Zhang (Everest Clinical Research Services Inc.)
Skills Sessions : i) Presentation Skills Workshop
ii) Statistical Consulting Panel
2013 SSC Student Conference, University of Alberta, photos
Keynote Speaker : Jeffrey Rosenthal (University of Toronto)
Career Speakers : Kathryn Mills (Canada Border Services), Matthias Schonlau (University of
Waterloo), Ori Stitelman (Media6Degrees)
Skills Sessions : i) 4 Pillars of Effective CVs and Resumes
ii) How to Survive Graduate School Panel