The SSC 2017 Election was held between April 15 and May 15, 2017. There were 1318 members eligible to vote and 371 ballots were received, a participation rate of approximately 28%. Of the 147 P.Stat.-accredited members eligible to vote for the openings on the accreditation committees, 80 voted, a participation rate of over 54%. All but two of the ballots were submitted electronically.

MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

 (Three-year Terms) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRESIDENT-ELECT 

[President, 2018-19; Past President, 2019-20] 

Robert Platt, McGill University

TREASURER 

Edward Chen, Statistics Canada

MEETINGS COORDINATOR 

Changbao Wu, University of Waterloo

 

REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

 (Two-Year Terms)

 

ATLANTIC PROVINCES 

Ying Zhang, Acadia University

 

 

 

 

 

 

QUEBEC 

Aurelie Labbe, HEC Montréal

Jean-François Plante, HEC Montréal

 

 

 

 

 

ONTARIO 

Bethany White, University of Toronto

Leilei Zeng, University of Waterloo

 

 

 

 

 

MANITOBA - SASKATCHEWAN - NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – NUNAVUT 

Lisa Lix, University of Manitoba

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALBERTA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - YUKON 

Tim Swartz, Simon Fraser University

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION EXECUTIVES 

(Three-year terms)  

ACTUARIAL SECTION EXECUTIVE 

PRESIDENT-ELECT 

Jean-François Renaud, Université du Québec à Montréal

BIOSTATISTICS SECTION EXECUTIVE 

Patrick Brown, St. Michael's Hospital 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS SECTION EXECUTIVE 

PRESIDENT-ELECT 
Chunfang Devon Lin, Queen's University

PROBABILITY SECTION EXECUTIVE 

PRESIDENT-ELECT 
René Ferland, Université du Québec à Montréal

TREASURER 
Gennady Shaikhet, Carleton University

 

STATISTICAL EDUCATION SECTION EXECUTIVE 

PRESIDENT-ELECT 
Asokan Variyath, Memorial University

SURVEY METHODS SECTION EXECUTIVE 

PRESIDENT-ELECT 
Susie Fortier, Statistics Canada

SECRETARY 
Golshid Chatrchi, Carleton University

 

ACCREDITATION PROGRAM COMMITTEES 

(Three-year terms) 

ACCREDITATION COMMITTEE 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mohamed Abdolell, Dalhousie University

Fabrice Larribe, Université du Québec à Montréal

Geraldine Lo Siou, Alberta Health Services

Charles Paltiel, Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACCREDITATION APPEALS COMMITTEE 

Judy-Anne Chapman, Queen’s University

Edward Chen, Statistics Canada

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Members of the Election Committee for 2016 - 2017: 

Brian Allen (Chair / Président), Hugh Chipman, Sylvia Esterby, Karla Fox, Christian Genest, David Hamilton, Gail Ivanoff, Karen Kopciuk, Étienne Marceau, Peggy T. Ng, Cyntha Struthers