Results of the 2017 SSC Elections
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
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