Results of the 2018 SSC Elections

The SSC 2018 Election was held between April 16 and May 16, 2018. There were 1272 members eligible to vote and 427 ballots were received, a participation rate of 33.6%. Of the 145 P.Stat.-accredited members eligible to vote for the openings on the accreditation committees, 72 voted, a participation rate of 49.7%. All but two of the ballots were submitted electronically.
The following candidates were elected.
Executive Committee
[3 year terms]
President-Elect [President 2019-20; Past-President 2020-21]: Bruce Smith, Dalhousie University
Executive Secretary: Llwellyn Armstrong, Ducks Unlimited
Regional Representatives to the Board of Directors
[2-year terms]
Atlantic Provinces: Henrik Stryhn, University of Prince Edward Island
Québec: Thierry Duchesne (Université Laval), Cody Hyndman (Concordia University)
Ontario: Michael McIsaac (Queen's University), Lorna Deeth (University of Guelph)
Manitoba/Saskatchewan/Northwest Territories/Nunavut: Katherine Davies, University of Manitoba
Alberta/British Columbia/Yukon: Karen Kopciuk, University of Calgary
SECTION EXECUTIVES
Actuarial Science Section Executive
[Three-year terms]
President-Elect [President 2019-20; Past-President 2020-21]: David Landriault, University of Waterloo
Treasurer: Jean-François Bégin, Simon Fraser University
Biostatistics Section Executive
[Three-year terms]
President-Elect [President 2019-20; Past-President 2020-21]: Lei Sun, University of Toronto
Treasurer: Eleanor Pullenayegum, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Toronto
Business and Industrial Statistics Section
[Three-year terms]
President-Elect [President 2019-20; Past-President 2020-21]: Ryan Browne, University of Waterloo
Treasurer: Alexander de Leon, University of Calgary
Probability Section Executive
[Three-year terms]
President-Elect [President 2019-20; Past-President 2020-21]: Jean Vaillancourt, HEC Montréal
Statistical Education Section Executive
[Three-year terms]
President-Elect [President 2019-20; Past-President 2020-21]: Sotorios Damouras, University of Toronto
Survey Methods Section Executive
President-Elect [President 2019-20; Past-President 2020-21]: Kim Huynh, Bank of Canada
Treasurer [2-year term]: Christian Nambeau, Statistics Canada
ACCREDITATION PROGRAM COMMITTEES
Accreditation Committee
[Three-year terms]
Beatrice Baribeau (Statistics Canada), Ruth Croxford (Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences), Alberto Nettel-Aguirre (University of Calgary), Soyean Kim (Technical Safety BC)
Accreditation Appeals Committee
[Three-year terms]
Neil Arnason (University of Manitoba), Lennon Li (Public Health Ontario)