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Applications are invited for a Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders position in mathematical ecology and biology. If awarded, the appointment will be a tenure-track Assistant Professor position starting July 1, 2027. Applications close November 23, 2026.
Read more: Mathematical ecology and biology faculty position
Applications are invited for a tenure-track Assistant Teaching Professor position in Mathematics and Statistics, starting July 1, 2027. The application deadline is December 1, 2026.
There are approximately 60 positions ranging from 49 to 196 hours each, for the period between January and April 2027. Most positions are for about 98 hours in total, and are distributed as 8 to 12 weekly hours for 12 to 14 weeks. Teaching Assistants mark assignments and midterms, instruct tutorials or labs, or work in the Assistance Centre, which provides one-to-one tutoring with University of Victoria students who are enrolled in our first and second year Mathematics and Statistics courses.
Congratulations to Muskaan Danish Ali for winning the best presentation award and Yasaman Shahhosseini for receiving an honourable mention at the 2026 Statistical Society of Canada Annual Meeting!
Congratulations to our many math and stats undergrad, masters, and PhD students celebrating their graduations in the UVic June convocation. You are all amazing!!
We invite applications for the Ian and Sheila Barrodale Award in Computer Science and Mathematics* Value: at least $2,000
Congratulations to Mehnaz Jahid for winning the Survey Methods Section Student Research Oral Presentation Award at the 2025 Statistical Society Canada Meeting. Mehnaz is supervised by Laura Cowen and the title of her talk is "Integrated model for dependent spatial capture-recapture and presence-absence data".
Read more: Mehnaz wins student oral presentation award at SSC 2025
Congratulations to Shibai Zhang on being runner up to the WNAR 2025 student most outstanding oral presentation award! Her presentation is titled "A Conditionally Markovian Reformulation of Memory-Mediated Animal Movement Using Cognitive Maps". She is supervised by Professors Mark Lewis and Farouk Nathoo.
Read more: Zhang wins WNAR oral student presentation runner-up prize
Congratulations to Lina Li, Yushan Hu, and Soo Kim. At the poster competition at the 13th Annual Canadian Statistics Student Conference, Lina and Yushan came first and second, respectively, in the PhD group, and Soo came first in the MSc group. All three students work with Xuekui Zhang; Lina is a visiting student.
Congratulations to Laura Cowen, who has been chosen to receive the 2025 Bob Riffenburgh Award.
Congratulations to Mark Lewis, Kennedy Chair in Mathematical Biology, for being elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society UK.
Congratulations to Dr. Min Tsao who has been selected by the Statistical Society of Canada as the recipient of the Canadian Journal of Statistics Award!
Applications for admission into the Data Science Program are being accepted from April 1 to April 30.
