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.
There are approximately 60 positions ranging from 98 to 150 hours each for the period between September and December 2025. 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 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. The plans are for an in-person term and as such all positions will require TAs to be available on campus and face to face. The Department of Mathematics and Statistics follows the priority appointment procedures in Article 13.02 (Appointment Procedures) and Appendix A of the CUPE 4163 Collective Agreement. Priority is given to Graduate Students enrolled in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. The position(s) are CUPE 4163, Specialist Instructional. The University is committed to upholding the values of equity, diversity, and inclusion in our living, learning and work environments. In pursuit of our values, we seek members who will work respectfully and constructively with differences and across levels of power. We actively encourage applications from members of groups experiencing barriers to equity. The University’s full equity statement is dated February 10, 2020. 2022-2025 Collective Agreement 29 University of Victoria / CUPE Local 4163 (Comp 1&2).
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics invites expressions of interest for the delivery of one or more courses to be offered in person in the Fall term, September – December 2025. In keeping with Article 13.01 of the Agreement between UVic and CUPE 4163 (Component 3), Expressions of Interest are being sought from Graduate Students, adjunct faculty, Postdoctoral Fellows and sessional instructors in the department as well as from other interested parties.
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!
Congratulations to our PhD student Arjun Banik, who will receive an Andy Farquharson Award for Teaching Excellence on May 1.
Congratulations to our Math student winners at Honours Fest 2025! Kira Hodge won third place overall and Haley Freigang won best in Math.
Read more: Congrats to Honours Fest winners Hodge and Freigang
Congratulations to Heather Berringer for winning the Dr. Arne H. Lane Graduate Fellowship in Marine Sciences! Heather is a PhD student in statistics, supervised by Laura Cowen, and her work on abalone is in collaboration with the Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada / Pêches et Océans Canada.
We sadly announce that our retired colleague Ahmed Sourour has passed away after a serious illness.
Congratulations to Arjun Banik on being chosen as the recipient of the Dr. Margaret “Marmie” Perkins Hess Graduate Fellowships in Earth, Ocean, Astronomy, and Environmental Sciences. This is a major scholarship. Excellent news!
In this episode co-hosts Michelle and Steph chat with math youtuber and UVic professor Dr. Trefor Bazett. Covering topics like " Can anyone learn math?", Game theory and Topology.
Read more: Watch Trefor Bazett chat about Math with Inspire-d at UVic
Congratulations to our Math Competition 2024 winners: Overall: Nick Sima Junior (1st/2nd year): Stacey Sharfenberg Well done both, and Nick won for the second year in a row!
Congratulations to Mark Lewis for being awarded the 2024 Akira Okubo Prize. The Akira Okubo Prize, awarded every four years, recognizes outstanding contributions to Mathematical Biology.
Trefor Bazett was awarded the 2024 PIMS Education Prize at the PIMS Changing the Culture Conference on May 17 in Vancouver. Trefor excels at teaching math in person and online and you can view his many math videos on YouTube. Congratulations Trefor!
Dr. Christopher Eagle of the University of Victoria has been named the recipient of the Canadian Mathematics Society (CMS) 2024 Excellence in Teaching Award for his innovative teaching style, student mentorship, and depth of subject knowledge. Congratulations Chris!
Read more: Eagle to receive CMS Excellence in Teaching Award
Applications for admission into the Data Science Program are being accepted from April 1 to April 30.
