CANSSI Ontario

CANSSI Ontario, in partnership with The Banting Discovery Foundation and CANSSI, is pleased to announce the 2026-2027 Banting-CANSSI in .

✨TWO (out of four) awards are reserved for eligible researchers at Ontario universities✨

🗓️ Deadlines:
- Notice of Intent: Oct 19, 2026
- Applications: Jan 2027

Eligibility:
ℹ️ https://bit.ly/4ga9qoQ

📢 Now accepting applications for Data Access Grants.

CANSSI Ontario is offering of up to $5,000 to support at Ontario universities working on projects focused on developing statistical methodology.

🗓️ Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

ℹ️ Eligibility: https://bit.ly/3x0hi4E

uOttawa
University of Waterloo
University of Windsor
Western University
York University

📢 Faculty Opportunity at the University of Toronto

The Department of Statistical Sciences is inviting applications for a tenure-stream Assistant Professor position in Statistical Learning Theory and related fields.

This is an exciting opportunity for researchers with a strong record of scholarship and teaching to join one of the world's leading universities.

📅 Application deadline: November 9, 2026.

🔗 Apply here: https://bit.ly/4fM7wuc

Professor Daniela Witten from the University of Washington will deliver the prestigious Distinguished Lecture Series in Statistical Sciences (DLSS) in person in Toronto and live on Zoom.

Selective Inference and its Applications
Oct 1, 2026 | 3:30-4:30 pm EDT

Testing Hypothesis via Orthogonalization
Oct 2, 2026 | 1:15-2:15 pm EDT

Register ➡️ https://bit.ly/4h11452

📢 Pleased to share news of the upcoming thematic semester Mathematics for Health, led by the Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM) in collaboration with the Digital Health Network (RSN) and a wide network of partners, including IVADO, Mila - Institut québécois d'intelligence artificielle, STAGE‑Québec, Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute, Génome Québec, and others.

📅 July 28–November 13, 2026
This semester will bring together researchers, students, and professionals to explore the role of mathematics and statistics in health.

🎓 Activities include workshops, summer and autumn schools, and lectures covering statistical genetics, disease modelling, AI in biomedical data, and public health.
🧁 Also includes 3 lectures by Prof. Daniella Witten (University of Washington)

💰 ✈️ Travel support is available for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

🔗 Full program details: https://bit.ly/43VSexu

Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and collaborate!

Activités - Site officiel du Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM)

📢 Applications Open: Benchmarking AI Capability in Statistics and Data Science

Supports projects that benchmark AI progress in statistics and data science by creating high-quality benchmarks from representative dataset slices and developing annotated, curated datasets that are ready for AI model evaluation.

💰 Funding: Up to $10,000
🗓️ Deadline: Sep 30, 2026
ℹ️ Eligibility: https://bit.ly/4bKdbzZ

📢 Applications Open: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Genome Data Science

This fellowship supports early-career researchers developing methodological advances in genomics and data science, with an emphasis on new genomic technologies and multi-omic integration. It is designed to attract and support outstanding postdoctoral talent conducting full-time research at CANSSI Ontario partner universities.

💰 Funding: Two-year salary support up to $50,000/year
🗓️ Deadline: Mar 1, 2027
ℹ️ Eligibility: https://bit.ly/4dLrsv4