Faculty Awards

The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science (SAS) enjoys an international reputation for excellence in research. A selection of awards and honours received by our faculty are listed below.

Awards from the Statistical Society of Canada | SAS Fellows | Institutional awards


Awards from the Statistical Society of Canada (SSC)

Honorary Member

  • 2021 - Mary Thompson
  • 2014 - Jerry Lawless
  • 2013 - ​Bovas Abraham
  • 2001 - V.P. Godambe
  • 1995 - David Sprott

Gold Medal

  • 2007 - Don McLeish
  • 2003 - Mary Thompson
  • 1999 - Jerry Lawless
  • 1994 - Jack Kalbfleisch
  • 1988 - David Sprott
  • 1987 - V.P. Godambe

Distinguished Service Award

  • 2014 - Mary Thompson

CRM-SSC Prize in Statistics

  • 2022 - Pengfei Li
  • 2012 - Changbao Wu
  • 2010 - Grace Yi
  • 2007 - Richard Cook
  • 2005 - Jiahua Chen
  • 2003 - Charmaine Dean
  • 2001 - Colleen Cutler

The Canadian Journal of Statistics Award

  • 2016 - Grace Y. Yi, Xianming Tan, & Runze Li
  • 2002 - Don McLeish
  • 1999 - Richard Cook
  • 1998 - Jerry Lawless

SAS Fellows

Fellow of the American Statistical Association

  • Richard Cook
  • Charmaine Dean
  • Wayne Oldford
  • Matthias Schonlau
  • Stefan Steiner
  • Changbao Wu
  • Mu Zhu

Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics

  • Charmaine Dean
  • Pengfei Li
  • Ruodu Wang
  • Changbao Wu

Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

  • 2021 - Richard Cook
  • 2019 - Phelim Boyle
  • 2006 - Mary Thompson
  • 2002 - V.P. Godambe
  • 2000 - Jerry Lawless
  • 1994 - Jack Kalbfleisch
  • 1975 - David Sprott

Institutional awards

University Professor​

  • 2020 - Richard Cook 
  • 2006 - Phelim Boyle
  • 2004 - Mary Thompson

Distinguished Professor Emeritus/Emerita

  • 2025 - Mary Hardy
  • 2025 – Gord Willmot
  • 2010 - Mary Thompson
  • 2008 - Jerry Lawless
  • 1991 - V.P. Godambe
  • 2005 - Jack Kalbfleisch
  • 1996 - David Sprott