2025-2026 Student PhD and Research
Network (SPARK) Group
About
The CANSSI Ontario SPARK Program enables PhD-level graduate students to host distinguished speakers who bring expertise and insights into statistical sciences and related fields at their universities.
The 2025-2026 SPARK cohort consists of 12 PhD students from each of CANSSI Ontario’s partner universities, committed to advancing knowledge and fostering academic excellence within Ontario’s statistical sciences community.
News
Visit the CANSSI Ontario STatistics Seminars (CAST) webpage to learn about the guest speakers invited to present at the universities of SPARK students.
2025-2026 Student Cohort
Laura Bumbulis
University of Waterloo
Joe Ghafari
University of Ottawa
Jin Zhang
University of Guelph
Agassi Iu
Wilfrid Laurier University
Yuwei Ke
Queen's University
Anuththara Lekamelage
Brock University
Nathaniel Lewis Phelps
Western University
Ruyi Pan
University of Toronto
Saurabh Panchasara
York University
Hyuna Seo
McMaster University
Hossein Varzdar
University of Windsor
Mehrdad Nozohour Yazdi
Carleton University