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

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Joe Ghafari

University of Ottawa
Agassi Lu

Agassi Lu

Wilfrid Laurier University
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Saurabh Panchasara

McMaster University
Nathaniel Lewis Phelps

Nathaniel Lewis Phelps

Western University
Mehrdad Nozohour Yazdi

Mehrdad Nozohour Yazdi

Carleton University