Presentations

High School Outreach – Machine Learning, Finance, and Data Bias, at Ottawa, Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Abstract: Over the last few years I’ve had the opportunity to give presentations to several high school groups relating to statistics. There are many benefits of academics doing this kind of outreach work: students (and their teachers!) enjoy hearing about the practical applications of what they are seeing in class, and are curious about the use of statistics in their future careers; and you get to share your knowledge and get students excited about statistics. In this presentation, I will share details about the topics I spoke about, including machine learning, finance, and data bias, as... Read more about High School Outreach – Machine Learning, Finance, and Data Bias
Absences and rearticulations: 2SLGBTQ+ families and care/work Tuesday, May 30, 2023:
Our team took part in a panel of presentations called "Care Is Not a Tally Sheet: Reflections on the Care/Work Portrait as a Method for Rethinking and Remaking the Field of Gendered Divisions of Labour" (Doucet, A., Klostermann, J., de Laat, K., Fisher, L., Foster, K., Gibson, M., livingstone, b., Cooper, J., Urquhart, B., & Kader, U.). Our presentation was created by M. Gibson, b. livingstone, J. Cooper, and B. Urquhart, and describes some of the methodological challenges we encountered as we piloted the Care/Work Portrait in online interviews with 2SLGBTQ+ parents and their partners --... Read more about Absences and rearticulations: 2SLGBTQ+ families and care/work
Developing Students' Communication Skills in Statistics Sunday, May 28, 2023

At the Statistical Society of Canada annual meeting in Ottawa, I co-facilitated the statistical education workshop with five other colleagues.

Abstract:

It is critical to equip students with professional skills. In particular, they need to develop effective verbal and written communication skills and it is our responsibility to help them in the process. As statistics educators, we strive to include meaningful relevant course activities that provide our students with opportunities to develop reasoning skills and a deep...

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Learning to Keep Your "Head Above Water" as a New Instructor Thursday, May 11, 2023:

At the First-Year Math & Stats in Canada (FYMSiC) online one-day conference, I spoke about advice that I received before starting my full-time teaching position.

Abstract:

As a new instructor there are many items that you need to learn, such as your institution's learning management system, other systems, courses, expectations, and so on. This talk will discuss different ways that new instructors can ease their heavy workloads by learning to NOT "re-invent the wheel" when teaching a new course for the first time.

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Prevalence of Menthol Use among Adults who Smoke Cigarettes from the United States (US) by Census Division and Demographic Subgroup, 2002–2020, at Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (San Antonio, Texas, USA), Thursday, March 2, 2023:
Significance: Targeted marketing of menthol cigarettes in the US influences disparities in the prevalence of menthol smoking across demographic groups. Although menthol use increased nationally since 2004, there are no sub-national data documenting differences in use across demographic subgroups. This study estimated trends in the prevalence of menthol use among current adult smokers for the nine US census divisions by sex, age group, and race/ethnicity from 2002-2020. Methods: Data from 12 waves of the US ITC Survey (2002-2020) were used to estimate the... Read more about Prevalence of Menthol Use among Adults who Smoke Cigarettes from the United States (US) by Census Division and Demographic Subgroup, 2002–2020

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