Association des statisticiennes et statisticiens du Québec


The ASSQ is a professional association of statisticians based in the province of Quebec, Canada. The acronym stands for Association des statisticiennes et statisticiens du Québec. The association was officially created on May 12, 1995, by Letters Patents from the Québec Government. Its permanent office is located in Quebec City.
The ASSQ promotes statistics and its use in public life and runs an accreditation program; it also represents the views and defends the interests of statisticians across the province. The association has 6 institutional members and approximately 150 members from government, academia and the private sector; accredited members can use the title STAT ASSQ in correspondence.
The association maintains a web site and publishes a regular newsletter entitled Convergence. It also organizes various scientific and professional activities, the most prominent of which are its annual meeting and a golf tournament.
WWW association-assq.qc.ca

Institutional Members

Presidents of the ASSQ

The President of the ASSQ is the highest officer of the association. He or she is elected by the entire membership. In the following list, the affiliations are those that were valid when the incumbent was in office.
  • 1995-1997: Mario Montégiani
  • 1998-1998: Sylvain Végiard
  • 1999-2000: Marc Duchesne
  • 2001-2002: Pierre Lavallée
  • 2003-2004: Sylvain Végiard
  • 2005-2008: Christian Genest
  • 2009-2010: Martin Rioux
  • 2011-2014: Nathalie Madore
  • 2015: Véronique Tremblay
  • 2016: Jean-Roch Leclerc
  • 2016: Bouchra Nasri, interim
  • 2017-: Louis-Paul Rivest

Publication

The ASSQ publishes a newsletter called Convergence. The first 16 volumes are available in print and can also be downloaded for free from http://www.association-assq.qc.ca/autre-convergence/. More recent issues are electronic and made available to the public at large on the association's website a few months after their distribution to the membership.
Below is a list of Editors of the paper version of Convergence, along with their affiliation when they took office.
  • 1996: Julie Trépanier
  • 1997-1998: Marc Duchesne
  • 1999-2002: Daniel Hurtubise
  • 2003-2004: Myrto Mondor
  • 2005-2006: Mireille Guay
  • 2007-2011: Jean-François Quessy
  • 2012-2017 : Denis Talbot
  • 2017- : Bouchra Nasri and Bruno Rémillard
  • 2018- : Pierre Lavallée

Honorary Members

Honorary members of the ASSQ are individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the development of statistical sciences in Québec or whose work has had a major impact on the development of the association. The current list of ASSQ honorary members is given below, with the affiliation in the year of election.
  • Bernard Colin
  • Christian Desbiens
  • Marc Duchesne
  • Isabelle Gagnon
  • Christian Genest
  • Pierre Lavallée
  • Ernest Monga
  • Mario Montégiani
  • Louis-Paul Rivest
  • Natalie Rodrigue
  • Gilles Therrien
  • Julie Trépanier