Centre for Computational and Quantitative Social Science Events

MapleMeth is a regional methodology conference with the goal of engaging quantitative scholars both within and beyond Canada.

Please feel free to direct questions to Matt Lebo (matthew.lebo@uwo.ca).

MapleMeth is held annually at rotating locations.

May 6, 2026
McMaster University is delighted to host this year’s MapleMeth conference at its Toronto campus at 180 Bloor Street West. The conference will be preceded by a dinner on the evening of May 5. For more details and registration, visit: https://digitalsocietylab.org/maplemeth2026.

Previous conferences:

June 28-29, 2025
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia
2025 Conference Program

May 3-4, 2024
Western University, London, ON
2024 Conference Program

June 1-3, 2023
Western University, London, ON
2023 Conference Program

The CCQSS will host events of interest to students and researchers.

Previous events: 

March 9th, 2021
Build-Your-Own-Statistics Course
Archival Material and Data Science
Alexis Lerner, Presidential Data Fellow at Western

Statistics courses are typically in mathematics or statistics departments or in social and natural sciences such as economics, political science, psychology, and biology. Here we discuss how to construct a statistics course for students in non-quantitative fields, with a goal of integrating the statistical material with students' substantive interests, using modern teaching methods to increase student involvement. We demonstrate with the example of an introductory applied statistics class at the University of Toronto's Centre for Jewish Studies.

CCQSS will provide space and time for faculty, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and visiting scholars to present work in progress to members of the Centre and the faculty more broadly. Initially, the series will focus on internal speakers as we try to acquaint ourselves with what our colleagues in cognate fields are doing. Later, we will extend these opportunities to external speakers who can speak to the broad substantive constituency in the CCQSS. These could be particularly useful for grant applications that will ultimately be evaluated by interdisciplinary panels.

Previous Speakers:

October 17, 2025
"The Gender Gap in Political Power: Causes, Consequences, and Paths Forward"
Dr. Diana O'Brien, Professor of Political Science, Washington University

January 31, 2025
"No Option But Sabotage: The Radical Environmental Movement and the Climate Crisis"
Dr. Thomas Zeitzoff, Professor, School of Public Affairs, American University

The Centre will host occasional methodological workshops that address current advanced and debates in quantitative methodology. These workshops will be roughly half-day events that will focus on both theory and applications. Workshops could be conducted by graduate students, faculty, post-docs or visiting scholars as dictated by demand, expertise and availability.

Previous Workshops:

October 9, 2025
Grad Workshop
Dr. Paul Kellstedt, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Political Science at The Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University