Building Data Science Capacity within the BC Public Service: A Decade of Progress presented by Dr Stephanie Hazlitt Director, Data Science Partnerships, BC Stats

Statistical Computing and Visualisation section is proud to present a webinar on Building Data Science Capacity within the BC Public Service: A Decade of Progress presented by Dr Stephanie Hazlitt Director, Data Science Partnerships, BC Stats.

Building data science capacity is important for governments to leverage the vast amounts of data available, improve decision-making, enhance public services, and address complex challenges. The BC Public Service has seen a significant shift towards the use of R and other data science tools for data analysis and communication. This talk will share insider observations of some of the events, infrastructure, and culture changes that have helped kickstart and support progress towards the use and growth of R and data science tools across teams in the BC Public Service. Together these changes, with ongoing organizational support, have enabled individuals, teams, and leadership in the BC Public Service to shift towards more programmatic, open and reproducible data science workflows.

Bio:

Stephanie Hazlitt is a PhD data scientist, researcher, educator and leader with a passion for developing and contributing to reproducible and user-focused data science products and open source software. She has used R in her everyday work for over a decade and is passionate about supporting people and teams to be productive in creating, sharing and communicating research and data science-related products and tools. Stephanie is the Director of Data Science Partnerships at BC Stats, the statistical agency of the British Columbia Provincial Government.