Stephen Lidderdale majored in applied mathematics at York University with a concentration in statistics. After obtaining his BSc, he went on to graduate school at the University of Toronto to continue studying statistical sciences.Stephen says: “After taking many courses in different fields of mathematics, I was introduced to linear models in a course on regression analysis. The far-reaching yet intuitive concepts taught in this course led me to concentrate my studies in statistics. York University gave me the freedom to explore, and the time to find my passion. With a wide range of topics taught by world-class professors, my time at York University was the most influential of my life.”