Andrew McCormack

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Timeline
About me
Head of Research Analytics and Product at Data Sciences
Education
- McGill University
  2017 - 2019
  Master of Arts - MA Political Science
  Activities and Societies: Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship
- The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
  2016 - 2016
  LSE Summer School Political Science
- The University of British Columbia
  2013 - 2017
  Bachelor of Arts - BA Honours Political Science
  Activities and Societies: UBC Model United Nations Student Association
Experience
- Whole Foods Market
  May 2012 - Jul 2017
  Produce Team Member
- FactsCan
  May 2015 - Sept 2016
  Intern
  ∙ Created a self-directed internship with FactsCan through the UBC Arts Internship Program∙ Responsible for locating political claims for the research and writing team to fact-check∙ Conducted research to identify appropriate granting foundations and writing detailed and relevant grant applications∙ Developed an outreach strategy aimed at increasing subscribers and viewership of the FactsCan website
- McGill University
  May 2017 - Jun 2019
  Courses: ∙ POLI 210 (Political Science Research Methods) — Winter 2017 and Winter 2018 semesters∙ POLI 311 (Introduction to Quantitative Political Science) — Spring 2018 and Spring 2019 semestersWorkshops:∙ PopDataViz2017 — three-day workshop on data visualization in R∙ Computing and Math Summer Camp — R and math workshops for incoming graduate students
  - Teaching Assistant
    Sept 2017 - Jun 2019
  - Research Assistant
    May 2017 - Sept 2017
- Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship
  Jan 2018 - Feb 2018
  Instructor
  ∙ Developed and taught two workshops on advanced data visualization in the ggplot2 package in R∙ Workshop materials available at: mccormackandrew.github.io/geoviz_workshop/ and github.com/mccormackandrew/mapcan_workshop
- Data Sciences
  Jul 2019 - now
  - Head of Research Analytics and Product
    Feb 2024 - now
  - Research Lead, Product Development
    Sept 2022 - Feb 2024
  - Senior Research Analyst
    Apr 2021 - Sept 2022
  - Research Analyst
    Jul 2019 - Apr 2021
Licenses & Certifications
- Introduction to Data Science in Python
  Coursera
  May 2019
  View certificate
- Raw Signal Group Management Training
  Raw Signal Group
  May 2023
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Andrew McCormack
  Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council May 2018 $17,500 for Master's study at McGill University. Award based on research potential, academic excellence, and personal characteristics/interpersonal skills.
- Awarded to Andrew McCormack
  Dean's List University of British Columbia May 2017