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Hi, I’m Daniel 👋

I’m a data science educator

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About

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I’m a Data Science Lecturer in the Statistics Department at the University of British Columbia, where I also teach in the Master of Data Science program. Before UBC I was a Data Science Educator and Developer Advocate at Posit, PBC. I wrote Pandas for Everyone, and I’ve been teaching people to code since my Carpentries days in 2014.

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Elsewhere on the site

🎤 Talks

Where I’m speaking next, plus recordings of past talks.

▸ next: PyLadies Vancouver — Jul 6 · then SciPy 2026

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🏫 Teaching

Current courses at UBC Statistics & MDS, workshops, and how I teach.

▸ now: UBC Statistics · MDS-Vancouver

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🛠️ Projects

Books, teaching materials, and research — including Pandas for Everyone.

▸ building: talks archive with searchable transcripts

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