The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport, announced significant investments in the Canada Research Chairs Program (CRCP).
The announcement includes a new investment of $210 million over the next five years, through Budget 2018, that will add 285 new chairs. This announcement also includes a boost for early career researchers and new and currently active Tier 2 Chairs who are receiving an additional supplement of up to $20,000 to help them establish their research projects.
The Government of Canada is also investing more than $156 million for 187 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs at 49 institutions across Canada from the most recent competition.
New UBC Chairholders
Brunham, Liam R, Canada Research Chair in Precision Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Cheung, William (Wai Lung), Canada Research Chair in Ocean Sustainability and Global Change
Ghoreishi Madiseh, Seyed Ali, Canada Research Chair in Advanced Mine Energy Systems
Hutcheon, Jennifer A., Canada Research Chair in Perinatal Population Health
Jiang, Feng, Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Functional Biomaterials
Kunz, Nadja C., Canada Research Chair in Mine Water Management and Stewardship
Sigal, Leonid, Canada Research Chair in Computer Vision and Machine Learning
Waterman, Stephanie, Canada Research Chair in Ocean Turbulence
Williams, Karla, Canada Research Chair in Oncology
Wylie, Margaret A., Canada Research Chair in the Philosophy of Social and Historical Sciences
Ye, Ziliang, Canada Research Chair in Optical Control of Quantum Materials
Zandstra, Peter, Canada Research Chair in Stem Cell Bioengineering
Renewed UBC Chairholders
Algar, Russ W., Canada Research Chair in Bio/Chemical Sensing
Asselin, Edouard RP, Canada Research Chair in Aqueous Processing of Metals
Byers, Michael, Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law
Diamond, Adele, Canada Research Chair in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Farrell, Anthony P., Canada Research Chair in Fish Physiology, Culture and Conservation
Lightfoot, Sheryl, Canada Research Chair of Global Indigenous Rights and Politics
Lister, Alison, Canada Research Chair in Experimental Particle Physics
Ordonez, Martin, Canada Research Chair in Power Converters for Renewable Energy Systems
Ramdorai, Sujatha, Canada Research Chair in Mathematics
Stoeber, Boris, Canada Research Chair in Microfluidics and Sensing Technology
Wilkinson, David P, Canada Research Chair in Clean Energy and Electrochemical Technologies