Today, Yasir Naqvi, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health, on behalf of the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced an investment of over $182 million to support 224 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs across Canada.
Twenty UBC researchers were announced as new and renewed Canada Research Chairs in this latest round of appointments, representing an investment of $13.5 million.
The Canada Research Chairs Program enables Canadian universities to achieve the highest levels of research excellence and become world-class research centres. Chairholders improve our depth of knowledge and quality of life, strengthen Canada's international competitiveness, and help train the next generation of highly skilled people through student supervision, teaching and the coordination of other researchers' work.
The Canada Research Chairs were announced as part of an overall federal investment of more than $638 million in science and research funding. Additional funding was received by UBC through the Research Support Fund.
Read the Government of Canada's announcement
NEW CHAIRS AT UBC
- Skye Barbic (Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy) Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Integrated Youth Services
- Laura Evgin (Medical Genetics) Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Cancer Immunotherapy
- Tao Huan (Chemistry) Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Metabolomics and Exposomics
- Neda Maghbouleh (Sociology) Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Race, Ethnicity, Migration and Identity
- Jessica Moe (Emergency Medicine) Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Emergency Response to the Opioid Overdose Crisis
- Wendy Norman (Family Practice) Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Family Planning Innovation
- Madeleine Ransom (Economics, Philosophy, and Political Science – UBCO) Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence, Well-Being and Ethics
- Nika Shakiba (School of Biomedical Engineering) Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Cellular Engineering
- Daochen Wang (Computer Science) Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Quantum Computing
- Lyndia (Chun) Wu (Mechanical Engineering) Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Wearable Brain Injury Sensing
RENEWED CHAIRS AT UBC
- Julen Etxabe (Peter A. Allard School of Law) Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Jurisprudence and Human Rights
- Woonghee (Tim) Huh (Sauder School of Business) Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Operations Excellence and Business Analytics
- Jennifer Hutcheon (Obstetrics & Gynaecology) Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Perinatal Population Health
- Xiaoliang Jin (Mechanical Engineering) Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Advanced Manufacturing
- Nadja Kunz (School of Public Policy and Global Affairs / Norman B Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering) Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Mine Water Management and Stewardship
- Mathav Murugan (Math) Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Probability
- Yanwen Wang (Sauder School of Business) Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Marketing Analytics
- Elizabeth Wolkovich (Forest & Conservation Sciences) Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Temporal Ecology
- Stepan Wood (Peter A. Allard School of Law) Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Law, Society and Sustainability
- Naomi Zimmerman (Mechanical Engineering) Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Real-World Air Quality Sensing