About the program
The Canada Research Chairs Program (CRCP) is a tri-agency initiative (i.e., SSHRC, NSERC, and CIHR) that invests approximately $311 million per year to make Canada one of the world’s top countries in research and development.
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 partnerships and collaborations.
There are two types of Canada Research Chairs positions:
Tier 1 Chairs
- Seven years
- For outstanding researchers who are acknowledged by their peers as world leaders in their fields
- Renewed at the discretion of the faculty and the university
Tier 2 Chairs
- Five years
- For exceptional emerging researchers who are acknowledged by their peers as having the potential to lead in their fields
- Renewed (once only) at the discretion of the faculty and the university
Meet our chairholders
Stanley Asah
Canada Research Chair in Social Dimensions of Clean Technology
David Kelvin
Canada Research Chair in Translational Vaccinology and Inflammation
Christine Chambers
Canada Research Chair in Children’s Pain
Greg Fairn
Canada Research Chair in Multiomics of Lipids and Innate Immunity
Zoe Finkel
Canada Research Chair in Marine Microbial Macroecology
Josef Zwanziger
Canada Research Chair in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Materials
Julie LaRoche
Canada Research Chair in Marine Microbial Genomics and Biogeochemistry
Andrew Roger
Canada Research Chair in Comparative Genomics and Evolutionary Bioinformatics
Sherry Stewart
Canada Research Chair in Addiction and Mental Health
Kate Swanson
Canada Research Chair in International Peace, Security and Children
Michael Ungar
Canada Research Chair in Child, Family and Community Resilience
David VanderZwaag
Canada Research Chair in Ocean Law and Governance
Doug Wallace
Canada Research Chair Ocean Science and Technology
JianLi Wang
Canada Research Chair in Health Data Science and Innovation
Stan Matwin
Canada Research Chair in Visual Text Analytics
Alison Thompson
Canada Research Chair in Pyrrole Chemistry for Chemical Biology and Energy
Rudolf Uher
Canada Research Chair in Early Intervention in Psychiatry
Rachel Chang
Canada Research Chair in Atmospheric Science
Stefanie Colombo
Canada Research Chair in Aquaculture Nutrition
Francesca Di Cara
Canada Research Chair in Human Immunology and Host Pathogen Interactions
Karen Foster
Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Rural Futures for Atlantic Canada
John Frampton
Canada Research Chair in Cellular, Biomaterial and Matrix Interaction
Floris Goerlandt
Canada Research Chair in Risk Management and Resource Optimization for Marine Industries
Mohammad Hajizadeh
Canada Research Chair in Health Economics
Javeria Hashmi
Canada Research Chair in Pain
Carlos Hernandez Castillo
Canada Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence for Health
Lam Ho
Canada Research Chair in Stochastic Modelling
Chike Jeffers
Canada Research Chair in Africana Philosophy
Ghada Koleilat
Canada Research Chair in Advanced Materials for Energy Application
Barret Kurylyk
Canada Research Chair in Coastal Water Resources
Morgan Langille
Canada Research Chair in Human Microbiomics
Ruth Lavergne
Canada Research Chair in Primary Care
Aaron MacNeil
Canada Research Chair in Fisheries Ecology
Catherine Mah
Canada Research Chair in Promoting Healthy Populations
Debbie Martin
Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples’ Health and Well-Being
Vittorio Maselli
Canada Research Chair in Coastal Zone Processes
Sandra Meier
Canada Research Chair in Developmental Psychopathology and Youth Mental Health
Ruth Musgrave
Canada Research Chair in Physical Oceanography
Ali Nasiri
Canada Research Chair in Ocean Engineering
Rita Orji
Canada Research Chair in Persuasive Technology
Sherry Pictou
Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Governance
Margaret Robinson
Canada Research Chair in Reconciliation, Gender and Identity
Pedram Sadeghian
Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Infrastructure
Olga Theou
Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity, Mobility and Healthy Aging
Channakeshava Sokke Umeshappa
Canada Research Chair in Human Immunology and Inflammation
Haorui Wu
Canada Research Chair in Resilience
Dr. Vahid Adibnia
Canada Research Chair in Functional Polymeric Biomaterials
Dr. Sonil Nanda
Canada Research Chair in Clean Agricultural Technology and Energy
Dr. Amina Stoddart
Canada Research Chair in Wastewater Treatment Technology and Surveillance
Megan Bailey
Canada Research Chair in Integrated Ocean and Coastal Governance
Kiran Banerjee (link to faculty member profile)
Canada Research Chair in Forced Migration Governance and Refugee Protection
David Barclay
Canada Research Chair in Ocean Technology Systems
Erin Bertrand
Canada Research Chair in Marine Microbial Proteomics
Carolyn Buchwald
Canada Research Chair in Ocean Chemistry