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.
The Canada Research Chairs program supports and attracts the world’s best researchers in the fields of engineering and the natural sciences, health sciences, humanities and social sciences. In addition to conducting research that improves our depth of knowledge and quality of life, chairholders train the next generation of leaders in their fields through student supervision and teaching.
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
Alison Thompson
Canada Research Chair in Pyrrole Chemistry for Chemical Biology and Energy
Christine Chambers
Canada Research Chair in Children’s Pain
David Kelvin
Canada Research Chair in Translational Vaccinology and Inflammation
Doug Wallace
Canada Research Chair in Ocean Science and Technology
Greg Fairn
Canada Research Chair in Multiomics of Lipids and Innate Immunity
JianLi Wang
Canada Research Chair in Health Data Science and Innovation
Julie LaRoche
Canada Research Chair in Marine Microbial Genomics and Biogeochemistry
Kate Swanson
Canada Research Chair in International Peace, Security and Children
Michael Ungar
Canada Research Chair in Child, Family and Community Resilience
Mita Dasog
Canada Research Chair in Advanced Design for Water-Energy Sustainability
OmiSoore Dryden
Canada Research Chair in Antiracism in Health Education and Practice
Rudolf Uher
Canada Research Chair in Early Intervention in Psychiatry
Sherry Stewart
Canada Research Chair in Addiction and Mental Health
Stanley Asah
Canada Research Chair in Social Dimensions of Clean Technology
Violet Ford
Canada Research Chair in Circumpolar Indigenous Marine Governance and International Law
Zoe Finkel
Canada Research Chair in Marine Microbial Macroecology
Aaron MacNeil
Canada Research Chair in Fisheries Ecology
Ali Nasiri
Canada Research Chair in Ocean Engineering
Amina Stoddart
Canada Research Chair in Wastewater Treatment Technology and Surveillance
Barret Kurylyk
Canada Research Chair in Coastal Water Resources
Brandon Heung
Canada Research Chair in Digital and Precision Agriculture
Carlos Hernandez Castillo
Canada Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence for Health
Carolyn Buchwald
Canada Research Chair in Ocean Chemistry
Catherine Mah
Canada Research Chair in Promoting Healthy Populations
Chike Jeffers
Canada Research Chair in Africana Philosophy
Debbie Martin
Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples’ Health and Well-Being
Erin Bertrand
Canada Research Chair in Marine Microbial Proteomics
Floris Goerlandt
Canada Research Chair in Risk Management and Resource Optimization for Marine Industries
Francesca Di Cara
Canada Research Chair in Human Immunology and Host Pathogen Interactions
Ghada Koleilat
Canada Research Chair in Advanced Materials for Energy Application
Haorui Wu
Canada Research Chair in Resilience
Javeria Hashmi
Canada Research Chair in Pain
Kiran Banerjee
Canada Research Chair in Forced Migration Governance and Refugee Protection
Lam Ho
Canada Research Chair in Stochastic Modelling
Margaret Robinson
Canada Research Chair in Reconciliation, Gender and Identity
Megan Bailey
Canada Research Chair in Integrated Ocean and Coastal Governance
Mohammad Hajizadeh
Canada Research Chair in Health Economics
Morgan Langille
Canada Research Chair in Human Microbiomics
Natalya Evans
Canada Research Chair in Observational Chemical Oceanography
Olga Theou
Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity, Mobility and Healthy Aging
Rachel Chang
Canada Research Chair in Atmospheric Science
Rita Orji
Canada Research Chair in Persuasive Technology
Ruth Lavergne
Canada Research Chair in Primary Care
Ruth Musgrave
Canada Research Chair in Physical Oceanography
Sandra Meier
Canada Research Chair in Developmental Psychopathology and Youth Mental Health
Sherry Pictou
Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Governance
Sonil Nanda
Canada Research Chair in Clean Agricultural Technology and Energy
Stefanie Colombo
Canada Research Chair in Aquaculture Nutrition
Vahid Adibnia
Canada Research Chair in Functional Polymeric Biomaterials