Canada Research Chairs Program National Announcement - Fall 2013

List of Recipients Total: 135 Chairs Total amount funded: $108,900,000

Alberta Provincial Total: $7,300,000 Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Vallance, Jeff KH Athabasca University Canada Research Chair in Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Management CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 New University Total: $500,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Gierl, Mark Canada Research Chair in Educational Management SSHRC Tier 1 $1,400,000 Advancement Montpetit, Benjamen BM University of Alberta Canada Research Chair in RNA Transport CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 New Marchant, David J University of Alberta Canada Research Chair in Viral Pathogenesis CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 New Li, Long University of Alberta Canada Research Chair in Stable Isotope Geochemistry NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New Scott, Shannon D. University of Alberta Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Translation in Children's Health CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 New University Total: $3,400,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Piers, Warren Canada Research Chair in the Mechanisms of Homogeneous Catalytic Reactions NSERC Tier 1 $1,400,000 New Belostotski, Leonid University of Calgary Canada Research Chair in High-Sensitivity Radiometers & Receivers (HI RAD) NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New Priest, Jeffrey A University of Calgary Canada Research Chair in Geomechanics of Gas Hydrates NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New Gilch, Sabine SG University of Calgary Canada Research Chair in Prion Disease Research NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New University Total: $2,900,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Alexander, Kristine University of Lethbridge Canada Research Chair in Child and Youth Studies SSHRC Tier 2 $500,000 New University Total: $500,000

British Columbia Provincial Total: $17,800,000 Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Brown, Paula N British Columbia Institute of Technology Canada Research Chair in Photoanalytics NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New University Total: $500,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Belcher, Brian M. Canada Research Chair in Sustainability Research Effectiveness SSHRC Tier 1 $1,400,000 New University Total: $1,400,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Gromala, Diane Canada Research Chair in Computational Technologies for Transforming Pain SSHRC Tier 2 $500,000 Renewal Sahinalp, Cenk Simon Fraser University Canada Research Chair in Computational Genomics NSERC Tier 1 $1,400,000 Advancement University Total: $1,900,000 Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Clee, Susanne M. The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in the Genetics of Obesity and Diabetes CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 Renewal Pai, Dinesh K The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Sensorimotor Computation NSERC Tier 1 $1,400,000 Renewal Banthia, Nemkumar The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Infrastructure, Rehabilitation and Sustainability NSERC Tier 1 $1,400,000 Renewal Wei, Juncheng The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations NSERC Tier 1 $1,400,000 New Hoppmann, Christiane The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Health and Adult Development SSHRC Tier 2 $500,000 New Asselin, Edouard RP The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Aqueous Processing of Metals NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New Stoeber, Boris The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Microfluidics and Sensing Technology NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New Nagamune, Ryozo The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Control Engineering NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New Lister, Alison The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Particle Physics NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New Algar, W. Russ The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Biochemical Sensing NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New Sarfaty, Galit The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Global Economic Governance SSHRC Tier 2 $500,000 New Barton, Jason The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Human Vision and Eye Movement CIHR Tier 1 $1,400,000 Advancement Li, Linda C The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Patient-oriented Knowledge Translation CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 New Sin, Don The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease CIHR Tier 1 $1,400,000 Advancement Shah, Sohrab P The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Computational Cancer Genomics CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 New University Total: $12,000,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Sawatzky, Richard G Trinity Western University Canada Research Chair in Patient Reported Outcomes CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 New University Total: $500,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Loukacheva, Natalia University of Northern British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Aboriginal Governance and Law SSHRC Tier 2 $500,000 New Menounos, Brian P University of Northern British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Glacier Change NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New University Total: $1,000,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Willerth, Stephanie Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Engineering NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New University Total: $500,000

Manitoba Provincial Total: $5,300,000 Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Wong, Charles The Canada Research Chair in Ecotoxicology NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 Renewal University Total: $500,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Frenette, Yves Université de Saint-Boniface Chaire de recherche du Canada sur migrations, transferts et communautés francophones SSHRC Tier 1 $1,400,000 New University Total: $1,400,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Desmarais, Annette A Canada Research Chair in Human Rights, Social Justice and Food Sovereignty SSHRC Tier 2 $500,000 New Rosen, Nicole University of Manitoba Canada Research Chair in Second Language Interactions SSHRC Tier 2 $500,000 New Freund, Michael University of Manitoba Canada Research Chair in Conducting Polymers and Electronic Materials NSERC Tier 1 $1,400,000 Advancement Safi-Harb, Samar University of Manitoba Canada Research Chair in Supernova Remnants Astrophysics NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 Renewal Irani, Pourang P University of Manitoba Canada Research Chair in Ubiquitous Analytics NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New University Total: $3,400,000 New Brunswick Provincial Total: $2,400,000 Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Lecomte, Nicolas NL Université de Moncton Canada Research Chair in Polar and Boreal Ecology NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New University Total: $500,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Zhang, Yun University of New Brunswick Canada Research Chair in Advanced Geomatics Image Processing NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 Renewal Spray, John G University of New Brunswick Canada Research Chair in Extrememe Deformation and Planetary Materials NSERC Tier 1 $1,400,000 Renewal University Total: $1,900,000

Nova Scotia Provincial Total: $2,900,000 Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Ostashewski, Marcia M Canada Research Chair in Communities and Cultures SSHRC Tier 2 $500,000 New Cunsolo Willox, Ashlee JL Cape Breton University Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Healthy Communities CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 New University Total: $1,000,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Waisman, David M Canada Research Chair in Oncogenesis and Metastasis CIHR Tier 1 $1,400,000 Renewal Jamieson, Robbie C Dalhousie University Canada Research Chair in Cold Regions Ecological Engineering NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New University Total: $1,900,000

Ontario Provincial Total: $37,400,000 Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Gruber, Stephan Canada Research Chair in Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Northern Canada NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New University Total: $500,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Reznik, Alla Canada Research Chair in the Physics of Medical Imaging NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 Renewal University Total: $500,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Larché, Mark McMaster University Canada Research Chair in Allergy and Immune Tolerance CIHR Tier 1 $1,400,000 Renewal Draper, Jonathan S McMaster University Canada Research Chair in Human Stem Cell Lineage Commitment CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 Renewal Steinberg, Gregory R McMaster University Canada Research Chair in Metabolism and Obesity CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 Renewal Bhatia, Mickie McMaster University Canada Research Chair in Human Stem Cell Biology CIHR Tier 1 $1,400,000 Renewal Kho, Michelle E McMaster University Canada Research Chair in Critical Care Rehabilitation and Knowledge Translation CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 New Szabo, Eva McMaster University Canada Research Chair in Metabolism in Human Stem Cells and Cancer Development CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 New Zhu, Shiping McMaster University Canada Research Chair in Polymerization Engineering NSERC Tier 1 $1,400,000 New University Total: $6,200,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Nunzi, Jean-Michel Queen's University Canada Research Chair in Photonics for Life NSERC Tier 1 $1,400,000 Renewal University Total: $1,400,000 Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Mazalek, Alexandra Canada Research Chair in Digital Media and Innovation SSHRC Tier 2 $500,000 New University Total: $500,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Ferguson, Stephen The University of Western Ontario Canada Research Chair in Molecular Neurobiology CIHR Tier 1 $1,400,000 Renewal Psillos, Stathis The University of Western Ontario Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Science SSHRC Tier 1 $1,400,000 New University Total: $2,800,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Dutcher, John R Canada Research Chair in Soft Matter and Biological Physics NSERC Tier 1 $1,400,000 Renewal Srinivasan, Sharada University of Guelph Canada Research Chair in Gender, Justice and Development SSHRC Tier 2 $500,000 New Greer, Amy L University of Guelph Canada Research Chair in Population Disease Modeling NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New University Total: $2,400,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Côté, Pierre University of Ontario Institute of Technology Canada Research Chair in Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 New University Total: $500,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Stolow, Albert Canada Research Chair in Molecular Photonics and Biophotonics NSERC Tier 1 $1,400,000 New Geist, Michael University of Ottawa Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law SSHRC Tier 1 $1,400,000 Advancement Couture, Jean-Francois University of Ottawa Canada Research Chair in Structural Biology and Epigenetics CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 Renewal Vaillancourt, Tracy University of Ottawa Canada Research Chair in Children's Mental Health and Violence Prevention CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 Renewal Boukerche, Azzedine University of Ottawa Canada Research Chair in Large-Scale Distributed Simulation and Wireless and Mobile Networking NSERC Tier 1$1,400,000 Advancement Milne, Glenn A University of Ottawa Canada Research Chair in Earth System Dynamics NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 Renewal Walsh, Patrick J University of Ottawa Canada Research Chair in Environmental Health and Genomics NSERC Tier 1 $1,400,000 Renewal Pelling, Andrew E University of Ottawa Canada Research Chair in Experimental Cell Mechanics NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 Renewal Catelas, Isabelle University of Ottawa Canada Research Chair in Bioengineering in Orthopaedics NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 Renewal University Total: $8,100,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Lambek, Michael Canada Research Chair in the Anthropology of Ethical Life SSHRC Tier 1 $1,400,000 Renewal Stewart, Suzanne L University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Aboriginal Homelessness and Life Transitions SSHRC Tier 2 $500,000 New Triverio, Piero University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Modeling of Electrical Interconnects NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New McCulloch, Christopher A University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Matrix Dynamics CIHR Tier 1 $1,400,000 Renewal Cheng, Hai-Ying (Mary) M University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Molecular Genetics of Biological Clocks NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New Caudy, Amy A University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Metabolomics for Functional Enzyme Discovery CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 New Gunning, Patrick T University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Medicinal Chemistry NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New Martino, Rosemary University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Swallowing Disorders CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 New Dennis, Cindy-Lee University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Perinatal Community Health CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 Renewal Boone, Charles University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Proteomics, Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics CIHR Tier 1 $1,400,000 Renewal Matthen, Mohan University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in the Philosophy of Perception SSHRC Tier 1 $1,400,000 Renewal Johnson, Elizabeth K. University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Spoken Language Acquisition NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New Bazinet, Richard Paul University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Brain Lipid Metabolism CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 New Mallevaey, Thierry R University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in NKT Cell Immunobiology CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 New Lee, Jeffrey E University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Structural Virology CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 New University Total: $11,100,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Resch, Kevin J Canada Research Chair in Optical Quantum Technologies NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New Melko, Roger G University of Waterloo Canada Research Chair in Computational Quantum Many-Body Physics NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New University Total: $1,000,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Kar, Narayan Canada Research Chair in Electrified Transportation Systems NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 Renewal Love, Oliver P University of Windsor Canada Research Chair in Integrative Ecology NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New University Total: $1,000,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Marsh, Philip Wilfrid Laurier University Canada Research Chair in Cold Regions Water Science NSERC Tier 1 $1,400,000 New University Total: $1,400,000

Prince Edward Island Provincial Total: $1,900,000 Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Kerr, Russell G University of Prince Edward Island Canada Research Chair in Marine Natural Products NSERC Tier 1 $1,400,000 Renewal Revie, Crawford University of Prince Edward Island Canada Research Chair in Population Health: Epi-Informatics NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 Renewal University Total: $1,900,000

Quebec Provincial Total: $25,800,000 Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Moreau, Christian Canada Research Chair in Thermal Spray and Surface Engineering NSERC Tier 1 $1,400,000 New Whiteway, Malcolm S. Concordia University Canada Research Chair in Microbial Genomics NSERC Tier 1 $1,400,000 New University Total: $2,800,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Dorner, Sarah M École Polytechnique de Montréal Canada Research Chair in Source Water Protection NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 Renewal University Total: $500,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Reinhardt, Dieter P McGill University Canada Research Chair in Cell-Matrix Biology CIHR Tier 1 $1,400,000 Renewal Muis, Krista R. McGill University Canada Research Chair in Epistemic Cognition and Self-Regulated Learning SSHRC Tier 2 $500,000 New King, Irah L McGill University Canada Research Chair in Humoral Immunity CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 New Levin, Leonard A McGill University Canada Research Chair in Translational Visual Science CIHR Tier 1 $1,400,000 New Liu, Xinyu McGill University Canada Research Chair in Microfluidics and BioMEMS NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New Schweinhardt, Petra McGill University Canada Research Chair in the Neurobiology of Chronic Pain CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 New Szkopek, Thomas McGill University Canada Research Chair in Nanoscale Electronics NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 Renewal Cristescu, Melania E McGill University Canada Research Chair in Ecological genomics of aquatic invasions NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New Barrett, Rowan D.H. McGill University Canada Research Chair in Biodiversity NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New Eppert, Kolja McGill University Canada Research Chair in Cancer Stem Cell Biology CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 New Nyzhnyk, Anastasiya McGill University Canada Research Chair in Hematopoiesis and Lymphocyte Development CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 New Reyes Lamothe, Rodrigo R McGill University Canada Research Chair in Chromosome Biology NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New Childress, Lilian McGill University Canada Research Chair in Experimental solid-state quantum optics NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New University Total: $8,300,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Ferron, Mathieu Université de Montréal Canada Research Chair in Bone and Energy Metabolism CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 New Karsenti, Thierry Université de Montréal Canada Research Chair in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Education SSHRC Tier 1 $1,400,000 Advancement Barreiro, Luis Bruno Barbosa Université de Montréal Canada Research Chair in the Functional and Evolutionary Genomics of the Immune System CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 New Fernandes Shapiro, Benjamin Jesse Université de Montréal Canada Research Chair in Microbial Evolutionary Genomics NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New Larivière, Vincent Université de Montréal Canada Research Chair on the Transformation of Scholarly Communication SSHRC Tier 2 $500,000 New Hamet, Pavel Université de Montréal Canada Research Chair in Predictive Economics CIHR Tier 1 $1,400,000 Renewal Di Noia, Javier M Université de Montréal Canada Research Chair in Genetic Diversity CIHR Tier 2 $500,000 Renewal Drapeau, Pierre Université de Montréal Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience CIHR Tier 1 $1,400,000 Renewal Poitout, Vincent Université de Montréal Canada Research Chair in Diabetes and Pancreatic Beta-cell Function CIHR Tier 1 $1,400,000 Renewal Verreault, Alain Université de Montréal Canada Research Chair in Chromosome Biogenesis and Genome Integrity CIHR Tier 1 $1,400,000 Renewal University Total: $9,500,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Dionne, Isabelle J Université de Sherbrooke Canada Research Chair in Exercise Recommendations in Healthy Aging CIHR Tier 1 $1,400,000 New University Total: $1,400,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Lerouge, Sophie Université du Québec - École de technologie supérieure Canada Research Chair in Biomaterials and Endovascular Implants NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 Renewal Cheriet, Mohamed Université du Québec - École de technologie supérieure Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Smart Eco-Cloud NSERC Tier 1 $1,400,000 New Petit, Yvan Université du Québec - École de technologie supérieure Canada Research Chair in Engineering Innovations in Spinal Trauma NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New University Total: $2,400,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Canada Research Chair in Genomics and Conservation of Aquatic Resources Bernatchez, Louis Université Laval NSERC Tier 1 $1,400,000 Renewal Boivin, Guy Université Laval Canada Research Chair in Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses CIHR Tier 1 $1,400,000 Renewal Vanrolleghem, Peter Université Laval Canada Research Chair in Water Quality Modelling NSERC Tier 1 $1,400,000 New Antoniades, Dermot M Université Laval Canada Research Chair in Aquatic Environments and Water Quality NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 New Molson, John W.H. Université Laval Canada Research Chair in Quantitative Hydrology of Fractured Porous Media NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 Renewal University Total: $5,200,000

Saskatchewan Provincial Total: $3,800,000 Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Somers, Christopher University of Regina Canada Research Chair in Genes and the Environment NSERC Tier 2 $500,000 Renewal University Total: $500,000

Recipient University Chair Title Agency Tier Amount Type Pickering, Ingrid J University of Saskatchewan Canada Research Chair in Molecular Environmental Science Tier 1 NSERC $1,400,000 Advancement Newman, Dwight University of Saskatchewan Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Rights in Constitutional and International Law Tier 2 SSHRC $500,000 New Giesy, John University of Saskatchewan Canada Research Chair in Environmental Toxicology Tier 1 NSERC $1,400,000 Renewal University Total: $3,800,000