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 University of Alberta 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 University of Calgary 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. Royal Roads University 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 Simon Fraser University 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 University of Victoria 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 University of Winnipeg 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 University of Manitoba 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 Cape Breton University 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 Dalhousie University 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 Carleton University 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 Lakehead University 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