2020 Canada Research Chairs

On December 16, the Government of Canada announced its 2020 cycle of Canada Research Chairs. Our community has cause for celebration as sixteen University of Alberta researchers have been named. Of these, 15 researchers are new chairs, and one received a renewal.

Congratulations to all of the new and renewed CRCs!

David Brown
Faculty of Arts
Canada Research Chair in Energy Economics and Policy

Jacqueline Cummine
Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience of Literacy

Mark Gierl
Faculty of Education
Canada Research Chair in Educational Measurement (Renewal)

Jesse Jackson
Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry
Canada Research Chair in Neural Circuits

Jennifer Jennings
Alberta School of Business
Canada Research Chair in Entrepreneurship, Gender and Family Business

Canada Research Chair a twofold boon for U of A expert in women's entrepreneurship

Glen Jickling
Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry
Canada Research Chair in Genomics and Genetics of Stroke

Shalene Jobin
Faculty of Native Studies
Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Governance

U of A professor helps Indigenous communities tap into research rooted in their traditions

Linglong Kong
Faculty of Science
Canada Research Chair in Statistical Learning

Patrick MacDonald
Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry
Canada Research Chair in Islet Biology

Maria Ospina
Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry
Canada Research Chair in Life Course, Social Environments, and Health

Joshua St Pierre
Faculty of Arts
Canada Research Chair in Critical Disability Studies

Christopher Sturdy
Faculty of Science
Canada Research Chair in Animal Cognition, Communication and Neuroethology

Shirley Tate
Faculty of Arts
Canada Research Chair in Feminism and Intersectionality

Anti-Racism scholar and activist Shirley Anne Tate named Canada Research Chair

Anna Taylor
Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry
Canada Research Chair in Pain and Addiction

Sue Tsai
Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry
Canada Research Chair in Immunometabolism

Joanne Weber
Faculty of Education
Canada Research Chair in Deaf Education

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