Spring 2021 Recipients (Cycle 2020-1)

Total: 156 chairholders
Total amount funded: $125,300,000

The Canada Foundation for Innovation contributed an additional investment of $6.4 million in funding to support 29 projects at 19 institutions across Canada through its John R. Evans Leaders Fund.

Received by province

Alberta

University of Alberta: $5,900,000
University of Calgary: $4,400,000

Provincial total: $10,300,000

British Columbia

Kwantlen Polytechnic University: $600,000
Royal Roads University: $600,000
Simon Fraser University: $600,000
The University of British Columbia: $12,300,000
Thompson Rivers University: $1,100,000
University of Victoria: $1,400,000
Vancouver Island University: $600,000

Provincial total: $17,200,000

Newfoundland and Labrador

Memorial University of Newfoundland: $1,000,000

Provincial total: $1,000,000

Nova Scotia

Dalhousie University: $5,200,000
Saint Mary's University: $500,000
St. Francis Xavier University: $500,000

Provincial total: $6,200,000

Ontario

Carleton University: $600,000
McMaster University: $11,400,000
Ontario Tech University: $2,000,000
Queen's University: $2,400,000
Ryerson University: $2,800,000
Trent University: $1,400,000
University of Guelph: $1,100,000
University of Ottawa: $5,800,000
University of Toronto: $22,100,000
University of Waterloo: $3,100,000
University of Windsor: $1,400,000
Western University: $11,200,000
York University: $3,000,000

Provincial total: $68,300,000

Québec

Bishop's University: $600,000
HEC Montréal: $1,200,000
McGill University: $8,300,000
Polytechnique Montréal: $500,000
Université de Montréal: $5,200,000
Université de Sherbrooke: $2,300,000
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi: $600,000
Université du Québec à Montréal: $1,100,000
Université du Québec en Outaouais: $600,000
Université Laval: $1,900,000

Provincial total: $22,300,000



Chairholder University Chairholder title Agency Tier Chair type
Achouri, Inès Esma  Université de Sherbrooke Canada Research Chair in Process Intensification for Advanced Catalysts and Sustainable Energy NSERC Tier 2 New
Andrews, Brenda J. University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Systems Genetics & Cell Biology CIHR Tier 1 New
Asah, Stanley T. Dalhousie University Canada Research Chair in Social Dimensions of Clean Technology SSHRC Tier 1 New
Ashe, Maureen   The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Community Mobility CIHR Tier 2 Renewal
Augustin, Patrick McGill University Canada Research Chair in Macrofinance and Derivatives SSHRC Tier 2 New
Bagheri, Ebrahim  Ryerson University Canada Research Chair in Social Information Retrieval NSERC Tier 2 Renewal
Banerjee, Rupa  Ryerson University Canada Research Chair in Economic inclusion, Employment and Entrepreneurship of Canada’s Immigrants SSHRC Tier 2 New
Beauchamp, Marla  McMaster University Canada Research Chair in Mobility, Aging and Chronic Disease CIHR Tier 2 New
Berardi, Umberto  Ryerson University Canada Research Chair in Building Science NSERC Tier 2 New
Bernheim, Emmanuelle  University of Ottawa Canada Research Chair in Mental Health and Access to Justice  SSHRC Tier 2 New
Bihlo, Alexander  Memorial University of Newfoundland Canada Research Chair in Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing NSERC Tier 2 Renewal
Bisson, Nicolas  Université Laval Canada Research Chair in Cancer Proteomics CIHR Tier 2 Renewal
Boileau, Isabelle  University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Endocannabinoid Imaging in Mental Illness  CIHR Tier 2 New
Botosaru, Irene McMaster University Canada Research Chair in Applied Econometrics SSHRC Tier 2 New
Bouchard, Hugo  Université de Montréal Canada Research Chair in Emerging Applications of Spectral Computed Tomography  CIHR Tier 2 New
Brandon, Mark P. McGill University Canada Research Chair in Neural Circuits of Memory CIHR Tier 2 Renewal
Brault, Marie-Christine  Université du Québec à Chicoutimi Canada Research Chair in Childhood, Medicine and Society  SSHRC Tier 2 New
Brotto, Lori A. The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Women's Sexual Health CIHR Tier 2 Renewal
Brown, Eric  McMaster University Canada Research Chair in Microbial Chemical Biology CIHR Tier 1 Renewal
Brown, Grant W. University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Genome Integrity CIHR Tier 1 New
Brownlee, Kimberley L. The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Ethics and Political and Social Philosophy  SSHRC Tier 1 New
Busse, Jason W. McMaster University Canada Research Chair in Prevention & Management of Chronic Pain CIHR Tier 2 New
Castellarin, Simone D The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Viticulture  NSERC Tier 2 Renewal
Castleden, Heather  Queen's University Canada Research Chair in Reconciling Relations for Health, Environments, and Communities  CIHR Tier 2 Renewal
Chin, Ya-Huei (Cathy)  University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Advanced Catalysis for Sustainable Chemistry   NSERC Tier 2 Renewal
Cho, Clara E University of Guelph Canada Research Chair in Precision Nutrition CIHR Tier 2 New
Chu, Li-Fang  University of Calgary Canada Research Chair in Cellular Reprogramming CIHR Tier 2 New
Cipriano, Lauren E. Western University Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Analytics, Management, and Policy NSERC Tier 2 New
Cohen-Adad, Julien  Polytechnique Montréal Canada Research Chair in Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging NSERC Tier 2 Renewal
Corbiere, Alan T. York University Canada Research Chair in Indigenous History of North America SSHRC Tier 2 New
Côté, Isabel  Université du Québec en Outaouais Canada Research Chair on Gestational Surrogacy and Family Ties  SSHRC Tier 2 New
Culham, Jody C. Western University Canada Research Chair in Immersive Neuroscience NSERC Tier 1 New
Dassonneville, Ruth  Université de Montréal Canada Research Chair in Electoral Democracy SSHRC Tier 2 Renewal
Davison, Karen M. Kwantlen Polytechnic University Canada Research Chair in Nutrition Informatics CIHR Tier 2 New
Dawood, Yasmin  University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Democracy, Constitutionalism, and Electoral Law SSHRC Tier 2 Renewal
de Ruiter, Anton H.J. Ryerson University Canada Research Chair in Spacecraft Dynamics and Control NSERC Tier 2 Renewal
Dénommé-Welch, Spy  Western University Canada Research Chair in Indigenous arts, knowledge systems and education SSHRC Tier 2 New
Didar, Tohid  F. McMaster University Canada Research Chair in Nano-biomaterials NSERC Tier 2 New
Dobbs, Matt  McGill University Canada Research Chair in Radio Cosmology and Instrumentation NSERC Tier 1 New
Dolgaleva, Ksenia  University of Ottawa Canada Research Chair in Integrated Photonics NSERC Tier 2 Renewal
El Emam, Khaled  University of Ottawa Canada Research Chair in Medical Artificial Intelligence CIHR Tier 1 New
Finkelstein, Yaron  University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Pediatric drug safety and efficacy   CIHR Tier 1 New
Freeman, Spencer  University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Immune Surveillance   CIHR Tier 2 New
Friščić, Tomislav  McGill University Canada Research Chair in Mechanochemistry and Solid-state Chemistry NSERC Tier 1 New
Gadermann, Anne M. The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Bio-Eco-Social Determinants of Child and Youth Mental Health CIHR Tier 2 New
Ghaziani, Amin  The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Urban Sexualities SSHRC Tier 2 Renewal
Gillies, Elizabeth  Western University Canada Research Chair in Polymeric Biomaterials NSERC Tier 1 New
Girardin, Stephen E. University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Intestinal inflammation  CIHR Tier 1 New
Glover, Mark  University of Alberta Canada Research Chair in Structural Molecular Biology CIHR Tier 1 Renewal
Goldstein, Abby L. University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in The Psychology of Emerging Adulthood SSHRC Tier 2 Renewal
Grandfield, Kathryn  McMaster University Canada Research Chair in Microscopy of Biomaterials and Biointerfaces NSERC Tier 2 New
Grol, Matthew W. Western University Canada Research Chair in Musculoskeletal Biology and Health CIHR Tier 2 New
Guillemette, Chantal  Université Laval Canada Research Chair in Pharmacogenomics CIHR Tier 1 Renewal
Habibi, Saeid  McMaster University Canada Research Chair in Maximizing Information Extraction in Smart Condition Monitoring Systems NSERC Tier 1 New
Hackett, Tillie-Louise  The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Asthma and Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Pathobiology and Therapeutics CIHR Tier 1 New
Haney, Cara H. The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Molecular mechanisms in host-microbiome interactions CIHR Tier 2 Renewal
Hangan, Horia  Ontario Tech University Canada Research Chair in Adaptive Aerodynamics NSERC Tier 1 New
Harvey, Jill E. Thompson Rivers University Canada Research Chair in Fire Ecology NSERC Tier 2 New
Hiraki, Linda T. University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Genetics of Rare Systemic Inflammatory Diseases CIHR Tier 2 New
Hoare, Todd R. McMaster University Canada Research Chair in Engineered Smart Materials NSERC Tier 1 Advancement
Horvath, Rita University of Ottawa Canada Research Chair in Mitochondrial Disease Pathogenesis to Therapy CIHR Tier 1 New
Jamieson, John W. Memorial University of Newfoundland Canada Research Chair in Marine Geology NSERC Tier 2 Renewal
Jeffers, Chike  Dalhousie University Canada Research Chair in Africana Philosophy SSHRC Tier 2 New
Jessop, Philip  Queen's University Canada Research Chair in Green Chemistry NSERC Tier 1 Renewal
Jessri, Mahsa  The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Nutritional Epidemiology for Population Health CIHR Tier 2 New
Jha, Prabhat  University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Global Health CIHR Tier 1 Renewal
Jiang, Ning  University of Waterloo Canada Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence for Human-centered Human-machine
Interfaces		 NSERC Tier 2 New
Julian, Lisa M. Simon Fraser University Canada Research Chair in Developmental Origins of Stem Cell Fate CIHR Tier 2 New
Karimi, Ebrahim  University of Ottawa Canada Research Chair in Structured Quantum Waves NSERC Tier 2 Renewal
Kehoe, Sara Karly  Saint Mary's University Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canada Communities SSHRC Tier 2 Renewal
Kim, Seonghwan  University of Calgary Canada Research Chair in Nano Sensing Systems NSERC Tier 2 Renewal
King, Gillian  University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Optimal Care for Children with Disabilities CIHR Tier 1 Renewal
Kutz, Susan J. University of Calgary Canada Research Chair in Arctic One Health: Healthy Animals and Healthy
Communities in a Changing Arctic		 NSERC Tier 1 New
Kyriakides, Christopher  York University Canada Research Chair in Citizenship, Social Justice and Ethno-Racialization SSHRC Tier 2 Renewal
Labbé, Danielle Université de Montréal Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Urbanization in the Global South SSHRC Tier 2 Renewal
Laflamme, Michael A. University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine CIHR Tier 1 New
Langdon, Jonathan  St. Francis Xavier University Canada Research Chair in Sustainability and Social Change Leadership SSHRC Tier 2 Renewal
Lange, Philipp PL The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Translational Proteogenomics in Pediatric Malignancies CIHR Tier 2 Renewal
Leduc, Véronique  Université du Québec à Montréal Canada Research Chair on Cultural Citizenship of Deaf People and Cultural Equity Practices  SSHRC Tier 2 New
Leonard, Kelsey  University of Waterloo Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Waters, Climate and Sustainability  SSHRC Tier 2 New
Levings, Megan  The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Engineered Immune Tolerance CIHR Tier 1 New
Lewis, Peter R. Ontario Tech University Canada Research Chair in Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence NSERC Tier 2 New
MacArthur, Julie L. Royal Roads University Canada Research Chair in Reimagining Capitalism SSHRC Tier 2 New
MacIsaac, Hugh J. University of Windsor Canada Research Chair in Aquatic Invasive Species NSERC Tier 1 Renewal
Madigan, Sheri  University of Calgary Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development SSHRC Tier 2 Renewal
Malaterre, Christophe  Université du Québec à Montréal Canada Research Chair in the Philosophy of Life Sciences SSHRC Tier 2 Renewal
Mallette, Frédérick Antoine  Université de Montréal Canada Research Chair in Epigenetics of aging and cancer CIHR Tier 2 Renewal
Martin, Loren J. University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Translational Pain Research CIHR Tier 2 Renewal
Mashatan, Atefeh   Ryerson University Canada Research Chair in Quality of Security (QoSec) Framework for Internet-of-Things
(IoT)		 NSERC Tier 2 New
Mason, Courtney W. Thompson Rivers University Canada Research Chair in Rural Livelihoods and Sustainable Communities SSHRC Tier 2 Renewal
McCann, Robert J. University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Mathematics, Economics and Physics NSERC Tier 1 New
McPhee, John  University of Waterloo Canada Research Chair in Biomechatronic System Dynamics NSERC Tier 1 Renewal
Michaelis, Vladimir K. University of Alberta Canada Research Chair in Magnetic Resonance of Advanced Materials NSERC Tier 2 New
Moodie, Erica McGill University Canada Research Chair in Statistical methods for precision medicine CIHR Tier 1 New
Moraes, Christopher  McGill University Canada Research Chair in Advanced Cellular Microenvironments NSERC Tier 2 Renewal
Narimani, Mehdi  McMaster University Canada Research Chair in High Power Converters and Motor Drives NSERC Tier 2 New
Ndjaboue , Ruth Université de Sherbrooke Canada Research Chair on Inclusivity and Active Ageing  SSHRC Tier 2 New
Nikolov, Aleksandar T. University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Algorithms and Private Data Analysis NSERC Tier 2 Renewal
Ormiston, Mark L. Queen's University Canada Research Chair in Regenerative Cardiovascular Medicine CIHR Tier 2 Renewal
Ouangraoua, Aïda  Université de Sherbrooke Canada Research Chair in Biological and Computational Complexity NSERC Tier 2 Renewal
Oviedo-Joekes, Eugenia  The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Person-Centered Care in Addiction and Public Health CIHR Tier 1 New
Oweida, Ayman J. Université de Sherbrooke Canada Research Chair in Anti-Tumor Immunity by Radiotherapy CIHR Tier 2 New
Page-Gould, Elizabeth  University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Social Psychophysiology SSHRC Tier 2 Renewal
Pardee, Keith I. University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Synthetic Biology and Human Health CIHR Tier 2 Renewal
Passeport, Elodie  University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Environmental Engineering and Stable Isotopes NSERC Tier 2 Renewal
Petropoulos, Sophie  Université de Montréal Canada Research Chair in Functional Genomics of Reproduction and Development CIHR Tier 2 New
Pictou, Sherry M. Dalhousie University Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Governance SSHRC Tier 2 New
Prodger, Jessica L. Western University Canada Research Chair in Genital Immunology and STI prevention CIHR Tier 2 New
Rajji, Tarek K. University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Neurostimulation in Cognitive Disorders CIHR Tier 2 Renewal
Rancourt, Marie-Ève HEC Montréal Canada Research Chair in Humanitarian Supply Chain Analytics NSERC Tier 2 New
Ratcliffe, John M. University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Neuroethology NSERC Tier 2 Renewal
Rauscher, Alexander The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging CIHR Tier 2 Renewal
Rogers, Michael A. University of Guelph Canada Research Chair in Food Nanotechnology NSERC Tier 2 Renewal
Rousseaux, Sophie  University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Organic Chemistry NSERC Tier 2 Renewal
Ruan, John  Bishop's University Canada Research Chair in Multi-Messenger
Astrophysics		 NSERC Tier 2 New
Samuel, Susan M. University of Calgary Canada Research Chair in Precision Medicine and Data Science in Child Health CIHR Tier 1 New
Sapieha, Przemyslaw  Université de Montréal Canada Research Chair in Retinal Cell Biology CIHR Tier 1 Advancement
Schramek, Daniel  University of Toronto Canadian Research Chair in Functional Cancer Genomics
 CIHR Tier 2 Renewal
Scott, Katreena  Western University Canada Research Chair in Ending Child Abuse and Domestic Violence SSHRC Tier 1 New
Shapiro, A.M. James  University of Alberta Canada Research Chair in Transplantation Surgery and Regenerative Medicine CIHR Tier 1 Renewal
Sharma, Anjali  Dalhousie University Canada Research Chair in Functional Polymeric Biomaterials CIHR Tier 2 New
Sharpe, Christina  York University Canada Research Chair in Black Studies in the Humanities SSHRC Tier 1 New
Sloan, Sean  Vancouver Island University Canada Research Chair in The Human Dimensions of Sustainability and Resilience SSHRC Tier 2 New
Soares, João B.P. University of Alberta Canada Research Chair in Advanced Polymer Reaction
Engineering		 NSERC Tier 1 Renewal
Soleymani, Leyla LS McMaster University Canada Research Chair in Miniaturized Biomedical Devices NSERC Tier 2 Renewal
St. Jacques, Peggy L. University of Alberta Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory NSERC Tier 2 New
Stafford, Luc  Université de Montréal Canada Research Chair in the Physics of Highly Reactive Plasmas  NSERC Tier 2 Renewal
Stang, Nicholas  University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Metaphysics and its History SSHRC Tier 2 Renewal
Subbarao, Padmaja  University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Pediatric Asthma and Lung Health CIHR Tier 1 New
Suleman, Afzal  University of Victoria Canada Research Chair in Computational and Experimental Mechanics NSERC Tier 1 Renewal
Sun, Xueliang Andy Western University Canada Research Chair in Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage NSERC Tier 1 Renewal
Svenningsen, Sarah  McMaster University Canada Research Chair in Translational Pulmonary Imaging CIHR Tier 2 New
Swardfager, Walter  University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Clinical pharmacology of cognitive neurovascular disorders CIHR Tier 2 New
Tadros, Rafik  Université de Montréal Canada Research Chair in Translational cardiovascular genetics CIHR Tier 2 New
Thanabalasuriar, Ajitha McGill University Canada Research Chair in Infection, Immunity, and Targeted Drug Therapies CIHR Tier 2 New
Thornton, Jane S. Western University Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity, Health and Smart Technology CIHR Tier 2 New
Thu, Kelsie  University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Lung cancer therapy response CIHR Tier 2 New
Timmons, Brian W. McMaster University Canada Research Chair in Child Health & Exercise Medicine CIHR Tier 2 Renewal
Tolley, Erin  Carleton University Canada Research Chair in Gender, Race, and Inclusive Politics SSHRC Tier 2 New
Trejos, Ana Luisa  Western University Canada Research Chair in Wearable Mechatronics NSERC Tier 2 New
Tsai, Peichun Amy  University of Alberta Canada Research Chair in Fluids and Interfaces NSERC Tier 2 Renewal
Tulin, Sean  York University Canada Research Chair in Particle physics and cosmology NSERC Tier 2 Renewal
Turri, John  University of Waterloo Canada Research Chair in Philosophy and Cognitive Science SSHRC Tier 2 Renewal
Uher, Rudolf  Dalhousie University Canada Research Chair in Early Interventions in Psychiatry CIHR Tier 1 Advancement
Van Osch, Wietske  HEC Montréal Canada Research Chair in Enterprise Social Media and Digital Collaboration NSERC Tier 2 New
Vidotto, Francesca  Western University Canada Research Chair in Foundations of Physics NSERC Tier 2 New
Weinberg, Anna  McGill University Canada Research Chair in Clinical Neuroscience CIHR Tier 2 Renewal
Whitney, John  McMaster University Canada Research Chair in Molecular Microbiology CIHR Tier 2 New
Williams, Sylvain  McGill University Canada Research Chair in Neural circuits of learning and memory CIHR Tier 1 New
Wu, Haorui   Dalhousie University Canada Research Chair in Resilience SSHRC Tier 2 New
Xenopoulos, Marguerite A. Trent University Canada Research Chair in Global Change of Freshwater Ecosystems NSERC Tier 1 New
Yauk, Carole L. University of Ottawa Canada Research Chair in Genomics and the Environment NSERC Tier 1 New
Zheng, Rong McMaster University Canada Research Chair in Mobile Computing NSERC Tier 1 New
Zheng, Ying Western University Canada Research Chair in Chemical Reactions and Intensification NSERC Tier 1 New
Zoubeidi, Amina  The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Cancer Therapy Resistance CIHR Tier 1 New
Zwicker, Jill G. The University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Pediatric Brain Development and Rehabilitation CIHR Tier 2 New