Canada Research Chairs

Paul Wilson - Canada Research Chair DNA Profiling, Forensics and Functional Genomics Watch clip >>

By helping Canadian universities and their affiliated research institutes and hospitals become world-class centres of research and research training, the Chairs Program contributes to enhancing Canada's competitiveness in the global, knowledge-based economy, improving Canadians' health, and enriching our social and cultural life. The Chairs Program also seeks to:

• strengthen research excellence in Canada and increase Canada's research capacity by attracting and retaining the best researchers
• improve the training of highly qualified personnel through research
• improve universities' capacity to generate and apply new knowledge
• promote the best possible use of research resources through strategic institutional planning, and through collaboration among institutions and between sectors

Julian Aherne - Environmental Modelling

James Conolly - Archaeological Studies

Céline Guéguen - Aquatic Sciences and Biogeochemistry

Marrie Mumford - Aboriginal Arts and Literatures
Dennis Murray - Terrestrial Ecology
Bryan Palmer - Canadian Studies
Davide Panagia - Cultural Studies
Jim Parker - Emotion and Health

Aaron Slepkov - Physics of Biomaterials

Paul Wilson - DNA Profiling, Forensics and Functional Genomics