Canada Research Chairs
The Canada Research Chairs Program was established by the Government of Canada to enable Canadian universities to achieve the highest levels of research excellence. The program invests up to $311 million per year to attract and retain some of the world’s most accomplished and promising minds. Chairholders aim to achieve research excellence in engineering and the natural sciences, health sciences, humanities, and social sciences. They improve our depth of knowledge and quality of life, strengthen Canada's international competitiveness, and help train the next generation of highly skilled people through student supervision, teaching, and the coordination of other researchers' work.
There are currently 17 active Canada Research Chairs at Memorial University, with many of these focused on Cold Oceans and Northern research. They are listed below. You can view the full list here.
Tier 1
(Tenable for seven years and renewable; for outstanding researchers acknowledged by their peers as world leaders in their fields)
Dr. Uta Passow, Canada Research Chair in Biological Oceanographic Processes
Tier 2
(Tenable for five years and renewable once, are for exceptional emerging researchers, acknowledged by their peers as having the potential to lead in their field)
Dr. John Jamieson, Canada Research Chair in Marine Geology
Dr. Heather Reader, Canada Research Chair in Chemistry of the Ocean and Atmosphere
Dr. Katleen Robert, Canada Research Chair in Ocean Mapping