Canada Research Chair

September 7, 2018

Sari van Anders

Interdisciplinary study of human sexuality, gender, and sex: this research will help us to better understand sexuality as an important phenomena in people鈥檚 lives and our culture.

September 7, 2018

Elucidating the presence and make up of dark matter, which makes up 80% of our universe: research into the mysteries of 鈥渄ark matter鈥� will deepen our understanding of the universe鈥檚 vast complexities.

July 9, 2018

Ying Zou

Providing techniques and tools to improve the quality of service oriented architecture applications for the Internet: this research will ensure the reliable and cost-effective delivery of web services for large numbers of users with rapidly changing requirements.

July 9, 2018

Gr茅goire Webber

Exploring how practical questions like 鈥淗ow should I act?鈥� or 鈥淲hat is right for me to do?鈥� situate law within the wider study of human affairs: this research will enrich our understanding of the responsibilities of governments to citizens and the duties of citizens to each other and to the law.

July 9, 2018

W. Andy Take

Investigating the impact of climate and climate change on the severity and frequency of landslides: this research will lead to better understanding and management of the risks climate change poses to the soil slopes of Canada鈥檚 natural and built environment.

July 9, 2018

John P. Smol

Using lake sediment samples to unravel the causes and effects of natural and human activities on environmental change: this research will lead to an improved understanding of human impacts on aquatic ecosystems, and better methods of understanding the effects of global warming.

July 9, 2018

R. Kerry Rowe

Developing new guidelines and techniques for building waste-disposal sites that provide long-term environmental protection: this research will lead to the development of better methods for protecting the environment from contamination by waste.

July 9, 2018

Dylan Robinson

Documenting Indigenous public arts across North America and fostering the creation of new art in public spaces: this research examines the ways in which Indigenous public arts confront the colonial erasure of Indigenous histories.

July 9, 2018

Jordan Poppenk

Using neuroimaging techniques to investigate what happens in the human brain when we retrieve memories: this research may improve our understanding of the impacts of brain injury, our ability to design educational approaches, and the treatment of intrusive memory disorders.

July 9, 2018

Ugo Piomelli

Developing new models that explain and predict turbulence: this research will lead to dramatic improvements in applications from the design of vehicles and cardiac devices to weather and air-quality forecasting.

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