Tier 2 Canada Research Chairs

Tier 2 Canada Research Chairs are for exceptional emerging researchers, acknowledged by their peers as having the potential to lead in their field. A Chair is tenable for five years and renewable once. For each Tier 2 Chair, the institution receives $100,000 annually for five years. 

Nominees for Tier 2 Chair positions must be emerging scholars. They should, at a minimum, be assistant or associate professors, or possess the necessary qualifications to be appointed to these levels.

Additional information can be found at Canada Research Chairs Program.

Tier II Canada Research Chairs

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Name Agency Chariholder Title Department (Faculty) Term Start Date Term End Date
Abbasinejad Enger, Shirin CIHR Medical Physics Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Oct-19 30-Sep-24
Akbarzadeh Shafaroudi, Abdolhamid NSERC Bio-Inspired Hierarchical Multifunctional Metamaterials Bioresource Engineering (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences) 1-Feb-20 31-Jan-25
Allan, Diana SSHRC Anthropology of Living Archives Anthropology (Arts) 1-Jun-21 30-May-26
Augustin, Patrick SSHRC Macrofinance and Derivatives Desautels Faculty of Management 1-Oct-20 30-Sep-25

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Name Agency Chariholder Title Department (Faculty) Term Start Date Term End Date
Bagot, Rosemary CIHR Behavioural Neurogenomics Psychology (Science) 1-Oct-19 31-Mar-25
Barrett, Rowan D.H. NSERC Biodiversity Redpath Museum (Science) 1-Sep-18 31-Aug-23
Basta, Nicole CIHR Infectious Disease Prevention Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Jun-20 31-May-25
Basu, Niladri NSERC Environmental Health Sciences Natural Resource Sciences (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences) 1-Oct-18 30-Sep-23
Bernhardt, Boris CIHR Cognitive Neuroinformatics of healthy and diseased brains Neurology & Neurosurgery (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Oct-19 30-Sep-24
Blain-Morales, Stefanie CIHR Consciousness and Personhood Technologies School of Physical And Occupational Therapy (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Oct-19 30-Sep-24
Brandon, Mark CIHR Neural Circuits of Memory Psychiatry (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Oct-20 30-Sep-25
Britt, Jonathan CIHR Behavioural Neuroscience Psychology (Science) 1-Jun-20 31-May-25
Brossard-Racine, Marie CIHR Brain and Child Development School of Physical & Occupational Therapy (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Jun-21 31-May-26
Brunner, Thomas NSERC Astroparticle Physics Physics (Science) 1-Jun-20 31-May-25
Bui, Khanh Huy CIHR Structural Cell Biology Anatomy & Cell Biology (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Oct-20 30-Sep-25

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Name Agency Chariholder Title Department (Faculty) Term Start Date Term End Date
Caron-Huot, Simon NSERC High Energy Physics Physics (Science) 1-Oct-17 30-Sep-22
Castagner Bastien CIHR Therapeutic Chemistry Pharmacology And Therapeutics (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Apr-20 31-Mar-25
Cerruti, Martha NSERC Biosynthetic Interfaces Mining & Materials Engineering (Engineering) 1-Jun-17 31-May-22
Chai, Xiaoqian CIHR Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Neurology & Neurosurgery (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Aug-19 1-Aug-24
Chevrier, Jonathan CIHR Environmental and Health Sciences Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Oct-19 30-Sep-24
Childress, Jack NSERC Experimental Optomechanics Physics (Science) 1-Jul-17 30-Jun-22
Childress, Lilian NSERC Experimental Solid-State Quantum Optics Physics (Science) 1-Jun-18 31-May-23
Cofone, Ignacio SSHRC Artificial Intelligence Law & Data Governance Law 1-Jul-21 30-Jun-26
Coon, Jessica SSHRC Syntax and Indigenous Languages Linguistics (Arts) 1-Apr-20 31-Mar-25
Cowan, Nicolas NSERC Planetary Climate Physics (Science) 1-Oct-19 30-Sep-24
Cristescu, Melania NSERC Ecological Genomics of Aquatic Invasions Biology (Science) 1-Apr-18 31-Mar-23

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Name Agency Chariholder Title Department (Faculty) Term Start Date Term End Date
Delormier, Treena CIHR Nutrition and Food Sovereignty School of Human Nutrition (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences) 1-Aug-19 30-Sep-24

Dorval Courchesne, Noémie-Manuelle

NSERC Biologically-Derived Materials Chemical Engineering (Engineering) 1-Jun-21 30-May-26
Dufour, Caroline NSERC Physical Oceanography Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Science) 1-Apr-20 31-Mar-25

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Name Agency Chariholder Title Department (Faculty) Term Start Date Term End Date
Ehrlicher, Allen NSERC Active Biological Mechanics Bioengineering (Engineering) 1-Oct-18 30-Sep-23
Elgar, Frank J CIHR Social Inequalities in Child Health Institute for Health and Social Policy (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Oct-17 30-Sep-22
Elliott, Kyle NSERC Arctic Ecology Natural Resource Sciences (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences) 1-Apr-20 31-Mar-25
Eppert, Kolja CIHR Cancer Stem Cell Biology Pediatrics (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Apr-18 31-Mar-23
Ernst, Carl CIHR Psychiatric Genetics Psychiatry (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Nov-17 31-Oct-22

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Name Agency Chariholder Title Department (Faculty) Term Start Date Term End Date
Farivar-Mohseni, Reza CIHR Integrative Neuroscience Ophthalmology (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Apr-18 31-Mar-23
Fung, Benjamin NSERC Data Mining for Cybersecurity School of Information Studies (Arts) 1-Apr-20 31-Mar-25

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Name Agency Chariholder Title Department (Faculty) Term Start Date Term End Date
Geoffroy, Marie-Claude CIHR Youth Suicide Prevention Educational & Counselling Psychology (Education) 1-Oct-19 30-Sep-24
George, Saji NSERC Sustainable Nanotechnology for Food and Agriculture Food Science & Agricultural Chemistry (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences) 1-Apr-18 31-Mar-23
Gomez, Natalya NSERC Ice Sheet - Sea Level  - Solid Earth Interactions Earth & Planetary Sciences (Science) 1-Aug-20 31-Jul-25
Gravel, Simon CIHR Statistical and Population Genetics Human Genetics (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Oct-18 30-Sep-23
Gregory-Eaves, Irene NSERC Freshwater Ecology and Global Change Biology (Science) 1-Apr-20 31-Mar-25

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Name Agency Chariholder Title Department (Faculty) Term Start Date Term End Date
Haggard, Daryl NSERC Multi-Messenger Astrophysics Physics (Science) 1-Sep-19 31-Aug-24
Haidar, Ahmad CIHR Artificial Pancreas Systems Biomedical Engineering (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Oct-21 30-Sep-26
Harrington, Matthew NSERC Green Chemistry Chemistry (Science) 1-Apr-18 31-Mar-23
Harrison, Sarah NSERC Mathematical Physics and String Theory Mathematics & Statistics (Science) 1-Oct-17 30-Sep-22
Hendricks, Michael CIHR Neurobiology and Behaviour Biology (Science) 1-Apr-17 31-Mar-22
Hoesli, Corinne NSERC Cellular Therapy Bioprocess Engineering Chemical Engineering (Engineering) 1-Sep-17 31-Aug-22
Huang, Sidong CIHR Functional Genomics Biochemistry (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Oct-18 30-Sep-23

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Name Agency Chariholder Title Department (Faculty) Term Start Date Term End Date
Iturria-Medina, Yasser CIHR Multimodal Data Integration in Neurodegenerative Disease Research Neurology & Neurosurgery (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Jun-20 31-May-25

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Name Agency Chariholder Title Department (Faculty) Term Start Date Term End Date
Jensen, Dennis CIHR Clinical Exercise and Respiratory Physiology Kinesiology & Physical Education (Education) 1-Oct-21 30-Sep-26
Jodoin, Sebastien SSHRC Human Rights and Transnational Environmental Governance Law  1-Oct-19 30-Sep-24

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Name Agency Chariholder Title Department (Faculty) Term Start Date Term End Date
Kazak, Lawrence CIHR Mitochondrial Energetics in Health and Disease Biochemistry (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Oct-18 30-Sep-23
King, Irah L. CIHR Humoral Immunity Microbiology & Immunology (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Apr-18 31-Mar-23
Klorman, Edward SSHRC Musical Analysis and Performance Music Research (Schulich School of Music) 1-Oct-19 30-Sep-24
Krishnaswamy, Arjun CIHR Neural Circuits, Assembly and Function Physiology (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Oct-17 30-Sep-22

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Name Agency Chariholder Title Department (Faculty) Term Start Date Term End Date
Lambert, Sylvie CIHR Sustainable Self-Management Support for Patients With Cancer and their Family Caregivers Ingram School of Nursing (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Mar-17 31-Jan-24
Lange, Fabian SSHRC Labour and Personal Economics Economics (Arts) 1-Apr-19 31-Mar-24
Li, Jianyu CIHR Biomaterials and Musculoskeletal Health Mechanical Engineering (Engineering) 1-Jun-20 31-May-25
Liboiron-Ladouceur, Odile NSERC Photonic Interconnects Electrical & Computer Engineering (Engineering) 1-Apr-17 30-Nov-22
Li-Jessen, Nicole  CIHR Personalized Medicine of Voice Disorders School of Communication Sciences & Disorders (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Oct-21 30-Sep-26
Lin, Jessica NSERC Partial Differential Equations and Probability Mathematics & Statistics (Science) 1-Aug-19 31-Jul-24
Liu, Yajing NSERC Earthquake Seismology Earth & Planetary Sciences (Science) 1-Oct-19 30-Sep-24

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Name Agency Chariholder Title Department (Faculty) Term Start Date Term End Date
Maheu-Giroux, Mathieu CIHR Population Health Modeling Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Apr-20 31-Mar-25
Mahshid, Sara CIHR Nano/Bio Diagnostic Devices Bioengineering (Engineering) 1-Jun-21 30-May-26
Mandl, Judith CIHR Immune Cell Dynamics Physiology (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Feb-21 31-Jan-26
Martel, Marc CIHR Chronic Pain, Mental Health, and Opioid Use Dental Medicine & Oral Health Sciences 1-Oct-18 30-Sep-23
Maurice, Corinne CIHR Gut Microbial Physiology Microbiology & Immunology (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Oct-15 30-Jun-22
McKeague, Maureen CIHR Genomic Chemistry Pharmacology And Therapeutics (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Aug-19 31-Jul-24
McKinney, Melisa NSERC Ecological Change and Environmental Stressors Natural Resource Sciences (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences) 1-Oct-18 30-Sep-23
Merlis, Timothy NSERC Atmospheric and Climate Dynamics Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Science) 1-Apr-20 31-Mar-25
Mills, Aaron James SSHRC Indigenous Constitutionalism and Philosophy Law  1-Apr-19 31-Mar-24
Misic, Bratislav NSERC Network Neuroscience Neurology and Neurosurgery (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Oct-18 30-Sep-23
Moffatt, Karyn NSERC Inclusive Social Computing School of Information Studies (Arts) 1-Apr-16 31-Mar-22
Moraes, Christopher NSERC Advanced Cellular Microenvironments Chemical Engineering (Engineering) 1-Feb-21 31-Jan-26
Muis, Kirsta R SSHRC Epistemic Cognition and Self-Regulated Learning Educational & Counselling Psychology (Education) 1-Aug-18 31-Jul-23

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Name Agency Chariholder Title Department (Faculty) Term Start Date Term End Date
Nicolau, Belinda CIHR Oral Epidemiology Dental Medicine & Oral Health Sciences 1-Jul-17 30-Jun-22
Nijnik, Anastasiya CIHR Hematopoiesis and Lymphocyte Development Physiology (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Feb-19 31-Jan-24

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Name Agency Chariholder Title Department (Faculty) Term Start Date Term End Date
Orthwein, Alexandre CIHR Genome Stability and Haematological Malignancies Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Oct-21 30-Sep-26

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Name Agency Chariholder Title Department (Faculty) Term Start Date Term End Date
Peyrache, Adrien CIHR Systems Neuroscience Neurology & Neurosurgery (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Apr-17 31-Mar-22

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Name Agency Chariholder Title Department (Faculty) Term Start Date Term End Date
Quail, Daniela CIHR Tumor Microenvironment Physiology (Medicine)(Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Apr-18 30-Jun-23
Quesnel-Vallée, Amélie CIHR Policies and Health Inequalities Sociology (Arts) 1-Apr-20 31-Mar-25

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Name Agency Chariholder Title Department (Faculty) Term Start Date Term End Date
Racine, Sarah CIHR Eating Disorders Psychology (Science) 1-Jan-20 31-Dec-25
Reyes Lamothe, Rodrigo NSERC Chromosome Biology Biology (Science) 1-Apr-18 31-Mar-23
Rice, Kathleen SSHRC Medical Anthropology of Primary Care Family Medicine (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Jul-20 30-Jun-25
Riva, Mylene CIHR Housing, Community and Health Institute for Health and Social Policy (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Feb-18 31-Jan-23
Rowe, Christen NSERC Earthquake Geology Earth & Planetary Sciences (Science) 1-Apr-17 31-Mar-22
Roy, Mathieu CIHR Brain Imaging of Experimental and Chronic Pain Psychology (Science) 1-Oct-18 30-Sep-23

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Name Agency Chariholder Title Department (Faculty) Term Start Date Term End Date
Sagan, Selena CIHR RNA Biology and Viral Infections Microbiology & Immunology (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Jul-21 30-Jun-26
Schuster, Tibor CIHR Biostatistical Methods for Primary Health Care Research Family Medicine (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Apr-17 31-Mar-22
Seifitokaldani, Ali NSERC Electocatalysis for Renewable Energy Production and Conversion Chemical Engineering (Engineering) 1-Nov-20 30-Sept-25
Shateri Najafabadi, Hamed CIHR Systems Biology of Gene Regulation Human Genetics (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Apr-18 31-Mar-23
Sheldon, Signy CIHR Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory Psychology (Science) 1-Oct-21 30-Sep-26
Shikako-Thomas, Keiko CIHR Childhood Disability: Participation and Knowledge Translation School of Physical & Occupational Therapy (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Oct-20 30-Sep-25
Soehl, Thomas SSHRC International Migration Sociology (Arts) 1-Oct-17 30-Sep-22
Sweet, Shane SSHRC Participation, Well-being and Physical Disability Kinesiology & Physical Education (Education) 1-Apr-19 31-Mar-24

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Name Agency Chariholder Title Department (Faculty) Term Start Date Term End Date
Tal, Eran SSHRC Data Ethics Philosophy (Arts) 1-Oct-19 30-Sep-24
Talwar, Victoria SSHRC Developmental Psychology and Law Educational & Counselling Psychology (Education) 1-Apr-17 31-Mar-22
Theodore, David SSHRC Architecture, Health and Computation Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture (Engineering) 1-Oct-21 30-Sep-26
Thompson, Debra SSHRC Racial Inequality in Democratic Societies Political Science (Arts) 1-Jun-20 31-May-25
Trempe, Jean-François CIHR Structural Pharmacology Pharmacology & Therapeutics (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Apr-19 31-Mar-24
Trenholm, Stuart CIHR Neural Circuits of Vision Neurology & Neurosurgery (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Oct-17 30-Sep-22
Tureli, Aysenur Ipek SSHRC Architectures of Spatial Justice Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture (Engineering) 1-May-17 30-Apr-22

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Name Agency Chariholder Title Department (Faculty) Term Start Date Term End Date
Villeneuve, Sylvia CIHR Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease Psychiatry (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Mar-21 28-Feb-26

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Name Agency Chariholder Title Department (Faculty) Term Start Date Term End Date
Wachsmuth, David SSHRC Urban Governance Urban Planning (Engineering) 1-Apr-17 31-Mar-22
Watson, Ian CIHR Functional Genomics of Melanoma Biochemistry (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-Oct-21 30-Sep-26
Weber, Stephanie NSERC Spatial Organization of Living Systems Biology (Science) 1-Oct-21 30-Sep-26
Weinberg, Anna CIHR Clinical Neuroscience Psychology (Science) 1-Apr-21 31-Mar-26

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Name Agency Chariholder Title Department (Faculty) Term Start Date Term End Date
Xia, Jiangus NSERC Bioinformatics of Big Data Analytics Parasitology (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences) 1-Apr-17 31-Mar-22

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Name Agency Chariholder Title Department (Faculty) Term Start Date Term End Date
Zhou, Yang CIHR Neurobiology of Developmental Brain Disorders Neurology & Neurosurgery (Medicine & Health Sciences) 1-May-19 30-Apr-24
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