/channels/taxonomy/term/16975/all en /channels/channels/news/new-and-renewed-canada-research-chairs-faculty-297867 <p>On June 14 in Victoria, British Columbia, the Honourable <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/government/ministers/kirsty-duncan.html">Kirsty Duncan</a>, Minister of Science and Sport, announced an investment of over $275 million for 346 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs at 52 institutions across Canada. The <a href="http://www.innovation.ca/">Canada Foundation for Innovation</a> also made an important investment towards these Chairs in providing more than $5.2 million in new funding for research infrastructure, supporting 30 Chairs at 18 institutions.</p> Tue, 18 Jun 2019 20:06:42 +0000 webfull 150014 at /channels /channels/channels/news/professor-jeff-xia-named-crc-chair-tier-2-283343 <p>Congratulations to <strong>Professor Jianguo (Jeff) Xia</strong>, Department of Animal Science and Institute of Parasitology, who has been named a Canada Research Chair (Tier 2)  in Bioinformatics and Big Data Analytics.</p> <p><a href="http://bit.ly/2AahhNW" target="_blank">Watch video</a></p> Tue, 12 Dec 2017 15:02:05 +0000 webfull 133540 at /channels