Canada Research Chair

Canada Research Chair (CRC) is a title given to certain Canadian university research professors by the Canada Research Chairs Program.

Program goals

The Canada Research Chair program was established in 2000 as a part of the Government of Canada wanting to promote research and development excellence in Canadian post-secondary educational institutions. Through the Canada Research Chair program, $300 million is spent annually to attract and retain outstanding scholars and scientists.

The program hopes to help chairholders achieve research excellence in natural sciences, engineering, health sciences, humanities, and social sciences, improve Canada's depth of knowledge and quality of life, strengthen the country's international competitiveness, and train personnel through student supervision, teaching, and the coordination of other researchers' work.

Types of chairs

There are two types of Canada Research Chair:

  • Tier 1 Chairs – tenable for seven years and renewable once (and twice in exceptional circumstances),[1] are for outstanding researchers acknowledged by their peers as world leaders in their fields. Nominees for Tier 1 positions are full professors or associate professors who are expected to be promoted to the full professor level within one or two years of the nomination (or, if coming from outside the academic sector, nominees must possess the necessary qualifications to be appointed at these levels by the nominating university). For each Tier 1 Chair, the university receives $200,000 annually for seven years.
  • Tier 2 Chairs – 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. Nominees for Tier 2 positions are assistant or associate professors (or they possess the necessary qualifications to be appointed at these levels by the nominating university). For each Tier 2 Chair, the university receives $100,000 annually for five years.

The money received for each chair can be used to add to the chair's salary, to help pay for the chair's existing salary, or to fund research; the proportion allocated to each category varies by university.

Chair allocations

The number of CRCs allocated to a university is proportional to the amount of research grant funding that university has received in the three years prior to the year of the allocation. Grant funding must originate from the three federal granting agencies (NSERC, CIHR, and SSHRC).

Of the total 2000 Chairs, 1880 are regular allocations, distributed as follows:[2]

  • 733 Chairs (39 per cent) for research in natural sciences and engineering;
  • 733 Chairs (39 per cent) for research in health sciences;
  • 414 Chairs (22 per cent) for research in social sciences and humanities.

The program sets aside a special allocation of 120 Chairs for universities that have received one per cent or less of the total funding paid out by the three federal granting agencies over the preceding three years.

Roughly 66% of Chairs are allocated to member institutions of the U15, a group of the top research-intensive universities in Canada.

     Indicates membership in the U15
Institution# of Chairholders
University of Toronto238
University of British Columbia167
McGill University147
Université de Montréal98
University of Alberta111
University of Calgary77
Université Laval74
McMaster University69
University of Western Ontario64
Queen's University44
University of Manitoba46
University of Ottawa64
University of Saskatchewan29
University of Waterloo55
Dalhousie University40
Acadia University3
Algoma University1
Athabasca University2
Bishop's University5
Brandon University3
British Columbia Institute of Technology3
Brock University13
Cape Breton University2
Carleton University28
Concordia University23
Concordia University College of Alberta1
École de technologie supérieure7
Emily Carr University of Art and Design3
HEC Montréal6
Institut national de la recherche scientifique1
Kwantlen Polytechnic University1
Lakehead University12
Laurentian University10
Memorial University of Newfoundland13
Mount Allison University4
Mount Royal University1
Mount Saint Vincent University4
Nipissing University4
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design2
OCAD University1
Polytechnique Montréal26
Royal Military College of Canada5
Royal Roads University4
Ryerson University11
Saint Mary's University7
Simon Fraser University37
St. Francis Xavier University5
St. Thomas University4
The King's University2
Thompson Rivers University4
Trent University8
Trinity Western University3
Université de Moncton5
Université de Saint-Boniface1
Université de Sherbrooke38
Université TÉLUQ (Télé-université, Université du Québec)1
Université du Québec à Montréal23
Université du Québec en Outaouais1
University of Guelph34
University of Lethbridge9
University of New Brunswick14
University of Northern British Columbia8
University of Ontario Institute of Technology5
University of Prince Edward Island7
University of Regina10
University of Victoria41
University of Windsor14
University of Winnipeg6
Vancouver Island University4
Wilfrid Laurier University9
York University24

List of Canada Research Chairs

The Canada Research Chairs Program maintains an online database of profiles of each chairholder, which include detailed descriptions of each of their research projects.[3]

Canada Research Chairs insignia

On March 27, 2008, the Government of Canada's Ministry of Industry, as well as the presidents of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research presented each chairholder with a Canada Research Chair insignia at a national celebration of the program held at the Université du Québec en Outaouais in Gatineau, Quebec. The lapel pin, made of sterling silver, symbolizes the pursuit of knowledge and research excellence and is available exclusively to chairholders. As of November 2007, there are 1,851 Canada Research Chairs. Seventy Canadian universities are participating in the program.

References

  1. Government of Canada, Industry Canada (29 November 2012). "Canada Research Chairs". www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca.
  2. Government of Canada, Industry Canada (29 November 2012). "Canada Research Chairs". www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca.
  3. Government of Canada, Industry Canada (29 November 2012). "Canada Research Chairs". www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca.
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