Canada Research Chairs

The Canada Research Chairs Program was established by the federal government in 2000 to promote excellence and innovation in research by rewarding the country's leading academics and attracting the best research minds in the world to study at Canadian universities.

As of September 2024, Western has 68 active Canada Research Chairs in a wide range of disciplines, including:

  • Hamid Abdolvand - Advanced Materials for Low-Emission Energies
  • Shehzad Ali - Public Health Economics
  • Kelly Anderson - Public Mental Health
  • Michael Anderson - Philosophy of Science
  • Daniel Ansari - Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning
  • David Armstrong - Political Methodology
  • Eric Arts - Pathogenesis and Viral Control
  • Tima Bansal - Business for Sustainable Development
  • Corey Baron - Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • adam bell - Music, Inclusion and Accessibility
  • Frank Beier - Musculoskeletal Research
  • Trevor Birmingham - Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
  • Peter Brown - Planetary Small Bodies
  • Lauren Cipriano - Healthcare Analytics, Management & Policy
  • Jody Culham - Immersive Neuroscience
  • Spy Dénommé-Welch - Indigenous Arts, Knowledge Systems & Education
  • Emma Duerden - Neuroscience and Learning Disorders
  • Barbara Fenesi - Science of Learning
  • Amanda Friesen - Political Psychology
  • Elizabeth (Beth) Gillies - Polymeric Biomaterials
  • Katsuichiro Goda - Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment
  • Elizabeth Greene - Roman Archaeology
  • Matthew Grol - Musculoskeletal Biology & Health
  • Katarina Grolinger - Engineering Applications of Machine Learning 
  • Jennifer Guthrie - Pathogen Genomics and Bioinformatics
  • Yolanda Hedberg - Corrosion Science
  • Pingzhao Hu - Computational Approach to Health Research
  • Mikko Karttunen - Materials and Biomaterials Science
  • Tarun Katapally - Digital Health for Equity
  • Ali Khan - Computational Neuroimaging
  • Jibran Khokhar - Translational Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Shawn Li - Molecular and Epigenetic Basis of Cancer
  • Yanping Li - Climate Change Risk and Resilience 
  • Lance Lochner - Human Capital and Productivity
  • Fred Longstaffe - Stable Isotope Science
  • Joy MacDermid - MSK Health Outcomes and Knowledge Translation
  • Penny MacDonald - Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
  • Haojie Mao - Head Mechanics
  • Maria Mathews - Primary Health Care and Health Equity
  • Kaitlynn Mendes - Inequality & Gender
  • Natasha Mhatre - Invertebrate Neurobiology
  • Alan Miller - Law and Economics
  • Lindsay Nagamatsu - Activity for Brain Health and Aging 
  • Grace Parraga - Lung Imaging to Transform Outcomes
  • Rajnikant Patel - Advanced Robotics and Control
  • Arghya Paul - Advanced Cell-Instructive Materials & Biotherapeutics
  • Marco Prado - Neurochemistry of Dementia
  • Jessica Prodger - Genital Immunology & Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • Andrew Pruszynski - Sensorimotor Neuroscience
  • Chantelle Richmond - Indigenous Health and Environment
  • Angela Roberts - Data Analytics and Digital Health in Cognitive Aging and Dementia 
  • Kirsty Robertson - Museums, Art and Sustainability
  • Clare Robinson - Water Quality
  • Cristian D. Bravo Roman - Banking & Insurance Analytics
  • Ayan Sadhu - Smart and Sustainable Civil Infrastructure 
  • Lisa Saksida - Translational Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Katreena Scott - Ending Child Abuse & Domestic Violence
  • Sarah Smith - Art, Culture and Global Relations
  • Jane Thornton - Injury Prevention and Physical Activity for Health
  • Jackson Leween, Two Bears, (Tékeniyáhsen Ohkwá:ri) - Indigenous Arts
    Research and Technology
  • Ana Luisa Trejos - Wearable Mechatronics
  • Francesca Vidotto - Foundations of Physics
  • Xianbin Wang - 5G and Wireless IoT Communications
  • Nadine Wathen - Mobilizing Knowledge on Gender-Based Violence
  • Grace Yi - Data Science
  • Ying Zheng - Chemical Reactions & Intensification
  • Jingxu (Jesse) Zhu - Particle Technology