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Across the country, the Canada Research Chairs program invests approximately $265 million per year to attract and retain some of the world's most accomplished and promising minds. Chairholders aim to achieve research excellence in engineering and the natural sciences, health sciences, humanities, and social sciences.

The Honourable Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology), announced on Oct. 16 a total of 137 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs atÌý34Ìýpostsecondary institutions across Canada. This represents a $118Ìýmillion investment, with an additional $7.9 million in infrastructure support provided by the Canada Foundation for Innovation.

The McGill chairholders included in this latest funding announcement are:

New:

Myriam Denov, School of Social Work – Tier 1 New – CRC in Youth, Gender and Armed Conflict

Andrew Gonzalez, Department of Biology – Tier 1 New – CRC in Biodiversity science

Brigitte Kieffer, Department of Psychiatry – Tier 1 New – CRC in Neurobiology of Addiction and Mood Disorders

Fabian Lange, Department of Economics – Tier 2 New – CRC in Labour and Personnel Economics

Jean-Francois Trempe, Department of Pharmacology – Tier 2 New – CRC in Structural Pharmacology

Robert Vallerand,Ìýformerly of the Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, was awarded a Tier 1 New CRC in Motivational Processes and Optimal Functioning in the Social Sciences. (Prof. Vallerand recently accepted a position at another university, but the chair will remain at McGill.)Ìý

Renewals:

Brian Chen, Department of Medicine and Neurology & Neurosurgery – Tier 2 Renewal – CRC in Neural Circuit Formation

Delphine Collin-Vézina,ÌýSchool of Social Work – Tier 1 Renewal -- CRC in Child Welfare

Bruno Giros, Department of Psychiatry – Tier 1 Renewal – CRC in Neurobiology of Psychiatric Disorders

Tho Le-Ngoc, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering – Tier 1 Renewal – CRC in Broadband Access Communications

Faiz Jamil Ragep, Institute of Islamic Studies – Tier 1 Renewal – CRC in the History of Science in Islamic SocietiesÌý

Michael Wagner, Department of Linguistics – Tier 2 Renewal – CRC in Speech and Language Processing

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