The Canada Research Chairs Program was established by the Government of Canada to attract and retain some of the world's most accomplished and promising minds.

The University of Manitoba currently holds 44 Canada Research Chairs. Chairholders are research leaders or rising stars in natural sciences and engineering, health sciences, or social sciences and humanities.

David Barber
Chair in Arctic System Science
Environment and Geography
(204) 474-6981  dbarber@ms.umanitoba.ca

Fikret Berkes
Chair in Community-Based Resource Management
Natural Resources Institute
(204) 474-6731  berkes@ms.umanitoba.ca

Trust Beta
Chair in Food Processing for Grain-Based Functional Foods
Food Science
(204) 474-8214  betat@ms.umanitoba.ca

James Blanchard
Chair in Epidemiology and Global Public Health
Community Health Sciences/Medical Microbiology
(204) 789-3381  blancha0@cc.umanitoba.ca

Diana Brydon
Chair in Globalization and Cultural Studies
English
(204) 474-8109  brydond@cc.umanitoba.ca

Douglas Buchanan
Chair in Microelectronic Materials
Electrical and Computer Engineering
(204) 474-9085  douglas_buchanan@umanitoba.ca

Warren Cariou
Chair in Narrative, Community and Indigenous Cultures
English 
(204) 474-7276  cariouw@ms.umanitoba.ca

Tapash Chakraborty
Chair in Nanoscale Physics
Physics and Astronomy
(204) 474-7041  tapash@physics.umanitoba.ca

Harvey Chochinov
Chair in Palliative Care
Psychiatry
(204) 787-3479  chochin@cc.umanitoba.ca

James Davie
Chair in Chromatin Dynamics
Biochemistry & Medical Genetics
(204) 787-2391

Marc Del Bigio
Chair in Developmental Neuropathology
Pathology
(204) 789-3378  delbigi@cc.umanitoba.ca

Hao Ding
Chair in Genetic Modelling
Biochemistry and Medical Genetics
(204) 480-1300  dingh@cc.umanitoba.ca

Michelle Driedger
Chair in Environment and Health Risk Communication
Community Health Sciences
(204) 789-3936  michelle_driedger@umanitoba.ca

Peter Eck
Chair in Nutrigenomics
Human Nutritional Sciences
(204) 474-8418  eck@eck@cc.umanitoba.ca

Ehab El-Salakawy
Chair in Advanced Composite Materials and Monitoring of Civil Infrastructure
Civil Engineering
(204) 474-8319  elsalaka@cc.umanitoba.ca

Mostafa Fayek
Chair in Isotope and Environmental Geochemistry
Geological Sciences
(204) 474-7982  fayek@cc.umanitoba.ca

Michael Freund
Chair in Conducting Polymers and Electronic Materials
Chemistry
(204) 474-8772  michael_freund@umanitoba.ca

Phillip Gardiner
Chair in Physical Activity and Health Studies
Kinesiology and Recreation Management
(204) 474-8770  gardine2@ms.umanitoba.ca

Michael Anthony Hart
Chair in Indigenous Knowledges and Social Work
Social Work
(204) 474-9237  mhart@cc.umanitoba.ca

Andrew Halayko
Chair in Airway Cell and Molecular Biology
Physiology
(204) 789-3778  ahalayk@cc.umanitoba.ca

Brian Hasinoff
Chair in Drug Development
Pharmacy
(204) 474-8325  b_hasinoff@umanitoba.ca

Grant Hatch
Chair in Molecular Cardiolipin Metabolism
Pharmacology and Therapeutics/Biochemistry and Medical Genetics
(204) 789-3405  hatchgm@ms.umanitoba.ca

Frank Hawthorne
Chair in Crystallography and Mineralogy
Geological Sciences
(204) 474-8861  frank_hawthorne@umanitoba.ca

Kent Hayglass
Chair in Immune Regulation 
Immunology
(204) 789-3793  hayglass@ms.umanitoba.ca

Peter Jones
Chair in Nutrition and Functional Foods
Agriculture and Food Sciences
(204) 474-8883  peter_jones@umanitoba.ca

Debbie Kelly
Chair in Comparative Cognition
Psychology
(204) 474-9933  debbie_kelly@umanitoba.ca

Lorrie A. Kirshenbaum
Chair in Molecular Cardiology
Physiology
(204) 235-3661  lorrie@sbrc.ca

Kiera Ladner
Chair in Indigenous Politics and Governance
Political Studies
(204) 474-6349  ladnerk@cc.umanitoba.ca

Peter Loewen
Chair in Protein Chemistry
Microbiology
(204) 474-8334  peter_loewen@umanitoba.ca

Jeffrey Marcus
Chair in Phylogenomics
Biological Sciences
(204) 474-8418  marcus@cc.umanitoba.ca

Aaron Marshall
Chair in Molecular Immunology
Immunology
(204) 789-3385  marshall@ms.umanitoba.ca

Verena Menec
Chair in Healthy Aging
Community Health Sciences
(204) 272-3184  menec@cc.umanitoba.ca

Zahra Kazem-Moussavi
Chair in Biomedical Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
(204) 474 7023  moussavi@ee.umanitoba.ca

Adele Perry
Chair in Western Canadian Social History
History
(204) 474-8107  perrya@ms.umanitoba.ca

Frank Plummer
Chair in Resistance and Susceptibility to Infections
Medical Microbiology
(204) 789-3312  plummerf@cc.umanitoba.ca

Samar Safi-Harb
Chair in Supernova Astrophysics 
Physics and Astronomy
(204) 474-7104  samar@physics@umanitoba.ca

Lotfollah Shafai
Chair in Applied Electromagnetics
Electrical and Computer Engineering
(204) 474-9615  shafai@ee.umanitoba.ca

Joerg Stetefeld
Chair in Structural Biology
Chemistry
(204) 474-9731  stetefel@cc.umanitoba.ca

Mario Tenuta
Chair in Applied Soil Ecology
Soil Science
(204) 474-7827  tenutam@ms.umanitoba.ca

Jason Treberg
Chair in Metabolism and Environmental Dynamics
Biological Sciences
(204) 474-8122  trebergj@cc.umanitoba.ca

Quan (Abraham) Wang
Chair in Solid Mechanics
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
(204) 474-6443  q-wang@umanitoba.ca

Tamra Werbowetski-Ogilvie
Chair in Neuro-oncology and Human Stem Cells
Biochemistry and Medical Genetics
(204) 789-3431  ogilviet@cc.umanitoba.ca

Zhenyu Wu
Chair in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Business Administration
(204) 474-8425  zhenyu_wu@umanitoba.ca

Xi Yang
Chair in Infection and Immunity
Immunology/Medical Microbiology
(204) 789-3481  yangxi@cc.umanitoba.ca