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Canada Research Chairs

The University of Regina’s Canada Research Chairs conduct research in areas that enhance our strategic research themes and strengths. The support provided by the Canada Research Chair program and the Canada Foundation for Innovation augments the University’s capacity to foster and develop world-class centres of research excellence.

Name of Chairholder

CRC

Tier

Granting

Council

CRC Research

Discipline

Research Topics
Dr. Kerri Finlay 1 Natural Sciences and Engineering Biology Water in a Changing Environment, ecological impacts of climate change
Dr. Margot Hurlbert 1 Social Sciences and Humanites Public Policy Climate Change, Energy and Sustainability Policy: Identifying pathways for
socio-technical decarbonisation and climate change policy
Dr. Kelvin Ng 1 Natural Sciences and Engineering Environmental
Engineering		 Sustainable waste management system design, evidence based waste policy
Dr. Sandra Zilles 1 Natural Sciences and Engineering Computer Science Computational Learning Theory: involves designing and analyzing new models
and effective algorithms for interactive machine learning
Dr. Taiwo Afolabi 2 Social Sciences and Humanities Theatre Socially Engaged Theatre: exploring how theatre and performance can initiate
dialogue around issues of race relations, belonging, social justice and human rights.
Dr. Michelle Coupal 2 Social Sciences and Humanities English Truth and Reconciliation and Indigenous Literatures: Indigenous pedagogies
and profiles, pedagogies of reconciliation, teaching trauma and Indian Residential
School literature, trauma and testimony
Dr. Omar El-Halfawy 2 Health Biochemistry Chemogenomics and Antimicrobial Research: Understanding microbial
virulence and antibiotic resistance; using chemogenomics to uncover
novel targets for antimicrobials
Dr. Natasha Gallant 2 Health Psychology Aging and Long-Term Care
Dr. Jennifer Gordon 2 Health Psychology Biopsychosocial Determinants of Women's Mental Health: understanding the
biological and psychological mechanisms by which reproductive hormones
(e.g. estrogen and progesterone) influence mood and wellbeing across the female
lifespan (e.g. adolescence, menopause transition)
Dr. Arthur Situm 2 Natural Sciences and Engineering Environmental
Engineering		 Small Modular Nuclear Reactors – Safety and Licensing:  investigating challenges with
new SMR designs and safety challenges, particularly linked to corrosion.
Dr. Gojko Vujanovic 2 Natural Sciences and Engineering Physics Subatomic Physics Phenomenology: taking a closer look at theoretical uncertainties to
see how they affect our understanding of the properties inside atomic nuclei.