Our Canadian Research Chairs
The Canada Research Chair is a highly competitive program created by the Government of Canada in 2000 to promote excellence in research and development in higher education institutions in the country. It is governed by the Tri-agency Institutional Programs Secretariat (TIPS), housed in the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). More than $ 300 M are dedicated to the program annually.
Two types of Canada Research Chair exist: Tier 1 Chairs for Full Professors, tenable for seven years and renewable once; and Tier 2 Chairs for outstanding new investigators, tenable for fiver years and equally renewable once.
The FMER is proud to count among its regular members with three Canada Research Chairs Tier 2 holders! We invite you to watch the videos below to know more about what the Chairs of these exceptional researchers are about.
FMER’s Canadian Research Chairs
Samira Abbasgholizadeh-Rahimi, B.Eng., PhD Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine School of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
McGill University
Samira Abbasgholizadeh-Rahimi, B.Eng., PhD
Tier II Canada Research Chair in Advanced Digital Primary Health Care
Kathleen Rice, PhD Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
McGill University
Kathleen Rice, PhD
Tibor Schuster, PhD Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
McGill University
Tibor Schuster, PhD
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