Canada Research Chairs
Dr. Timothy J. Green- (Tier 2) Canada Research Chair in Shellfish Health and Genomics and Professor in Fisheries and Aquaculture, Faculty of Science and Technology.
Dr. Amanda C. Wager - (Tier 2) Canada Research Chair Canada Research Chair in Community -Based Research and Professor in Education, Faculty of Education.
Dr. Whitney Wood - (Tier 2) Canada Research Chair Canada Research Chair in the Historical Dimensions of Women's Health and Professor in History, Faculty of Arts and Humanities.
Dr. Sean Sloan - (Tier 2) Canada Research Chair in the Human Dimensions of Sustainability and Resilience and Professor in Geography, Faculty of Arts and Humanities.
BC Regional Innovation Chairs
Danielle Alphonse is the British Columbia Regional Innovation Chair in Aboriginal Early Childhood Development and Professor of Early Childhood Education.
Dr. Patrick Brouder is the British Columbia Regional Innovation Chair in Tourism and Sustainable Rural Development and Professor in Recreation and Tourism Management.
Michael Smith Health Research BC
Dr. Shannon Dames is a Michael Smith Health Research BC Health Professional Investigator.
Dr. Sandy Shultz is a Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar.
Vacant Research Chairs
Jarislowsky Chair in Political Leadership
Vancouver Island University (VIU) invites applications from outstanding academics to be the inaugural Jarislowsky Chair in Political Leadership. Supported by a $4 million endowment from the Jarislowsky Foundation and Vancouver Island University, this prestigious appointment is one of five new endowed chairs at liberal arts and science universities across Canada who will form the first-ever network of its kind focused on educating tomorrow’s leaders in government, politics and the public service.
VIU’s Jarislowsky Chair in Political Leadership will be an eminent scholar of political ethics and governance appointed as a faculty member in the Department of Political Studies. The inaugural Chair term will be for five years with the possibility of renewal for one additional five-year term. The appointment will commence September 1, 2022 or thereafter.
For more information on this employment opportunity, please view the job posting.