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On Oct. 22, 2025, the the renewal of five Canada Research Chairs (CRC) at the 91快色, along with .  

鈥淭his investment reaffirms Canada鈥檚 commitment to advancing world-class research across a wide spectrum of disciplinary areas,鈥� said Ted Hewitt, chair, Tri-agency Institutional Programs Secretariat Steering Committee; and president, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, in a media release. 鈥淏y supporting researchers and institutions across Canada, we鈥檙e not only strengthening our research ecosystem, but also empowering the next generation of researchers to tackle the complex challenges of today and tomorrow.鈥� 

鈥淭hese chair renewals demonstrate the government鈥檚 continued commitment to these important research topics, and we鈥檙e extremely proud of our researchers,鈥� says Dr. William Ghali, vice-president (research). 

To explore the breadth and depth of the research being done on our campuses, we asked the chairholders the following question: 鈥淲hat are you excited about in your second term as a CRC?鈥�

Dr. , PhD, Schulich School of Engineering
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in (Re)Engineering Sustainable Communities 

鈥�In my second term as a Canada Research Chair, I am most excited to continue championing community-led research and supporting the important work that partnering communities are stewarding. Over the past term, I have witnessed the power of collaborative, community-driven approaches to water sustainability and infrastructure development. These partnerships have not only advanced academic knowledge but have also fostered meaningful, reciprocal relationships. Moving forward, I am eager to deepen these collaborations, co-develop innovative solutions, and amplify the impact of community knowledge systems in shaping sustainable futures. This next chapter offers an opportunity to build on the momentum we鈥檝e created, expand our network of engaged communities, and further embed equity, respect, and reconciliation into research practices. I am committed to ensuring that our work continues to reflect the priorities and aspirations of partnering communities, collaborating towards lasting, positive change.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;

Dr. , PhD, Faculty of Arts
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Childhood Health Promotion 

鈥�The goal of my work is to enhance child and youth well-being through prevention and implementation science. In my second term as a Tier 2 CRC in Childhood Health Promotion, I am excited to continue to advance the work we are doing in my lab (the ) to promote adolescent healthy relationships, and prevent teen dating violence, bullying, and suicide. We will continue to engage with schools and community organizations across the country to co-create novel solutions to these challenges, and support implementation and evaluation of these efforts. Through my role as the Scientific Co-Director of 鈥� Canada鈥檚 national healthy youth relationships hub 鈥� I am excited to continue our work with policymakers to advocate for developmentally-informed changes to violence prevention legislation, our work with practitioners to understand what works, for whom, and in what contexts for youth violence prevention, and our work with national community and school partners to mobilize knowledge on bullying and teen dating violence to parents, caregivers, educators, and youth themselves. I am very lucky to collaborate with amazing trainees, as well as a wonderful network of colleagues locally, nationally, and internationally 鈥� it is truly a team effort!鈥�&苍产蝉辫;

Dr. Exner-Cortens is also an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Social Work and holds a joint appointment with the Cumming School of Medicine鈥檚 (CSM) Department of Psychiatry. She is a member of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, its Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research & Education, the Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute and its Owerko Centre, and the O'Brien Institute for Public Health. 

Dr. , PhD, Faculty of Social Work
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Multisensory Storytelling in Research and Knowledge Translation 

鈥�In my second term, I鈥檓 thrilled to develop Sensing the Past, a national project mapping disability histories across Canada through sensory and creative storytelling. As a community-led initiative, people with disabilities are storytellers and decision-makers ensuring that lived experience remain at the centre. The project engages communities across Canada where we will launch an interactive online story map, a graphic novel, and a travelling sensory installation.鈥�  

鈥�Alongside this work, we are also convening a symposium that centers disabled people as global speakers, panelists, and co-design partners. The program blends community knowledge, scholarship, and creative practice, with activities ranging from sensorial storytelling co-created with playwrights, guided campus smellwalks, 4-dimensional storytelling technologies, museum co-design workshops that reimagine accessibility, and exploring therapeutic applications of digital storytelling. By focusing on co-design and lived expertise, this term aims to build inclusive spaces where innovation thrives through creativity, accessibility, and storytelling.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;

Dr. Sitter is a member of the Cumming School of Medicine's Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute and the O'Brien Institute for Public Health. 

Dr. , PhD, Werklund School of Education
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Language and Literacy Education 

鈥�It has been an honour to have my first term as a Tier 2 CRC recognized in the form of the five-year renewal.  In my first term, consideration of the role of play in first and second grade children鈥檚 literacy learning was the dominant theme.  This research, which considered human and more-than-human relationalities in learning spaces, extends in my second term to a project that has undergraduate students engaging in primary research. Noting the importance of storied play for literacy learning, the Playground Literacies project has started to map the storied play opportunities in 91快色鈥檚 inner-city playgrounds. Next spring, it will move into its next stage: student researchers will be deployed to investigate the storied ways children intra-act with these playgrounds.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;

鈥�I am perhaps most excited by a second aspect of my research program. The Literacy鈥檚 Landscapes project involves settler and Indigenous literacy scholars from across Western and Central Canada. It aims to explicate a constellation of early learners鈥� and their teachers' experiences with living literacies through sustained encounters with Canada鈥檚 historied, urban geographies. Participants will engage in collaborative re/storying, enriching current knowledge of early literacies by re/generating educational models that more fully value lands and children. Ultimately, by elucidating and emphasizing existing relations across landscapes, children, and literacies, the study aims to serve as a catalyst for those concerned with nurturing children鈥檚 literacies and social participation in schools and communities to deepen their own capacity to disrupt colonial constructs of land and challenge normative narratives of early literacies.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;

Dr. , PhD, Faculty of Science
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Analytical and Aquatic Chemistry 

鈥�Nanobubbles are extremely tiny gas bubbles (~150 nanometers) that can stay in water for weeks and help dissolve gases more efficiently. Their surfaces are very reactive, which can enhance disinfecting and contaminant removal reactions. In my second term, I am most excited to make the use of ozone-filled nanobubbles in water treatment a reality! I鈥檒l study how these bubbles form and behave in different water conditions, how well they remove pollutants and kill harmful microbes, and how they reduce unwanted disinfection by-products. This work aims to make ozone nanobubbles a practical and sustainable way to clean and reuse water.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;