Research chair and professorship holders

Air Canada Professorship on Anti-racism

Professorship holder: Awad Ibrahim

As the Air Canada Professor on Anti-racism, Awad Ibrahim leads the Faculty's academic and community partnership activities, building our expertise and vision for equity, diversity, and inclusion in education. Professor Ibrahim also serves as the Vice-Provost, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusive Excellence.

 

Canada Research Chair in School-Based Mental Health and Violence Prevention

Chairholder: Tracy Vaillancourt

Most adult mental health problems begin in childhood. For this reason, reducing the occurrence of illness in childhood can be expected to have a positive impact on adult mental health. To that end, Tracy Vaillancourt, Canada Research Chair in School-Based Mental Health and Violence Prevention, is exploring an important and often neglected root cause of mental health problems: bullying.


 

Institut du Savoir Montfort (ISM) Research Chair in Medical Pedagogy

Chairholder: Eric Dionne

The purpose of the Chair, held by Eric Dionne, is to develop an innovative research program in education to optimize the training of medical students, residents and physicians with continuing medical education so they can become capable of working in multi-professional teams. This will allow them to meet the healthcare needs of the French-speaking population in Canada

Canada Research Chairs at the University of Ottawa (CRC)