The RCEC’s mandate is to evaluate new and renewal nominations submitted for the following categories of Chairs: Canada Research Chairs; University Research Chairs; and Chaires de Recherche sur le Monde Francophone. All nominations are subject to the highest evaluation criteria as set out by the federal government’s Canada Research Chairs Program.
Research chairs evaluation committee
The Research Chairs Evaluation Committee (RCEC) is composed of members representing research fields funded by Canada’s three federal granting agencies (CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC).
Overview
RCEC membership list
Sylvain Charbonneau – Vice-President, Research and Innovation; Chair
Tri-Agency representation: NSERC
Martine Lagacé – Associate Vice-President, Research, Promotion and Development
Full Professor, Faculty of Arts, Department of Communication
Tri-Agency representation: SSHRC
Guy Levesque – Associate Vice-President, Innovation, Partnerships and Entrepreneurship
Tri-Agency representation: NSERC
Julie St-Pierre – Associate Vice-President, Research Support and Infrastructure
Full Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, Immunology
Tri-Agency representation: CIHR
Alison Hosey – Assistant Vice-President, Research Services, Research Management Services and Institutional equity, diversity and inclusion champion.
Lionel Briand – Full Professor, Faculty of Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Tri-Agency representation: NSERC
Mamadou Fall – Full Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering
Tri-Agency representation: NSERC
Ebrahim Karimi – Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
Tri-Agency representation: NSERC
Adam Shuhendler – Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences
Tri-Agency representation: NSERC
Carole Yauk – Full Professor, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
Tri-Agency representation: NSERC
Nafissa Ismail – Full Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Psychology
Tri-Agency representation: CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC
Céline Castets-Renard – Full Professor, Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section
Tri-Agency representation: SSHRC
Ana Maria Peredo – Full Professor, Telfer School of Management
Tri-Agency representation: SSHRC
Beth Potter – Full Professor, Faculty of Medicine, School of Epidemiology and Public Health
Tri-Agency representation: CIHR
Katey Rayner – Full Professor and Assistant Dean, Research and Special Projects, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology; Principal Investigator, University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Tri-Agency representation: CIHR
Duncan Stewart – Executive Vice-President, Research, The Ottawa Hospital and CEO & Scientific Director, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Tri-Agency representation: CIHR
Chibuike Udenigwe – Full Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Nutrition Sciences
Tri-Agency representation: CIHR