Canada Research Chair News Archive
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UM Faces and Spaces: Feiyue Wang
February 2, 2024 —
For our UM Spaces and Faces feature this month, we're highlighting Feiyue Wang, UM professor, associate dean (Research and Innovation), and Tier-1 Canada Research Chair in Arctic Environmental Chemistry.
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Global News Winnipeg: Researchers led by U of M prof reach milestone studying Greenland ice
July 31, 2023 —
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, UM Canada Excellence Research Chair in Arctic Ice, Freshwater-Marine Coupling and Climate Change on Global News Winnipeg.
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Canada Research Chairs Symposium returns to Bannatyne Campus on April 24
April 10, 2023 —
Researchers at UM are motivated by the impacts of their work to improve the lives of people here in Manitoba, and around the world.
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Research and International
Canada Research Chairs to Present at Bannatyne Campus on February 27
February 17, 2023 —
Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) are nationally recognized as leaders and experts in their fields. The impacts of their ground-breaking work at UM are felt around the world through improving data justice in India and Africa and influencing international childhood health policies.
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Faculty of Science
Nature News and Views article: on the visualization of a magnetic field using X-rays in a stellar graveyard (or pulsar wind nebula)
January 4, 2023 —
An X-ray imaging mission has unveiled the magnetic field in the environment of a dead star. The order and symmetry of the field will reshape our understanding of how it accelerates particles to ultra-high energies, says UM astrophysicist Dr. Samar Safi-Harb, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Extreme Astrophysics and lead author.
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Research and International
Canada Research Chair announcement highlights neurodegenerative dementia research program
November 17, 2022 —
UM researcher Dr. Zahra Moussavi announced as Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Engineering, Tier 1.
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Donor Relations
UM global public health research partnership contributes to saving mothers and newborns in India
April 26, 2022 —
Transformational investment supports partnership of UM researchers and government of Uttar Pradesh, India to improve survival for mothers and babies.
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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Meet Rotimi Aluko, Canada Research Chair in Bioactive Peptides
January 30, 2022 —
Food chemist will work to advance human nutrition research
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Faculty of Science
It’s a very exciting time to be in astrophysics at UM
January 28, 2022 —
Samar Safi-Harb is on the hunt for the biggest bangs since the “big bang.” She has just been named a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Extreme Astrophysics by the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Safi-Harb is the first woman to be appointed a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair position in UM’s Faculty of Science.
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Three new Canada Research Chairs
January 12, 2022 —
Chairs in nutrition, health economics and extreme astrophysics