Chairs and Professorships

Current Canada Research Chair (CRC) holders (search "University of New Brunswick")

Chair positions at UNB

• Canadian Cancer Society Research Chair: The Chair will be focused on bringing researchers, clinicians and cancer survivors together to find new ways to help reduce the burden of this disease.
• Chair in Child Rights for Child Health: The Chair is held within the Integrated Health Initiative (IHI) at UNB's Saint John campus. A UNB researcher and her team of experts say New Brunswick is the first jurisdiction to pilot a ground-breaking child’s rights monitoring platform.
• Chair in Ocean Mapping: The Chair in Ocean Mapping was established to expand research capabilities in the development of innovative methods to manage, process, depict and interpret ocean mapping data.
• CIHR Indigenous Research Chair in Nursing: The Chair is funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the New Brunswick Research Foundation, and the Canadian Nurses Foundation. 
• Cisco Systems Chair for Big Data: The Chair works on algorithms and services for analyzing information to extract value from Big Data. 
• D.C. Campbell Chair in Highway Construction and Pavement Research: The Chair was delveloped to strengthen the institution's capabilities in education and research in the highway and pavement engineering fields. 
• Economic Geology Chair: The Chair is mainly focussed on research related to the formation of ore deposits and related mineral exploration research that helps find new mineral resources. 
• Emera Reserach Chair in Smart Grid Technologies: The Emera & NB Power Research Centre for Smart Grid Technologies will play a pivotal role in advancing the transformation of conventional power grids around the world.
• Frederick Eaton Chair in Canadian Army Studies: The Chair was created to connect citizens to the Canadian Forces and to further the professional development of the Canadian Army. 
• Hon. Joan Kingston Research Chair in Health Innovation - The Chair will contribute significantly to the body of research on health-care innovation and will be active at UNB in teaching, research, public service and models of primary care service delivery.
• J. Herbert Smith/ACOA Chair in Technology Management and Entrepreneurship: The impact of technology on systems, organizations, and people has had measurably positive consequences on productivity, efficiency, and competitiveness but it's created challenges too. The Chair is the University of New Brunswick's response to these challenges.
• Jarislowsky Chair in Interprofessional Patient-Centered Care: The Chair leads an ongoing research initiative aimed at developing and evaluating new interprofessional community-based primary healthcare models that are patient-centred.
• Limerick Research Chair: The Chair is part of the Dr. J. McKenzie Limerick Pulp and Paper Research Centre. 
• Lockheed Martin Research Chair in Additive Manufacturing: The Chair leverages earlier funding from Lockheed Martin through an Industrial and Technological Benefits (ITB) offset contribution that also helped establish MAMCE. 
• M. Patrick Gillin Chair in Construction Engineering and Management:  The Chair was establisblised to provide students with a better opportunity to prepare for careers in construction engineering and management and to create an industry-university liaison.
• Mastercard IoT Chair: The Chair was created to advance cybersecurity research and training opportunities in the Internet of Things (IoT) sector. 
• McCain Chair in Digital Agriculture - The Chair will oversee a range of research initiatives that may include digital agriculture, crop simulation modeling, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), sensor data and Internet of Things (IoT) devices to support their initiatives.
• NB Power Cybersecurity Research Chair: The Chair's research agenda will focus on minimizing cybersecurity risks and improving privacy in the emerging smart grid realm. 
• NB Power Industrial Research Chair in Smart Grid Technologies: In collaboration with academic and private sector partners, research and innovation from the Emera & NB Power Research Centre for Smart Grid Technologies will play a pivotal role in advancing the transformation of conventional power grids around the world.
• OSCO Research Chair in Off-site Construction: The Chair provides the scientific direction for UNB's Off-site Construction Research Centre and conducts research in areas related to the industrialization and digitization of the construction industry. 
• Richard J. Currie Chair in Nanotechnology: The Chair will strengthen and solidify UNB’s ongoing research in nano-technology, contributing to the fields of materials science, biotechnology, biomedicine and engineering.
• Vaughan Chair in Regional Economics: The Chair serves as the focal point of a research team of faculty members and graduate student experts in the economic, political and historical characteristics of Atlantic Canada. 

Research professorships

NB DNRE/Cloverleaf Professorship in Recreational Fisheries
Contact R. Allen Curry

In 1997, the New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy and The Cloverleaf Foundation in partnership with the University of New Brunswick created Canada's first Professorship of Recreational Fisheries with Dr. Allen Curry occupying the position. The partnership provides the scientific support required for the management and sustainability of the socio-economically significant recreational fishing industry of Atlantic Canada. The Professorship incorporates the Assistant Directorship of the Fisheries Section of the New Brunswick Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit within UNB.