CERC Program

Please note: the following schedule is tentative and is subject to change. 

All meals and nutrition breaks will take place in the Whale Atrium, Core Science Facility (located just outside of room CSF-1302)

All sessions will take place in room CSF-1302 in the Core Science Facility

Day 1 and Day 2

Day 1

Tuesday, Oct. 14
830am Registration and breakfast
930am  Symposium opening

Speakers include:

Tana Allen, Vice-President (Research)
Memorial University

Valérie Laflamme, Associate Vice-President
Tri-agency Institutional Programs Secretariat

Brent Myron, Associate Director (Strategic Services)
Research Initiatives and Services, Memorial University
10am Keynote address: AI Impact on Research

Trung Duong, Canada Excellence Research Chair in
Next Generation Communications Technologies
Memorial University 
11am Transition break (coffee, tea, snacks)
1130am Presentation on Indigenous Research

Paul Banahene Adjei, Associate Vice-President (Indigenous Research)
Memorial University 
1230pm Lunch
130pm

Research presentations session 1: CERCs and C150s

Panelists include:

Urbasi Sinha (tentative)
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Photonic Quantum Science and Technologies
University of Calgary

Sriram Subramaniam
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Precision Cancer Drug Design
University of British Columbia

Shireen Hassim
Canada 150 Research Chair in Gender and African Politics
Carleton University
245pm Transition break (coffee, tea, snacks)
315pm Panel discussion: Institutional Chair Award Management 

Panelists include:

Valorie Crooks, Associate Vice-President, Research
Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation
Simon Fraser University

Judith Chadwick, Associate Vice-President, Research Services
Division of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation
University of Toronto

Aaron Johnson, Associate Vice-President, Research (Strategic Institutional Initiatives & Innovation)
Office of the Vice-President, Research, Innovation, and Impact
Concordia University
430pm Closing remarks

Brent Myron, Associate Director (Strategic Services)
Research Initiatives and Services, Memorial University
445pm Meet and greet reception

 Day 2

Wednesday, Oct. 15
830am Registration and breakfast                                                                                                                                                                             
930am Symposium opening

Brent Myron, Associate Director (Strategic Services)
Research Initiatives and Services, Memorial University
945am Panel discussion: C150 Share your journey

Panelists include:

Shireen Hassim
Canada 150 Research Chair in Gender and African Politics
Carleton University

Margo Seltzer
Canada 150 Research Chair in Computer Systems
University of British Columbia

Wendy Chun
Canada 150 Chair in New Media
Simon Fraser University
11am Transition break (coffee, tea, snacks)
1130am Presentation: Research Security

Beth Cainen, Atlantic Regional Advisor, Public Safety
Government of Canada
1230pm Lunch
130pm

Research presentations session 2: CERCs and C150s 

Panelists include:

Amanda Cook
Team member of Dr. Jason Hessels
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Transient Astrophysics
McGill University

Ursula Eicker
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Smart, Sustainable and Resilient Cities and Communities
Concordia University

Dorthe Dahl-Jensen
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Arctic Ice, Freshwater Marine Coupling and Climate Change
University of Manitoba
245pm Transition break
315pm

Updates and Q&A with from the Tri-Agency Institutional Programs Secretariat (TIPS) 

Panelists include:

Valérie Laflamme, Associate Vice-President


Christian Chouinard, Director (CFREF, CERC, and C150 Programs)


Guillaume Beaulieu-Houle, Manager (CFREF, CERC, and C150 Programs)
430pm Closing remarks

Brent Myron, Associate Director (Strategic Services)
Research Initiatives and Services, Memorial University