Position Announcement
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Remote Sensing of the Arctic
Laval University
Quebec City, Canada
Deadline: 31 August 2009
For more information or to apply, contact:
Edwin Bourget
Email: Edwin.Bourget [at] vrr.ulaval.ca
Phone: 418-656-2599
The Government of Canada's new Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC)
program has invited Laval University to submit an application for a
Chair in Remote Sensing of the Arctic. For more information on the CERC
program, please see below.
The position will begin 1 July 2010, and the successful candidate will
hold the position of full professor with tenure. The CERC program will
award chairholders with up to $10 million over seven years to establish
a research program. An attractive salary will be offered, and the chair
will have access to considerable resources to conduct research.
Laval University has made large investments in northern research through
its support to four complementary research centres (Quebec-Ocean; the
Centre for Northern Studies [CEN]; the Interuniversity Centre for
Aboriginal Studies and Research [CIERA]; and the Centre for Inuit Health
and Changing Environments [Nasivvik]), in addition to hosting two
pan-Canadian Networks of Centres of Excellence (ArcticNet and Geoide),
and major infrastructure including the research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen
and the CEN Network of arctic field stations.
To apply, send a CV, a statement outlining the development of an
innovative program of arctic research combining remote sensing and
geospatial analysis, and the names of four references, by email before
31 August 2009 to:
Edwin Bourget
Email: Edwin.Bourget [at] vrr.ulaval.ca
Laval University is committed to equity in employment and diversity. It
welcomes application from indigenous peoples, visible minorities, ethnic
minorities, persons with disabilities and women.
About the CERC program: In 2008, the Government of Canada created a new
permanent program to establish 20 Canada Excellence Research Chairs
(CERC) in universities across the country. The CERC program invests $28
million a year to attract and retain distinguished faculty and help
Canada build a critical mass of expertise in the priority research areas
of environmental sciences and technologies, natural resources and
energy, health and related life sciences and technologies, and
information and communication technologies.
Canada Excellence Research Chairs are identified through a highly
competitive two-stage process. In Phase 1, Canadian universities compete
for the opportunity to establish chairs at their institution. In Phase
2, successful universities nominate candidates to a limited number of
CERC positions.
In the inaugural competition, 41 universities submitted 135 proposals
for CERC awards. In April 2009, the Government of Canada announced that
40 proposals from 17 universities were invited to recruit candidates,
and up to 20 CERC positions will be awarded.
For more information on the CERC program, please go to:
http://www.cerc.gc.ca