Professor Leah Vosko, Canada Research Chair in Feminist Political Economy (Tier 2), will continue her research on the relationship between gender and precarious employment in Canada. Vosko’s work is moving in a comparative direction, as she examines precarious employment in the U.S., several countries in Europe and Australia as well.

Professor Nantel Bergeron, Canada Research Chair in Algebraic Combinatoric Structures (Tier 2), is expanding his work in solving algebraic problems using combinatorial tools. Specifically, he is investigating new combinatorial problems related to mathematical physics and other areas. Combinatorics is the branch of math that develop tools for counting, which is useful to answer questions such as, "How many times must a new deck of cards be shuffled to be thoroughly mixed?"

The announcement of new funding for Canada Research Chairs was made in Montreal today by the Hon. Jean-C. Lapierre, Minister of Transport and Political Minister for Québec, on behalf of the Hon. David L. Emerson, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canada Research Chairs Program. In all, the government announced an investment of $102.2 million in new funding for 126 CRCs, including 43 renewals, and $10.4 million in infrastructure funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation.

“Renewing the CRC appointments of Professors Vosko and Bergeron recognizes the excellence of their research and allows York to continue to build on its renowned research strength,” said Stan Shapson, Vice-President Research & Innovation at York. “The federal government’s investments into university research, through programs such as the Canada Research Chairs, are crucial to sustaining York’s globally competitive research programs and to attracting the world’s best researchers.”

Tier 1 CRCs receive $200,000 a year for seven years and Tier 2 CRCs receive $100,000 a year for five years. In total, York University has been awarded 31 CRCs.

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