Research Office

Research Chairs, Centres and Institutes


Centre for Forest Interdisciplinary Research (C-FIR)
A gathering place for forest ecology researchers from around the world.


Centre for Research in Young People's Texts and Cultures
Supports scholarly inquiry into literacy, media, and other cultural texts for children and youth.

Centre for Rupert's Land Studies
Facilitates scholarly research and publishing concerning the human history of the Hudson's Bay Company territory, known from 1670 to 1870 as Rupert's Land.

Chair in Canadian-German Studies
Promoting the teaching of, and research into the history and culture of German-speaking immigrants and their descendants in Canada.

Institute of Urban Studies
Committed to examining urban development issues in a broad, non-partisan context and conducting applied research aimed at practical, often novel, solutions to urban problems.