UWinnipeg's Canada Research Chairs

Dr. Jeffery Martin is the new Canada Research Chair in Fundamental Symmetries in Subatomic Physics. Dr. Martin is a lead member of the Manitoba team PIPE spearheading research into the manufacture of Mo-99 radioisotopes, which could provide a made-in-Manitoba solution to regional medical isotope needs. PIPE is a non-profit consortium, between UWinnipeg, Pinawa’s Acsion Industries, the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority and through it, Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg.  An affordable and secure supply of Tc-99m is critical in helping to detect cancers, blocked arteries and heart disease in millions of people around the world each year.

A new commercialization incubator now exists at UWinnipeg to allow for a more entrepreneurial approach to using campus resources. UWIN Inc. is pursuing commercial enterprises to generate revenue from third parties through, for example, commercialization of research such as the very promising medical isotope production.

UWinnipeg currently has five Canada Research Chairs:

• Canada Research Chair in Fundamental Symmetries in Subatomic Physics
  – Dr. Jeffery Martin
  
  
• Canada Research Chair in Science Education in Cultural Contexts
  – Dr. Dawn Sutherland
  
  
• Canada Research Chair in Young People’s Texts and Cultures
  – Dr. Mavis Reimer


• Canada Research Chair in Environmental Toxicology
  – Dr. Charles Wong
  
  
• Canada Research Chair in Inner-City Issues, Community Learning, and Engagement
  – Dr. Evelyn Peters

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