York University’s Chairholders are recognized as both established and emerging research leaders in their fields. Fostering their world-leading expertise on 21st century issues supports the University’s mission to be in service of society and the public good.
Featured Research Chairs
Eileen Fischer
Anne & Max Tanenbaum Chair in Entrepreneurship and Family EnterpriseFischer is a Professor of Marketing at the Schulich School of Business and serves as the School’s Associate Dean, Research. She has wide-ranging research interests that span the fields of marketing, entrepreneurship and international business. She is particularly interested in how brands, firms and markets emerge and evolve, and in how consumers and entrepreneurs shape them and respond to them.
Marcel Martel
Avie Bennett Historica Chair in Canadian HistoryMartel is a Professor in the Department of History. In his capacity as the Avie Bennett Historica Canada Chair in Canadian History, he has published extensively on nationalism, relations between Quebec and the French-speaking minorities of Canada, public policy and counterculture, moral regulation, deviance, drug use, and RCMP surveillance activities.
Canada Research Chairs
The Canada Research Chairs (CRC) Program is a Government of Canada initiative and stands at the centre of a national strategy to make Canada one of the world's top countries in research and development.
The federal government makes significant investments each year to attract and retain some of the world’s most accomplished and promising research talent.
York Research Chairs
York Research Chairs are the University’s internal counterpart to the national CRC program and represent a diverse group of groundbreaking researchers dedicated to the pursuit and dissemination of new knowledge and discovery.
