Research Chairs
CBU is currently recruiting for a Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Healthy Communities
Dr. Richard MacKinnon, Canada Research Chair in Intangible Culture
Dr. Richard MacKinnon is a Tier One Canada Research Chair in Intangible Cultural Heritage at Cape Breton University. His research interests include all aspects of Atlantic Canada's culture including oral traditions, music, language, material culture and vernacular architecture. He has authored scholarly articles and books such as Vernacular Architecture in the Codroy, Newfoundland. (Ottawa: National Museum of Civilization, 2002), Discovering Cape Breton Folklore. (Sydney: Cape Breton University Press, 2009) and has worked in the multimedia field developing CDROMS and web sites. He is the editor of Material Culture Review that is distributed to more that 20 countries. He has produced audio cds including Prefer Performance, 2009 and Cape Breton University Soundtracks, 2010. He is the founding director of the Centre for Cape Breton Studies, a research centre that includes a state-of-the-art digitization lab and the Rotary Music Performance Analysis Room that is used by faculty, visiting scholars, undergraduate, graduate; and post-doctoral students. Learn more at cbu.ca/ccbs
Dr. Cheryl Bartlett, Canada Research Chair in Integrative Science
Dr. Cheryl Bartlett holds the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Integrative Science for the concept pioneered at CBU in conjunction with Aboriginal Elders and educators by which Indigenous and Western worldviews in science and education are brought together for the benefit of all people. "My research program sits at the nexus of science, culture, and society", says Dr. Bartlett. "It serves an overall, two-fold, long-term goal: to help Aboriginal individuals and Indigenous knowledges become increasingly and actively involved in science in the 21st century, AND to help mainstream science better engage with Indigenous knowledges and ways of knowing." Learn more at www.integrativescience.ca
Dr. Bruce G. Hatcher, Research Chair in Marine Ecosystem Management and Director of the Bras d’Or Institute
Dr. Bruce Hatcher builds capacity for marine research and ecosystem-based management of natural resource use in the academic, public and private sectors. His partnerships in research with the federal and non-governmental organizations, community and fishing groups has improved understanding of emerging fisheries and land-ocean interactions in the coastal ecosystems of Cape Breton, especially Sydney Harbour and the Bras d'Or estuary. He strives to reconcile ecologically and economically sustainability use of marine resource through collaborative action and rigorous experimentation. Since his appointment at to the Bras d'Or institute Bruce has renewed productive partnerships and attracted more than $1M in research funding from a wide range of organizations. Bruce is actively building an underwater science program at CBU and training research divers.
Dr. Keith G. Brown, Purdy Crawford Chair in Aboriginal Business Studies and CBU Vice-President
Dr. Graham Reynolds, Viola Desmond Chair in Social Justice
