Left-to-right: Aldo Chircop, Megan Bailey, Darren Fisher (MP for Dartmouth–Cole Harbour), The Honourable Anne MacLellan (Dal Chancellor), The Honourable Navdeep Bains (Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development), The Honourable Scott Brison (President of the Treasury Board), Pedram Sadeghian, David Barclay, Michael Unger, Alain Beaudet (President of Canada Institutes for Health Research), Dal President Richard Florizone, Dr. Christine Chambers. (Photo: Craig Buckley)

The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, and The Honourable Scott Brison (BComm’89), President of the Treasury Board, visited Dalhousie in February to announce the university’s newest Canada Research Chairs.

Alumni Dr. Christine Chambers (BSc’96) and Dr. Aldo Chircop (LLM’84, JSD’88) are among Dalhousie’s six new researchers to join the federal program.

Dr. Christine Chambers (BSc’96) is a professor in Dal’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Science.

Her research focuses on the developmental, psychological and social factors of children’s pain.

Dr. Chambers’ work aims to fill a research gap and improve the understanding and management of pain in youth, using tools including social media to disseminate information into the hands of parents.

Dr. Aldo Chircop (LLM’84, JSD’88) is a professor at Dalhousie’s Schulich School of Law, specializing in Canadian and international maritime law.

His research investigates the importance of uniformity in shipping regulation for international trade and commerce, including claims for differential regulatory approaches.

The Canada Research Chairs program is a federal initiative supporting world-class research in engineering, natural sciences, health sciences, humanities, and social sciences across Canada. Dalhousie now hosts 50 Canada Research Chairs, more than any other university east of Quebec.

At the announcement event, Minister Bains expressed that “there really is no better place to hold this event, [as] this world-class research and training that takes place here at Dalhousie University is really what drives Canada’s research and development engine.”

Dalhousie alumnus Minister Brison (BComm’89) added his support of his alma matter with a play on words, announcing to the crowd,“my alma matters when it comes to scientific research driving this province.”

Read more in “From bridges to fishes: Government of Canada announces six new Canada Research Chairs at Dal” on dal.ca.