Dr. Marcel Babin (left) will hold the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Remote Sensing of Canada's New Arctic Frontier at Université Laval. Dr. Søren Rysgaard will hold the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Arctic Geomicrobiology and Climate Change at the University of Manitoba.

On May 17, 2010, the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, announced the recipients of the Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) program in Toronto. Among them are two world-class Arctic marine researchers who will be joining the ranks of ArcticNet at Université Laval and at the University of Manitoba, consolidating the well-established reputation of these institutions as preeminent centres for Arctic research.

At Université Laval, Dr. Marcel Babin will hold the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Remote Sensing of Canada's New Arctic Frontier. At the University of Manitoba, Dr. Søren Rysgaard will lead the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Arctic Geomicrobiology and Climate Change.

Both researchers and their teams will join the ranks of ArcticNet and make use of the Canadian research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen to access the Canadian coastal Arctic.

Each chair holder was awarded $10 million by the Government of Canada over the next seven years. This $20M investment will be leveraged by the two teams over the same period with an additional investment of over $58 million from the host Universities and partners in the public and private sectors.

To learn more about this exciting new announcement for Canadian and international Arctic research and innovation, click here.

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