Thursday, April 18, 2019
The federal minister for science and sport, Kirsty Duncan, announced a new round of Canada Excellence Research ChairĀ holders on April 17, and five of the eight new chairs were awarded to women. This is a marked change from previous rounds, when most of the chairs went to men.
![8 new Canada Excellence Research Chairs](/cerc-human-centred-robotics-machine-intelligence/sites/default/files/uploads/images/8_new_cercs.jpg)