Nicholas Coops
Canadian Research Chair in Remote Sensing
Department of Forest Resources Management
University of British Columbia

Field: Advanced forest inventory techniques using high spatial resolution optical remote sensing imagery and LIDAR, application of remote sensing imagery to computer visualization, ecosystem and carbon accumulation modeling for biodiversity, production and greenhouse calculations, wildfire, post fire severity and fuel hazard load mapping from real-time remote sensing, detection of damaging agents in forests using spectral forest condition mapping

Irena Creed
Canada Research Chair in Watershed Sciences
Departments of Biology, Geography and Earth Sciences
University of Western Ontario

Field: Investigation of the dominant factors regulating energy, water, and nutrient processes and pathways within specific watersheds in a range of forest regions, including the Algoma Highlands of central Ontario and Clayoquot and Barklay Sounds of Vancouver Island; includes field and laboratory-based monitoring as well as computer-based modelling approaches to develop a predictive understanding of the watershed processes within forests.

Katja Fennel
Canada Research Chair II in Marine Prediction
Department of Oceanography
Dalhousie University

Field: Coupled physical-biological modeling: development of models that study the changes occurring and anticipated in coastal marine ecosystems due to natural and human pressures; biogeochemical cycles (carbon, nitrogen, oxygen etc.), data assimilation.

Masaki Hayashi
Canada Research Chair in Physical Hydrology
Department of Geoscience
University of Calgary

Field: As a physical hydrologist, Hayashi is mainly interested in the storage and flow of surface water (rivers, lakes, wetlands) and groundwater. From detailed measurements of hydrological processes in the field, he and his students are developing a collection of mathematical equations to describe the interactions among various parts of the hydrologic cycle and how they are affected by (and affecting) climate.

Taha Ouarda
Canada Research Chair in Hydrological Variable Assessment
Centre Eau, Terre et Environnement
Université du Québec

Field: study of watercourse flow variations based on hydrological data and statistical models, which will lead to improved hydrological resource management, especially related to climate changes.

Daniel Scott
Canada Research Chair, Global Change and Tourism
Department of Geography
University of Waterloo

Field: Human dimensions of global environmental change, tourism-environment interactions, climate change and tourism/recreation, climate change and protected areas/parks, demographic change and recreation/tourism, ‘snowbirds’ tourism.