CMEP Updates

2. The Canada Research Chairs program is providing key personnel

The Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program has contributed significantly to CMEP.

• Keith Thompson was appointed to a Tier I Chair in Environmental Statistics. Thompson can now contribute more to research and the development of CMEP; he has volunteered to pursue the formal formation of a Centre at Dalhousie.

• Michael Dowd has accepted a tenure track Assistant Professor position in Environmental Statistics, funded in part by salary savings associated with Thompson.s CRC (progress is being made toward the establishment of a second position in environmental statistics). He will probably start in July and become actively involved in CMEP research, including the Lunenburg project.

• A Tier II CRC Chair in Marine Sensors / Process Studies has been advertised.

• Consistent with Dalhousie University's Canada Research Chairs Strategic Research Plan, CMEP has developed as a prominent research thrust within the university. We hope that a third Tier I Research Chair, originally listed for consideration in the plan, will be allocated to CMEP.