呵呵,我有没有这边的educational experience 你最好别轻易下结论。我的方向Canada research chair 很少,大多都是由企业赞助的。看了一下chair的官网:
Tier 1 Chairs, tenable for seven years and renewable, are for outstanding researchers acknowledged by their peers as world leaders in their fields. For each Tier 1 Chair, the university receives $200,000 annually for seven years.
Tier 2 Chairs, tenable for five years and renewable once, are for exceptional emerging researchers, acknowledged by their peers as having the potential to lead in their field. For each Tier 2 Chair, the university receives $100,000 annually for five years.
我是忽略了还有tier2 这一回事。tier1和一般的捐赠教授位差不多。tier2恐怕就是个杰出青年学者。
至于你说的fellow,那差不多该是院士级别了,一般的chair还未必到。另外,chair是按校分配的,学校好不好和chair的质量也正相关
渥太华两所大学华裔教授不少,但是RESEARCH CHAIR的不多。在职的TIER 1好象只有两个(每个学校一名)。
其中一人还是加拿大皇家协会的院士。这个FRSC TITLE很牛。