Vice President

3 weeks ago


Toronto, Canada Perrett Laver Full time

CIFAR’s office is located on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples. This land is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. It is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit.

Celebrating 40 years of impact, CIFAR is a Canadian-based global charitable organization that convenes extraordinary minds to address science and humanity’s most important questions. By supporting long-term interdisciplinary collaboration, CIFAR provides researchers with an unparalleled environment of trust, transparency and knowledge sharing. CIFAR’s time-tested model inspires new directions of inquiry, accelerates discovery and yields breakthroughs across borders and academic disciplines. Through knowledge mobilization, CIFAR is a catalyst for change in industry, government and society. CIFAR’s community of fellows includes 20 Nobel laureates and more than 400 researchers from 22 countries. In 2017, the Government of Canada appointed CIFAR to develop and lead the Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy, the world’s first national AI Strategy.

Reporting to CIFAR’s new President and CEO Dr. Stephen Toope, and as a member of CIFAR’s executive team, the Vice President, Research supports the President and CEO in maintaining the intellectual leadership of CIFAR’s research programs and related activities. The Vice President, Research will have deep insights into high risk, high reward and emerging areas of research globally, and a vision for the role CIFAR can play in advancing science and society. They will provide strategic leadership in the development and evolution of CIFAR’s research portfolio, in identifying new research activities, and in furthering CIFAR’s international reach and partnerships. They will engage in the advancement, advocacy and promotion of CIFAR among key stakeholder groups.

The Vice President, Research oversees and leads a highly talented and motivated team of research directors as well as support staff who manage CIFAR’s portfolio of global research programs, our knowledge mobilization activities, the CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars program and the Global Call For Ideas. The Vice President, Research is also responsible for research partnerships at CIFAR.
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Les bureaux du CIFAR sont situés sur le territoire traditionnel de nombreuses Nations, notamment les Mississaugas de Credit, les Anishnabeg, les Chippewa, les Haudenosaunee et les Wendats. Ce territoire abrite maintenant de nombreux peuples divers des Premières Nations, des Inuits et des Métis. Il est visé par le Traité n° 13 conclu avec les Mississaugas de Credit.

Le CIFAR, un organisme de bienfaisance mondial ayant son siège au Canada qui rassemble les plus brillants cerveaux pour résoudre les grandes questions auxquelles l’humanité et la science sont confrontées, célèbre 40 ans de rayonnement en 2023. En soutenant la collaboration interdisciplinaire sur le long terme, le CIFAR fournit aux chercheurs un environnement incomparable de confiance, de transparence et de partage des connaissances. Le modèle du CIFAR, qui a résisté à l’épreuve du temps, inspire de nouveaux horizons de recherche, accélère les découvertes et donne lieu à des percées par-delà les frontières et les disciplines. C’est grâce à une mobilisation des connaissances que le CIFAR agit comme catalyseur du changement dans différents secteurs d’activité, auprès des gouvernements et au sein même de la société. Le CIFAR compte parmi ses collaborateurs émérites 20 lauréats du prix Nobel et plus de 400 chercheurs issus de 22 pays. En 2017, le gouvernement du Canada a désigné le CIFAR pour mettre au point et mener la Stratégie pancanadienne en matière d’IA, la première stratégie nationale au monde dans ce domaine.

Le vice-président ou la vice-présidente à la recherche assurera la supervision et la direction d’une équipe de directeurs de recherche extrêmement talentueux et motivés et du personnel de soutien, tous chargés de gérer les programmes de recherche mondiaux du CIFAR, ses activités de mobilisation des connaissances, le programme de chercheurs mondiaux CIFAR-Azrieli et l’Appel à idées mondial. Le vice-président, Recherche est également responsable des partenariats de recherche au CIFAR.

Le vice-président ou la vice-présidente à la recherche connaîtra et comprendra parfaitement le contexte de la recherche canadien et mondial et sera en mesure d’évaluer les nouveaux programmes et initiatives pour le compte du CIFAR. La personne idéale sera un chercheur ou une chercheuse d’expérience qui a l’estime de ses confrères et consœurs, ayant bénéficié de nombreuses bourses mondialement reconnues. Il ou elle aura d’amples connaissances en matière de recherche de pointe, au-delà de ses domaines d’expertise immédiats. Il ou elle ap



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