April 28, 2006 Source: :
http://mediarelations.concordia.ca/mediaroom/pressreleases/2006/04/006844.shtml Concordia University awarded Canada Research Chair in Democratic Learning in Career Education MONTREAL/April 28, 2006 — http://www.chairs.gc.ca Concordia University has been awarded a new Tier-2 Canada Research Chair in Democratic Learning in Career Education for Dr. Emery Hyslop-Margison in the Department of Education in the Faculty of Arts and Science. Tier-2 Chairs are for exceptional emerging researchers, acknowledged by their peers as having the potential to lead in their field. Tier-2 Chairs are awarded $100,000 annually for five years. The announcement was made this morning by the Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canada Research Chairs Program, at Laval University in Quebec City. "The important investments made in university research have re-energized our campuses and given the country’s top researchers-our Canada Research Chairs-the support they need to fully realize their innovative ideas," said Minister Bernier. Concordia’s President Claude Lajeunesse welcomed the announcement saying, "Concordia continues to reinforce its research profile and this most recent Chair reflects both the scope and relevance of the research conducted here." Dr. Hyslop-Margison arrived at Concordia in 2005 from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. His specialty is the study of democratic learning in career approaches, an area that focuses on the relationship between education that prepares the student for the realities of the modern workforce and education that creates a liberal, democratic thinker. This research makes a unique contribution to career education policy and programs by developing vocational preparation strategies that protect democratic learning while also addressing the human capital concerns of business. The Canada Research Chairs program was launched in 2000 and helps universities attract and retain the best researchers and achieve research excellence in the natural sciences and engineering, health services, social sciences and the humanities. 30
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