Enterprise Saskatchewan

Dr. Karen Chad was appointed to the Enterprise Saskatchewan board in January 2010.

Dr. Chad is the Vice-President Research at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S). She is also a faculty member in the U of S College of Kinesiology, where she has earned five teaching awards including the 2005 U of S Master Teacher Award.

With a PhD from the University of Queensland in Australia, Dr. Chad is a prolific researcher and has supervised numerous graduate students. Dr. Chad holds numerous research grants and obtained a $2‑million federal grant for a community-partnered research project that has become a model for communities across Canada. In 1997, she received the YWCA Woman of Distinction (Health and Education) award and in 2006 was awarded the Saskatchewan Centennial Medal.

Dr. Chad sits on a number of national boards and has chaired or overseen more than 100 key boards, committees, research programs and teams. Honours include a 2004 International Award for “Innovation in Research” and the 2007 National Leadership Award from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.

The University of Saskatchewan is committed to enhancing its capacity for research, scholarly and artistic work; strengthening its performance; and promoting the transfer of knowledge for the benefit of communities. As the Vice-President Research, Dr. Chad plays a strategic leadership role in achieving these objectives within the context of the university’s key goals: to attract and retain outstanding faculty; to increase campus-wide commitment to research; to establish the University of Saskatchewan as a major presence in graduate education; and to recruit and retain a diverse and academically promising body of students.

Building on the University of Saskatchewan’s renowned history of discovery and innovation spanning more than a century, Dr. Chad aims to enhance globally important research under the banner of “discovery with impact”; bringing the university’s expertise on issues of importance to communities and to society.