Congratulations to Dr. Michael Ungar (Social Work) on being awarded the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Chair.  The Killam Chairs are awarded to academics of the highest distinction at Dalhousie with appointments of up to five years.  Dr. Ungar was recognized as one of the most productive researchers in social work in Canada in the area of child and youth resilience, having made remarkable contributions as a researcher, policy advisor and clinician.  Dr. Ungar is also the director of research for the Resilience Research Centre, an international partnership based at Dalhousie that was recently invited to become an institutional member of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO.