Canada poaches dozens of top US researchers for its universities
Lured by millions of new research funding from the Carney government, 48 US researchers in fields like climate and medicine will soon be moving north.
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"The funding environment in the US for anything related to climate and resilience has become challenging."
— Seth Guikema , Academic
"The US administration is taking its own decisions and we're taking ours."
— Melanie Joly , Politician
Key People
Melanie Joly is the Industry Minister of Canada.
A biopharmaceutical researcher who worked at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
A climate resiliency researcher at the University of Michigan.
An English professor at Harvard University.
A professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California.
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Lured by millions of new research funding from the Carney government, 48 US researchers in fields like climate and medicine will soon be moving north.
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