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Canada eyes researchers looking to leave 'hostile' US

Canada’s 12-year program aims to draw researchers with new funding as US scientists cite restrictions on vaccines, climate work and university policy.

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The former University of Colorado researcher, now with the University of Montreal, is one of the dozens of scientists to quit US-based posts in recent months for a role in Canada, which is making a push to attract US talent. Watching academic freedom decline in the United States was "very hard," Magzamen told AFP, citing multiple grant withdrawals in a research area that has been derided by President Donald Trump's administration. But she said t…

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Researchers move to Canada in the face of restrictions in the United States, motivated by a $1.7 billion program to attract talent. The hostile climate towards science in the United States prompts scientists to seek academic autonomy in Canada, which values research.

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In the United States “we no longer have the academic freedom we had.” Tired of budget cuts in his field, epidemiologist Sheryl Magzamen migrated to a university in Canada, a country that has launched a strategy to attract international talent. Former researcher at the University of Colorado, Magzamen began his new academic period at the University of Colorado, [...] Entry Canada attracts disenchanted scientists with Trump in the United States wa…

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MONTREAL, Sept 9 ¶ Fed up with the funding restrictions surrounding her research on the links between climate chan...

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rtl.lu broke the news in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg on Wednesday, September 9, 2026.
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