Since being sworn into office for a second time, President Donald Trump has slashed or suspended billions of dollars of funding for research and international aid, and cut thousands of jobs, plunging federal agencies and universities into chaos. This has some researchers considering a career change - and others contemplating leaving the U.S. Could Canada become a haven for researchers looking to innovate? Let's find out from:
In Calgary, Alberta, Sarah Laframboise: Executive director of Evidence for Democracy;
In Washington, D.C.: Keith Martin, Executive director for Consortium of Universities for Global Health; In Montreal, Quebec, Richard Gold, professor at McGill University's Faculty of Law, and chief policy and partnerships officer at Conscience, a non-profit focused on addressing market failure in drug development; And in Kingston Ontario: Stephen Archer, Cardiologist and director of the Translational Institute of Medicine at Queen's University.
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