UBC lures top researchers amid Canada’s push to attract global talent
The University of British Columbia is recruiting top global researchers as part of a $1.7 billion Canadian federal initiative. The program aims to attract over 1,000 experts to Canadian institutions to bolster domestic research capabilities.
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This initiative highlights Canada's strategic effort to compete in the global 'brain drain' market and enhance its scientific innovation sector.
Copy Link Email X Reddit Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr UBC lures top U.S. researchers amid Canada’s push to attract global talent The ambitious federal program aims to recruit and support more than 1,000 researchers to Canada over 12 years
Join the conversation Industry Minister Mélanie Joly announces the results of the first intake of an ambitious federal program aimed at luring top researchers to Canadian universities and institutions. Photo by NICK PROCAYLO / 10112534A Article content Kathryn Whitehead wasn’t looking to leave Pittsburgh.
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The Carnegie Mellon University professor had built a career studying lipid nanoparticles — microscopic fat particles that can carry medicines into the body — and was happy at Carnegie Mellon University , where she was doing research aimed at developing better ways to deliver drugs inside the body.
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