2026-08-27 from globalnews.ca
Canadian universities have recruited dozens of foreign scientists and researchers, many of them poached from prestigious U.S. institutions, in the first intake of a program to attract world-leading academics.
The hiring of the 64 new recruits is being funded over eight years by $504 million from the federal government.
All four of the highest-paid Eddie Goldenberg Distinguished Research Chairs, as well as dozens of others, were previously at U.S. institutions, including Harvard and MIT.
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