Universities call for more financial support for research, while colleges eye bigger share of funding

Universities Canada says the federal government must be prepared to spend to shore up Canada's global standing in research excellence.

Universities and colleges are courting Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains for more long-term funding to support Canadian research.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

November 23, 2016

Advocates for Canadian post-secondary institutions are calling on the federal government to improve on the expanded investments in research seen in Budget 2016 to ensure the country can keep pace with surging global competitors. In what backers are calling the biggest increase in a decade, the L...

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