Graduate students are the lifeblood of research and innovation in Canada

Current inflationary pressures have made it virtually impossible for some of our most talented students to undertake graduate training in Canada.

If we lose our students to other countries, we will also lose the talent and energy they infuse into start-ups and small and medium-sized businesses, writes Lisa Kalynchuk, vice-president of research and innovation at the University of Victoria.Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY LISA KALYNCHUK

May 8, 2023

Preparing students for meaningful work and conducting research for a better, more informed world: this is what we do at universities throughout Canada. The March 2023 Report of the Advisory Panel on the Federal Research Support System highlighted some of th...

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