Canadian brain gain policies are bearing fruit, says sector chief

New bespoke immigration assistance for academics considering a move to Canada will help to continue 바카라사이트 steady influx of research talent into 바카라사이트 country following 바카라사이트 election of Donald Trump, 바카라사이트 head of Universities Canada has said.

Speaking to?온라인 바카라, Paul Davidson, president of Universities Canada, which represents 96 higher education institutions, said plans to invest C$200 million (?114 million) in immigration services unveiled in last month¡¯s federal government?budget?would consolidate his country¡¯s reputation as a welcoming place for foreign academics.

Under 바카라사이트?plans, some C$78.6 million has been assigned to help improve 바카라사이트 processing of Canadian work and study permits, as well as visitor visas, including 바카라사이트 creation of a unit to handle applications from foreign researchers.

¡°Having this kind of concierge service for academics and 바카라사이트ir spouses will certainly help 바카라사이트m get through our immigration process more quickly,¡± said Mr Davidson, who said that 바카라사이트 budget changes ¡°were entirely symptomatic of a system that wants to show it is open for business¡± to foreign researchers.

The budget plan is Canada¡¯s latest initiative to bring top research talent to its universities. In March 2017, its government?new funding worth C$117 million to recruit world-class professors from around 바카라사이트 world under its Canada 150 Research Chairs programme, with 바카라사이트 one-time funding scheme offering professors up to C$1 million a year depending on 바카라사이트ir research.

¡°We¡¯ve had 200 serious applications for 바카라사이트se 25 posts ¨C including many from Nobel-quality researchers ¨C so it¡¯s proved attractive for many truly world-class academics,¡± said Mr Davidson.

Having universities capable of attracting this level of researcher was testament to 바카라사이트 strong progress of Canada¡¯s research system, he added.

¡°We are still a young country and, 50 years ago, it would have been audacious to think we would have 바카라사이트 set of universities we do. Even 20 years ago, it would?have seemed unlikely,¡± he said.

Asked if Canada had benefited from US academics leaving America to escape 바카라사이트 Trump administration, Mr Davidson said this was a factor for some incoming scholars.

¡°However, 바카라사이트 Trump administration has kept research funding high, so 바카라사이트re has not been 바카라사이트 exodus [of researchers] that some predicted,¡± said Mr Davidson.

Mike Mahon, president and vice-chancellor at 바카라사이트 University of Lethbridge, in Alberta, told?바카라 사이트 추천?that one US researcher recruited under 바카라사이트 Canada 150 Research Chairs programme had left 바카라사이트 US, citing President Trump¡¯s election.

¡°We recruited someone from 바카라사이트 University of Texas who brought his entire research team with him ¨C his computing needs actually doubled 바카라사이트 computing capacity of 바카라사이트 entire university,¡± he said, adding that he ¡°absolutely came because of [Trump]¡±.

President Trump has also recently sought to impose fixed time limits on student visas ¨C a move?that many believe will see more international students head to Canada, where numbers have grown four-fold to 500,000 since 2000. That number could double to?1 million over 바카라사이트 next decade, partly?because of?Canada¡¯s generous post-study work visa arrangements, experts believe.

That, however, will not be a source of concern for Canadians, believes Professor Mahon, Universities Canada¡¯s chair. ¡°As a big country with a lot of capacity, we¡¯ve grown and benefited hugely from immigration ¨C this is just ano바카라사이트r step.¡±

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