Canada hires 48 scholars from top U.S. universities
More brain drain: “Twenty-one universities in Canada announced on Thursday the hiring of dozens of researchers to join their top academic ranks, poaching the majority of the recruits from the United States. Of the incoming 64 researchers, 48 will leave American campuses…”
Sarah J. Jackson173“I used to live in the country that I thought was the most enthusiastic about…science improving the human condition, of any country in the world,” said Phillip Zamore, the chair of RNA Therapeutics Institute at the University of Massachusetts. “And I woke up one day and that wasn’t true anymore.”
Diedrich Bader33Our super power was luring the world’s smartest people here and keeping them This is so self destructive but typical of this administrations anti intellectualism
Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄21This is part of why there are no jobs for young Canadian academics anymore. How can we compete against profs with 15 years at Yale? And I 100% don't blame the Americans, they need safety. This is a structural problem.
Richard Levine11So, we get a stupid name change (that only a few will actually use) for a body of water, and they, the people of Canada, get a bunch of useful people that will enhance their future.
Lucky Bishnoi 296Canada attracting researchers from the U.S. is definitely worth paying attention to. When highly skilled academics move, the impact goes beyond individual universities. Talent follows opportunity, research support, and a strong academic environment. The long-term effects could be significant.
Christopher Cole6This article is about Brain Drain; but it has all of the attributes of the fraud of DOGE and an Administration working toward that result -- ending funding, requiring orthodoxy; an assault on science and facts; making politics the litmus test for funding new knowledge, etc. Disgrace.
Max Kennerly660Can't believe these Ivory Tower academics left merely because the American government decided it should arbitrarily revoke research funding and visas, dictate what scholars publish & teach, and send students & assistants to concentration camps.
Sanjay Srivastava64The U.S. is a massive funder of science. Canada does not come anywhere close. Stories about a handful of scientists get attention, but rather than "brain drain," the likely outcome if the U.S. continues its path is that there will simply be fewer scientists and less science getting done in the world
Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄19This is part of why there are no jobs for young Canadian academics anymore. And I 100% don't blame the Americans, they need safety. This is a structural problem. youtu.be/6iFYCyR0uac
Ashley Juavinett, PhD14One teaching professor and her wife to beam up to Vancouver, please and thanks Scotty
Angelle Haney Gullett12TAKE ME, CANADA! I PROMISE I AM SMART AND WORK HARD!!
Ralf W11Just one example of the wreckage that Republicans are causing to our universities, our competitiveness, our futures.
Bill Lamb4A real free link: archive.ph/6OLSl
Dov4It's frankly astonishing how quickly a country can self-destruct...
Borbs of Summer 👩🌾🌺4Canada is doing their own Operation Paperclip
Bessma Momani3Not really. Some of this was reverse brain drain. Having been a part of these processes, we were highly encouraged to find expatriate Canadians. Not sure how the dust settled on actual origins, but Canadians who had left to the US/Europe previously were especially encouraged to apply.
We have lost our world standing in multiple ways. This would have been inconceivable but for the Trump administration. Canada Hires 48 Scholars Away From Top U.S. Universities www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/w...
Trevor Foster13That’s not all who we are attracting to come work & live in Canada: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
TheCatMan12"Gift" link. The "Brain Drain" is eerily similar to 1930's Germany - when WE got Einstein. Foreboding. Disgraceful. And actually terrifying. This admin, in lockstep w/the heritage goons, has enacted generational, even multi-generational damage is a remarkably short amount of time - by design.
Jason SF5Meanwhile we're also blocking top international talent from enrolling in our universities. So not just chasing away the current generation of brain, but the next generations as well
ronp25.bsky.social5Maybe they aren't excited about living in a country where every third person just loves this current president and every third person has a loaded pistol in the glove box.
Chris⚖️Justice2This regime abuses power, thanks to Republicans
Not Born Yesterday2I suspect this is just the tip of the iceberg. The people who haven't come here, the people who have already left--it's not going to get better until that menace is gone. It can't be too soon.
Sylvia Greier9Fascism isnt popular! Your loss, our gain😊
Eli Friedmann 5total f**king self own on the part of America. a brick to the brain.
Del Wasso4The Nazis lost Max Born, Enrico Fermi and Albert Einstein ‘cause the stupid mnthafnckas were too stupid to realize just how stupid they were. Trump’s MAGAts are no different.
The Massachusetts Spy4I repeat my suggestion that Harvard and other research universities should open campuses in Canada to retain talent and attract world class international students.
Dave Brodbeck🇨🇦🇺🇦3to be completely clear, this is because the USA sucks. This is what you people voted for. Enjoy the brain drain you voted for you stupid fascist mindless fucks.
"Gift" link. The "Brain Drain" is eerily similar to 1930's Germany - when WE got Einstein. Foreboding. Disgraceful. And actually terrifying. This admin, in lockstep w/the heritage goons, has enacted generational, even multi-generational damage is a remarkably short amount of time - by design.
TheCatMan5The "Brain Drain" has been extensive, affecting virtually every major university & college in the country. Resounding, multi-generational damage. This admin, this SCOTUS, & these heritage goons continue their rampage, destroying so much of what made this country great. And for what? Racism & Hate.
Mike Corby3MAGA will cheer the loss of these "Woke" people. Remember his 2016 quote:
