Academics leave Trump’s America over budget cuts and threats to intellectual freedom

Researchers, professors, and scientists are leaving Donald Trump’s America in increasing numbers, choosing to settle in Canada. Their reasons are often the same: concern over the country’s authoritarian drift and the freezing or cancellation of thousands of scientific research grants. The US brain drain is real. In response, Canadian cities are launching targeted recruitment drives and programmes for international students to attract fresh talent. François Rihouay, Joanne Profeta, and Wassim Cornet bring this report.