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Headlines for May 9, 2019

BY ANQI SHEN | MAY 09 2019

Globe and Mail
Ontario cuts funding to startup, innovation programs

The Ontario government is cutting funding that supports startup and later-stage businesses, prompting cutbacks at some of Canada’s top innovation institutions.

CBC
Ford government sets the stage for capping public sector raises

Unions representing a wide range of Ontario’s public sector workers — from teachers to nurses to hospital janitors — fear that legislation to freeze or limit their wages is on the way.

CBC
Rush for Indigenous hires at universities opens door to failure, impostors, say academics

Academic institutions across Canada are feeling the pressure to add more Indigenous staff to their faculty.

Nature
What scientists should know about visa hurdles

Visa and immigration policies in the United States have delayed or even prevented the entry of scientists from other countries.

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