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RESEARCH, INNOVATION, FAIR PAY.

Every researcher deserves a living wage.

2023 Fall Economic Statement

Response

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ABOUT SUPPORT OUR SCIENCE

Support Our Science is a grassroots organization with a clear mandate: improve pay for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in Canada. This includes all researchers, from science and engineering to social sciences and humanities.

Currently, Support Our Science is focusing on advocating for scholarships, fellowships, and research grants at the federal level but recognizes the importance of all jurisdictions in this issue.

What are we advocating for at the federal level?

Ask 1:

Increase the value of Tri-Agency graduate scholarships and postdoctoral fellowships by 50%; and index to inflation moving forward.

Ask 2:

Increase the number of Tri-agency graduate student scholarships by 50%;

Ask 3:

Increase the number of Tri-agency postdoctoral fellowships by 100%

Ask 4:

Increase the Tri-agency research grant budget provided to faculty by at least 10% per year for the next five years, to allow for increased graduate student and postdoctoral pay

Learn More About the Asks

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