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Good morning! I pray that you be well, at peace, provided for, & blessed 🙏 🌅
Here it is only 4:36 am, and I'm wide awake. One trip to many for a nature call, and that was it for me. I am used to getting up before the daylight at home, but I usually find something to do, like going to sit out in my green space and doing stuff around the house. There is not even a balcony here to stand on.
The keyboard lights up, so I only need a bit of light to navigate the room. There is no sense in keeping Paula up, too. So here I am sitting in the semi-darkness. I wouldn't think anything of it at home. Here I am in the middle of a metropolis, and it's quiet as a school on a Sunday in downtown Moosennee. There is not much to report from the newsroom.
I didn't do much yesterday afternoon except sit around and watch some TV last night, and we considered the possibility of packing up and going home early and coming back another time when stuff is open. We decided we could make a trip in the wintertime when the PATH is open on the weekends and we ain't got notin' much else to do. A room in downtown Toronto for $120.00 a night in the wintertime? Why not. If it weren't for the crappy cool and cloudy sh-t weather, we may have stayed the whole four days.
TODAY'S DISCUSSION:
Canada Hiring US Specialists.
Provinces launch programs to recruit U.S. professionals
US brain drain: Nature's guide to the initiatives drawing scientists abroad
In response to US turmoil, premier establishments such as the European Research Council have sweetened incentives to attract talent.
As attacks on US science by the administration of President Donald Trump continue, countries worldwide are stepping up their efforts to recruit US research talent.
In the past few months, governments and institutions have launched programmes to attract scientists from the United States, where the Trump administration has made deep cuts to research budgets and begun dismantling science agencies.
'Make Europe a magnet'
The start-up funding is open to researchers moving from anywhere in the world to institutions in European Union countries and other nations associated with the EU's flagship science programme, Horizon Europe. "It's for anybody — and I think that's right," says Leptin. "We've been wanting to do more," she says. The US situation "was the straw that broke the camel's back to increase funding for this particular issue, at this particular time in history".
- 'Make Europe a magnet'
- How nations are attracting scientists
- European Research Council
- Poaching debate
The Joint European Disruptive Initiative, a high-risk research foundation based in Paris, has launched the Transatlantic Science Fellows scheme to attract ten managers for its moonshot programmes, "starting with scientists from the Americas", "at a time of global uncertainties".
*The Toronto University Hospital Network has launched Canada Leads, a challenge to recruit 100 world-leading early-career scientists working across virology, regenerative medicine and areas "at risk due to shifting research funding landscapes globally", a spokesperson says. The programme promises 2 years of funding and has received 300 expressions of interest since it was announced on 7 April.
The University of Montreal in Canada has launched a Can $25-million (US$18-million) fundraising campaign to recruit leading and early-career researchers, including those facing pressures in the United States. The programme — which has raised nearly half its funding target — will support researchers in areas such as health, AI, biodiversity and public policy.*
And, as some US scientists say that they are seeking jobs abroad, institutions have reported a rise in job inquiries from US researchers. The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) is receiving an increasing number of unsolicited applications from US scientists, a spokesperson says, as is the University of Sydney in Australia, according to deputy vice-chancellor of research Julie Cairney.
May 16, 2025
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01540-y
That about sums it up for today's discussion. Now on to the National News.
BREAKING NEWS:
Trump lowered tariffs on China. Here’s why that won’t spare Americans from price hikes and shortages
The steep drop in tariff rates on Chinese goods shipped to the United States might have consumers thinking there’s significant relief in sight — at least compared to before. But in practice it might not feel that way.
With timing of the essence given the new rates are only temporary, businesses are rushing to complete orders and get products made in China on ships and planes while tariffs are at a minimum of 30%, versus 145% — and they are paying a premium to do so.
That’s bound to eat into the savings that businesses would otherwise see from lower tariffs. For consumers, that means the price of many goods from China, America’s second-top source of imports, is poised to remain elevated.
The revised rates came after US and Chinese government officials met in Geneva earlier this month, resulting in both nations lowering tariffs on one another’s goods for 90 days as talks continue.
But there’s no saying for certain whether the partial truce will last the full 90 days. Even if it does, it’s unclear what level the new tariffs will be.
Published 5:00 AM EDT, Sun May 18, 2025 - CNN -
CANADIAN NEWS:
Canada needs more homes. Prefabricated houses could fill the void
'Prefab' house can be built quicker and better than traditional onsite builds, experts say
Terra Page's new house was the talk of her Toronto neighbourhood. That makes sense, since it was delivered on a truck.
"It was like watching a really cool giant Lego box being assembled," Page told Cost of Living.
When Page found tree roots growing in the pipes of their 100-year-old house, Page and her family decided their best move would be to demolish the house and build anew. That's when their contractor suggested a "prefab" house — one that would be built off-site, then shipped to the lot.
She was sold on the fact that it would be less of a nuisance for her neighbours, and it could be done much faster.
"It's generating a lot of buzz locally. And I think a lot of people like us had never even heard of this before or never really thought of it as an option," said Page...
What are prefabricated homes?
Posted: May 18, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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