You also mentioned the situation with grad student funding in Canada, which hasn't kept pace with inflation and hasn't been upped in over 20 years. In fact, we're hoping for some good news on that in the budget later today. Most grad students don't get their funding through that program, although a significant number do. They get it directly from the principal investigators.
I'm just wondering how that situation plays out in a small institution like yours, and how we can help graduate students get the funding they need through increased research grants to smaller institutions.