Science and Research committee  Sure. I'll start with a bit of my experience. When I started my Ph.D., back in 2001, I got a mortgage in Edmonton based on my salary as a graduate student. I don't think that's happening anymore. I'll say that to start. The difference between Canada and the U.S. is that there a

Science and Research committee  I don't have specific numbers on that, but it's definitely an issue. In some schools and some systems, graduate students may get paid during the academic year but then not during the summer, and that's going to influence their ability to do research. When you're making money belo

Science and Research committee  Good evening. Thank you for the invitation to appear as a witness in front of this committee on an important topic. I'm joining you from Liverpool in the U.K., as I'm here working for the week, but I've lived in Chicago in the United States since 2011. Today, I want to tell you