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1. The research funding system in Canada is very different. In the U.S., a number of research-focused faculty can be expected to be bringing money into the university, especially those outside the humanities.

Isn't this the case in Canada too?

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It's true in the sense that at least some of the faculty members will be bringing in a lot of money into the department. In my department, I know that there's a few professors who either from large funding grants or contracts bring in the majority of research funds. The university (and consequently the faculty and department) gets a percentage of that funding for its own budget. The rest of the faculty in the department combined don't bring in nearly as much money as those few with large research grants.

My impression, talking to a few colleagues from Canada, is that their funding streams are more reliable, but far more modest.

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