Canada poaches dozens of top US researchers for its universities - BBC News

Researchers in fields like climate and medicine are being lured north by new research funding.

Image source, Supplied by the University of Western OntarioImage caption, Seth Guikema, a climate resiliency researcher, will be moving from the University of Michigan to the University of Western Ontario

Canada is hiring dozens of researchers from US universities, including top research institutions such as Harvard, as its relationship with its neighbour continues to sour.

More than three-quarters of the 64 professors who are moving to Canada from around the world will come from the US. They will receive funding from a pool of C$504m ($362m; £268m) for research in fields such as climate change and medicine under a new government programme.

US President Donald Trump's administration has accused universities of being dominated by left-wing ideology and diversity policies, and of failing to tackle alleged campus antisemitism.

The BBC contacted the White House and US Department of Education.