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Is Canada a good place for biotech Scientists to work (both Academic and Industrial)? Are wages good? Or is Canada suffering a brain drain because conditions are better in USA/Europe? How easy is it to get employment?
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Professionals with advanced degrees in a field such as this are in demand in Canada at the moment. There is a major problem with a "brain drain" to the US, where wages are higher and taxes are lower that is luring away a lot of people in the sciences and medicine. The wages aren't bad (I don't think - I don't work in the industry), but wages are lower than in America, and Canadian taxes are higher. I believe working conditions to be roughly the same as the US or Europe, though. Of course, the benefit to that is that as qualified Canadians migrate to the US for higher-paying work, there are therefore more positions available for qualified foreigners. I have a couple of good friends working on their biochem degrees, and they like the shape of the job market here - although it is concentrated in the bigger centres. |
