Canadian science gets biggest boost to PhD and postdoc pay in 20 years

Government budget includes more money for basic research and notable increases to postgraduate stipends.

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15 years too late but at least it's finally being acknowledged and addressed. The headline should also read "ONLY boost to wages in the past 20 years." Not biggest. It has literally stagnated for 20 years. PhD students have been living on 25k/year regardless of the city they live in throughout Canada
- I think it's particularly the tricouncil funding that has been stagnant. FRQNT awards (Quebec) for example went up last year, and my stipend from the university also went up by 3k surprisingly. So the headline isn't that misleading as this is the biggest boost, but not the only boost as universities and provincial funding agencies have increased the stipends.
  
  The more competitive national awards (CGS M, PGS D) were paying less than the less competitive FRQ awards. Now this is reversed and hopefully the national awards will be easier to receive since they are expecting to have more to give out in a few years on top of them paying better.
  
  Totally accurate, I agree. There have been some minor bumps along the way so I was off the mark a bit
According to Support Our Science FAQ:

I currently have a Tri-agency award, will it increase?

We've heard from Minister Champagne's office that current award holders will not be paid retroactively but will receive an increase in 2024-2025.