A 2020 University of Waterloo software engineering graduate survey showed 84 per cent headed south, with compensation the leading concern for 89 per cent of graduates.Gerald Roe Patchell is a recently retired professor in the social science division of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His forthcoming book is.governments support universities, hoping professors and graduates will generate new technologies.
are Canadian, and our companies and entrepreneurs would be a lot more innovative and productive if that talent stayed put. And it is primarily STEM-trained people who generate productivity. But it would pale in comparison with the disparities generated by the finance and legal professions, especially considering the relative potential to lift the economy.