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Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers at dozens of universities and research institutions across Canada are planning to walk out on 1 May in protest at government-funded salaries that have remained flat since 2003.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01453-8
Laframboise, S. J. et al. Biochem. Cell Biol. https://doi.org/10.1139/bcb-2023-0021 (2023).
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