US President Donald Trump has launched a full-scale war on American scientists and researchers, unleashing policies that censor scientists, suppress evidence, attack scientific integrity, slash research funding, and fire thousands of federal scientists.

These challenges feel eerily familiar to Canada’s own  “War on Science” (2006-2015) when the Conservative government, led by former prime minister Stephen Harper, slashed research funding, restricted climate science, and muzzled government scientists. That experience taught us a critical lesson: when science is under attack, Canadians must come together to defend it — through collective action, advocacy, and unwavering support for science. 

Already, many Canadian researchers are stepping up to help their American colleagues. Canadian climate scientists — like Professor Eric Nost at the University of Guelph — have been racing against the clock to rescue vital climate change datasets from destruction. Others — such as University of Saskatchewan virologist Dr. Angela Rasmussen — have 

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