# Another researcher migrating North?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-researcher-migrating-north/385766>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 27, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-researcher-migrating-north/385766 "2006-12-27T17:14:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mouse\_Maven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-researcher-migrating-north/385766/1 "2006-12-27T17:14:11Z")

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The whining continues!

For the uninitiated: The head of the department I work for is leaving for a job with the University of Alberta in Canada. The dismantling of his lab has been an absolute C.F., there is a lack of leadership and a huge power vacuum. My boss is a research collaborator of the departing DH, so our lab has been hit with a lot of this crap.

Dr. Boss went to Edmonton last week to talk to the U of A. They made a good case for him to move: a good facility, competitive pay, and one of the researchers he admires is on their staff.

I didn’t think that the DH would move his wife and four home-schooled teenagers to the Great White North, and I was wrong. Will Dr. Boss move his wife and four kids beyond the 54th parallel? Stay tuned . . .

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-researcher-migrating-north/385766/2 "2006-12-27T18:18:52Z")

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[QUOTE=Mouse\_Maven]  
Will Dr. Boss move his wife and four kids beyond the 54th parallel? Stay tuned . . .  
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Slight nitpick: Edmonton (home of the U of A) is actually at 53 degrees, 34 minutes north ([cite](http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=80)). Not quite the 54th parallel, but close.

But this new development begs the question: with your department falling apart and important people moving to the U of A, **Mouse\_Maven** , will you also be considering a move at some point?

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**Author:** ![Mouse\_Maven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-researcher-migrating-north/385766/3 "2006-12-27T18:27:22Z")

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[QUOTE=Spoons]  
Slight nitpick: Edmonton (home of the U of A) is actually at 53 degrees, 34 minutes north ([cite](http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=80)). Not quite the 54th parallel, but close.[/QOUTE]

Wow! Thanks for the link.

[QUOTE=Spoons]  
But this new development begs the question: with your department falling apart and important people moving to the U of A, **Mouse\_Maven** , will you also be considering a move at some point?  
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I won’t be moving. I’m very close to finishing my BS degree at the local center of higher excruciation: 4 more classes and 2 labs. Also, the Mouse\_Spouse has a well established career here that pays better than my rodent ranching.