Finance committee  At the University of Manitoba, there's an increasing emphasis in research at the undergraduate level in all programs, and that applies to indigenous and non-indigenous students. In a number of cases at the undergraduate level, we have put in place what we refer to as access pro

Finance committee  There's no question in my mind, and I believe others would agree, that we need to do a better job than we're doing in all of these areas you've mentioned. Making it a priority for the country to invest in some of these activities would certainly be consistent with our image of ou

Finance committee  The dichotomy that you suggest certainly exists at the University of Manitoba and also in other universities across the country, and it's certainly one of the ongoing subjects of conversation, in particular at the U15 group of research-intensive universities. There are indirect

Finance committee  Thank you. Thanks to the committee for the opportunity to present to you today. The University of Manitoba plays an integral role in the competitiveness of Manitoba, generating $1.8 billion in economic activity annually, supporting more than 20,000 local jobs, and educating fu

Industry committee  Right. It's a constant problem for all universities on all aspects of the mission—learning, discovery, and engagement of the community, all of which need to be balanced. That's what research universities are contributing to Canada. As some others on the panel said earlier, patent

Industry committee  Sorry, if I can just—

Industry committee  Thank you. This notion of best practices is a nice way to come at this argument, I think, or this topic. Certainly, there clearly are dominant best practices in a lot of areas, but the reality in universities is that most of these arrangements have been negotiated as part of co

Industry committee  If you're asking if we are having targeted discussions about the idea of tenure and how it's implemented, no. Are there variations by faculty? That's the question Digvir answered, I think. Are we as an institution looking to renegotiate tenure? No, we think there are simpler wa

Industry committee  We will, if that's all right.

Industry committee  Thank you. We appreciate the opportunity to be here. We realize there's been a change in your schedule and a change in ours. As a result, though, we do not have our notes in French today. We apologize for that, but the time just wasn't available. We're interested in increasin

Finance committee  We very much appreciate support for that program. We've had $32 million in funding and we have seven projects that were approved. Five of them are already under way and two of them will be under way shortly. They range from projects on the Bannatyne campus downtown, where we ar

Finance committee  Universities typically have plans that focus their activities. We know the federal government already has in place some statements in, for example, the science and technology policy that focus in areas. I think it makes sense to focus, and we agree with you.

Finance committee  Most definitely, and that's been the motivation I think from the inception of the conversations, which include local industry and the existing federal labs that are here, and the university's research thrust in safe and sustainable food and bioproducts. This already is an area wi

Finance committee  Right, and I think the expectation on both sides, both in government and in the larger community, is that there would be quite a bit of leverage from this. There has been strong support for the project; we're just asking for it to be actually completed.

Finance committee  Well, 10 years is long, but we're not expecting to see it in one year.