Human Resources committee  I think part of it is moving from a regional to a national vision and understanding how to scale things. How do we take what we know is working in smaller spaces and make it work at a much larger level or with new audiences? I'd be thinking about scaling and about not being timid

Human Resources committee  If there's an opportunity to have a round table on a national vision for it, you'll probably find that it will begin to align people's efforts. Right now it's so disparate; there's no clear national definition of what an innovation culture looks like, what kinds of skills we need

Human Resources committee  It's also very possible that you might want to choose a third party to be the broker to bring everybody together. Let's Talk Science works with 36 universities and colleges from coast to coast, with many industries, and with the federal government scientists who want to get invol

Human Resources committee  Let's Talk Science does connect with aboriginal youth across all of our program areas and in all of the provinces. In fact, we have our efforts guided by a national aboriginal advisory panel that has most of the national agencies helping us. With respect to our Wings of Discover

Human Resources committee  All other developed countries have a national ministry of education.

Human Resources committee  We're the only developed country.... I mean, we're not going to put the Constitution on the table, but we do have to come up with a strategy to have a national vision—for example, a standard approach. What has happened in China over the last decade is mind-boggling. The only rea

Human Resources committee  Thank you. I truly appreciate the opportunity to come and talk with you today. I'm going to come at it slightly differently. I'm not going to spend a lot of time talking about the programs of Let's Talk Science, but I'm thrilled to take questions on them a little later. I'm goi