Status of Women committee  That's a really difficult question. One of the things your committee could recommend, at least using the lens of women in particular, is that we start by addressing what processes we can use and what negotiations we can start to make sure this issue of foreign accreditation is

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  Absolutely, and as I was listening to your question and thinking back about your previous question, one of the things that graduates of our program can do and I think would be very pleased to do, as would be similar programs, I'm sure , would be themselves to be advocates. We've

Status of Women committee  I think if I could answer that well, I'd probably have to patent it, but in any event, we certainly look at it as a long-term growth. I really feel compelled to put in a plug for the program manager who, herself, is a new Canadian and does the long-term data collection. Her name

Status of Women committee  I have not done so directly, but certainly in the evidence around the approach to negotiation that men and women take, clearly we have seen some difference: women seem to come from more of a position of gratitude, whereas men come more from a position of entitlement. That's been

Status of Women committee  Thank you for the question. It's not something we typically tackle, although, as you can well imagine, it comes up all the time, because people in our programs have the same issue of child care as many of us across the country do. We don't particularly address it in the sense of

Status of Women committee  I think that's a really great idea. We try to do a little bit of job shadowing and so on, once the program is over. But I think the closer the tie-in between the mentorship and the person being mentored in a real situation, namely the workplace, the more effective it will be. We

Status of Women committee  Absolutely.

Status of Women committee  I don't think we're beyond that. Some of the recent events would suggest that we are not. I think, though, that if I had limited resources, I would focus on those people who are most vulnerable. In the case of what we're talking about today, those would be internationally educat

Status of Women committee  Maybe I just need to clarify something. By “business training”, do you mean things like financials and so on?

Status of Women committee  No, we do not. Our focus is on skills such as oral communication, managing the nuances of the workplace, understanding the culture of organizations, etc. We put tremendous emphasis on communication, whether it's written communication, oral communication, or how to communicate at

Status of Women committee  I don't know that I can calculate it, but based on the number of people who apply to our programs, we absolutely can't take everyone because the timing is perhaps not right in terms of where they are personally, or we simply have limited capacity. But everyone goes through a rigo

Status of Women committee  I'm glad to connect with the committee so that you can get more detailed insight into what we do, but I would be really thrilled if, after your lens of critique, you recommended that something along the lines of what we are doing and largely piloting, and I think are pioneering,

Status of Women committee  You're very welcome.