Science and Research committee  We currently are not conducting any language research. That work is led by indigenous governments and organizations. I believe—

Science and Research committee  Certainly, I believe there is a need and demand for that coming from the indigenous communities and governments.

Science and Research committee  I cannot give you that number at the moment. I would have to follow up and provide it after.

Science and Research committee  The emissions are higher with oil, certainly. Inuvik has a slightly more complicated scenario. We were on gas. The gas ran out and now we're back on oil.

Science and Research committee  Some of our communities sit on large natural gas reserves that could be developed. I don't feel comfortable commenting on the pipeline impact, just because many of our communities are so remote.

Science and Research committee  Do you mean how much research funding?

Science and Research committee  Funding to our institution for research helps contribute to increased research administration services, which help us pursue funding through the competitive processes. The one we focus on largely is the NSERC college and community innovation program. Helping us have the core services that enable us to properly support our researchers to pursue funds to support their areas of expertise and collaboration with communities and industry would be key.

Science and Research committee  At Aurora College, the population we serve is a majority indigenous population in the Northwest Territories. Then it's composed of a diversity of Canadians. We do work with our indigenous partners to secure funds for research programs that align with their interests. I believe the tri-agencies have had some targeted streams specific to indigenous communities.

Science and Research committee  The Northwest Territories has 11 official languages. They are French, English and then nine indigenous languages. The funding for indigenous languages is a critical and important issue within our territory. The leads on that are the indigenous organizations themselves.

Science and Research committee  There are many northern research questions. Funding is constantly a challenge, but maintaining capacity is equally a challenge. As we grow and develop the capacity, having access to more funds to conduct applied work will improve our ability to answer those questions. There are many unanswered questions that funding could help address, but it's also about having the capacity to address them.

Science and Research committee  No. We can do less with the funding than our counterparts in the south, certainly. The costs of everything in the north are double.

Science and Research committee  Goodness. It's $10. It really depends on the community. If the community is closer to the border, it's cheaper. Up in the coastal communities, it could be $20 or $25. There are programs to help offset that, but I think on average, it's $8 to $10—

Science and Research committee  When you look further north, yes, but I'm thinking it's probably around $10. There are subsidies to support and offset that, but it's a constant challenge.

Science and Research committee  Costs are higher in the north. There are a number of programs to offset research costs that are more available to universities than to colleges. There is a northern supplement that is not available to us within the college system that NSERC gives. There are other programs to offset—

Science and Research committee  Thank you for the question. It comes under our mission. I can give you some research examples. One is a partnership we hold with our territorial government and regional partners monitoring permafrost along the Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Highway. We are really spending a lot of time investigating that, looking at slope stability, road stability and snow loads.