The Council of Canadian Academies issued a report in 2014, entitled “Science Culture: Where Canada Stands”, with five recommendations for strengthening science culture in Canada. Recommendation number two was to make science more inclusive. They specifically referenced the need to be more inclusive of indigenous peoples and women. In particular with indigenous peoples, it was the need to make greater connections between traditional knowledge and western science, and to find those opportunities to make indigenous peoples more comfortable in the sciences. Not only that; there's introducing in the sciences some of the traditional knowledge that isn't necessarily considered now. That's one very distinct part of inclusivity.
The second major part of that recommendation is increasing women in STEM careers by looking at the entire talent pipeline and looking for the leaks. We know from several research documents that girls tend to like science as much as boys do, but between grades 4 to 7 they start to not see themselves in these careers. They're not seeing the mentors. They're not seeing themselves as university professors. When they get into the workplace, they're finding difficulty in advancing in these careers because of several barriers that are in place.
The report specifically looked at those two things to make it more inclusive.