As I mentioned, I believe we are the only national source of data for indigenous post-secondary students in the country. We do not, however, have an ability to mine it or to put it in a form that will help policy-makers make decisions about the future, whether they're indigenous leaders, provincial leaders, federal leaders. There is a great wealth of information there that could be made available. What are our students interested in? What barriers do our youth face? How old are they when they go to school? Are they mostly going back to school, as they were a few years ago? The majority of our students were single moms with kids. That profile has changed. Why has that changed? In the country, really, we have no reliable labour force data with respect to indigenous people, and we certainly have very unreliable data on education, even on education outcomes. We know the gap is huge, but we have very little meat to put on the frame.
One of the central themes of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's calls to action was on education as the driver for the whole change in the relationship, and they called specifically for investments to close the gap. I think to inform the ongoing change, it would be wise to have reliable research available.