Thank you very much for the question.
Indeed, we have focused on all aspects of the science-technology-innovation pipeline. I'm pleased to note, in fact, that one of our really important areas of research in science was a study that we felt inspired pay issues and salary issues to be taken up quite seriously. Our work on women in university research in fact inspired McMaster to conduct its own study on a gender pay gap, resulting in a salary raise for full-time female faculty.
Your question about STEM is itself quite relevant to my answer. The STEM, science, technology, engineering, and math, report, “Some Assembly Required”, speaks to a very important issue, which I think you've heard about in responses already.
One point is that the shortage of STEM skills is a problem, but it is by no means the most important or the only problem. In fact, creating the demand for these kinds of skills might be equally important.
I can say in passing as well that I have two adult daughters who have gone through university systems, one of whom will go through in the humanities and one of whom will go through in the sciences because they've been given that opportunity to excel.
I think we have the opportunity in Canada to do this. The three academies that make up the Council of Canadian Academies, I think it's fair to say, are very committed to that proposition.