Thanks for your presentations.
I just had the privilege of being in Vancouver and Whistler throughout the 2010 Paralympic and Olympic Games. I went to a number of receptions hosted by the four host first nations. The empowerment of aboriginal peoples that came out of that initiative, as communicated by the aboriginal peoples there, was unbelievable from my perspective as an observer and participant. To me it's inspiring to see how equality, lifting up, and being completely part of the leadership of an initiative must happen with first nations in all other important areas, as it worked so well with the 2010 games.
With that vision of possibility that was expressed in Vancouver and Whistler, I have a question about two things that I have heard today. Essentially, at the risk of oversimplifying it seems to me that everything we're talking about boils down to “attract, train, and retain” in any of the different areas. Dr. Anderson made the comment about teaching our kids to dream big; that's part of the “attract”. I saw that happen with the 2010 games, in the dreams of aboriginal kids to get into sport and to be on the podium and win the gold medals.
One question is, what would be something that would be comparable to attracting, to dreaming big, in health human resources?