I'd like to start by indicating that the calls to action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission really must be addressed.
In Diabetes Action Canada we have a large contingency of indigenous people who are engaged with our researchers. They have articulated that it's very clear that just trying to address food security and physical activity is necessary, but it's not sufficient.
I'll bring to your attention a very impressive program that has been established by some of our investigators called the aboriginal youth mentorship program. This is a program that is in 13 first nations communities today in Canada, including one in inner city Toronto, whereby the youth are mentored by older adolescents and elders to understand what is important about their health. This is physical health, spiritual health, mental health. It's a community engagement program that is truly creating good results. It's preventing type 2 diabetes in aboriginal youth. This is a program that we hope will be scaled up to at least 30 communities in Canada. I think it presents an excellent model for indigenous communities about the engagement of youth and adolescents to prevent obesity and type 2 diabetes in their communities.