Let's Talk Science does connect with aboriginal youth across all of our program areas and in all of the provinces. In fact, we have our efforts guided by a national aboriginal advisory panel that has most of the national agencies helping us.
With respect to our Wings of Discovery program, I have to say that it was a real surprise. We did have a first nations person as one of the authors, but it was never created to be an aboriginal science program.
When we started to see the uptake in the resources, I asked around a lot, and what we learned was that it was very student-centred. For us, science is the process of learning and engagement, not the content and the outcome.
The communities really liked the fact that it was student-centred, very holistic and integrated, and also relevant, in that it was looking at engaging children in learning about the world around them, the world they actually live in. I think relevance is a real problem throughout the school system; in fact, our research has shown that teenagers don't see the relevance, and that's why they're leaving.