Yes, in fact, it does.
We don't talk a lot in the country about retention. There's a lot of discussion about entrance and attracting more to come into colleges and universities. Colleges and universities themselves understand that their future is inextricably tied to their ability to attract and retain not only foreign students, but also the fastest-growing demographic, indigenous students. They are also very keen to do that.
We've done some work in partnership with the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. We hosted a summit with them, talking about the very issue you raise. There is a public report. The summit was hosted in 2010. We talked about the changes that colleges and universities need to make to ensure that our students stay there once they get there. There was everything from creating centres where our students can go and meet one another.... That's what kept me in university and college, I'll tell you. First of all, I could go home. I was lucky, when I went to law school I didn't go too far away. But when I did my undergrad I went to McGill, so it was long way away. I wanted to know that there were other students there like me. There were student centres, there was access to elders, counselling.
We just finished an updated study, again in partnership with AUCC, on education choices, as we call it—why students choose to go where they go. Some colleges have a high enrolment of indigenous students, and others do not. There are reasons for that.
Those are two report that are publicly accessible. Perhaps your researchers might dig them up.
I know about the success of the Mi'kmaq in Nova Scotia. It's one of the shining lights in the country.