That's a great question. In fact, in some cases I think we need to intervene before university and reach into high school. For example, there are initiatives to try to encourage young women to study in science and the STEM areas, and that has to be done at the high school level. By the time you get to the university level, it's a little bit too late. That's one of the things we're looking at, whether in some cases we have to reach down a little further.
We consult across the public service with managers to find out what their hiring needs are. We'll go to a specific department.
For example, we know that the Department of Fisheries and Oceans is going to be hiring significant numbers of people to deliver on the oceans management program. It's a government priority. Then we ask what specific skills they are looking for. Then we try to make a match with some of the universities across the country that have programs that produce graduates in these areas.
After that, we have targeted outreach strategies. We did this recently with the University of Victoria, for example. The Public Service Commission, in partnership with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, went to the University of Victoria and had a very focused job fair. That's a way to be able to identify those needs.
Some skills are required across the public service, such as computer science, which I mentioned. There we created a specific stream on our post-secondary recruitment, sending strong signals to all institutions that this is an area that we're going to be hiring in.