Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Again, I want to pass along my thanks to both the witnesses. Of course, Mary comes from my home city, and having had the chance to tour her facility, I must say it is a great and welcoming place for aboriginal people to come to in the city of Winnipeg.
When you mentioned that there have to be more advanced schools out there, in terms of their aboriginal programs, I would have to say that the University of Winnipeg probably is one of the most advanced, especially with some of the things they're doing in terms of the way they're utilizing aboriginal education in science.
I have an initial question I'd like to ask Mary.
In terms of your experiences, you've achieved a great degree of success. You have your doctorate, which is fantastic. In terms of anybody's education, it's a very high achievement. I guess I'd like you to talk about how you've succeeded in spite of all the negative influences you've had. You must be able to point to some things that aided you in the process you went through in your life to get to this point, because clearly you were successful.