Thank you.
Thank you to all of the witnesses.
My first round of questions is for you, Dr. Jaime.
I spent a long career in academia. I really commend the University of Saskatchewan for dealing with this issue head-on. I also come from Saskatchewan. My community is Wood Mountain Lakota First Nation. I'm proud that the province in which my first nation is located is dealing with this in a way that understands it's delicate because of our complex colonial histories. We heard from Dr. Pam Palmater in one of the other panels that it's delicate. I felt some sort of vindication—I remember this—when the University of Saskatchewan dealt with Carrie Bourassa. She claimed indigenous ancestry and received bursaries, grants and research dollars when she, in fact, wasn't indigenous. It's something that is so common in academia. I also know, as somebody who spent a long time in them, that universities are very colonial institutions.
How did you work with the university to begin the process of actually dealing with this and taking it seriously?