There is one nuance I'd like to add in terms of what constitutes a successful outcome. I think we all have our own ideals of what constitutes success that we impose on youth today generally but especially on indigenous youth.
The way I would encourage you all to see it is that success is really providing the right framework and the right, equal opportunities for children to be able to engage in learning and development and then have them grow up to honour the gifts that they carry. When I say “gifts”, I'm talking about the skills that they naturally have that they've been given the opportunity to develop over time, and access to the right teachers and the right coaches through the use of technology, as we do at Connected North.
Whether it be a lawyer, a mechanic or even a member of Parliament, it's important that we provide opportunities, various, varied and diverse opportunities to those kids. At Connected North, that's what we aim to do. We aim to level the playing field with technology and give equal opportunity to kids to seek out coaching and mentorship and to be inspired by a variety of teachers and leaders across the country, indigenous and non-indigenous, so that they can see themselves in the world out there and around them and position themselves to also achieve their goals and, most importantly, achieve their dreams.