Thank you so much, Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for being here.
Dr. Andrade, let me echo the chorus of congratulations on your award.
Have both of you been watching the testimony recently? Okay, so you get a sense of some of the diverse opinions that have been brought to the table in terms of what is seemingly, unfortunately, becoming a right-wing or a left-wing thing.
I want to go back to the social sciences. I have a background in the.... I'm not a researcher, but I worked at a university and worked at a community college. I totally believe that we need to invest more in applied research in relation to industry. I wonder if we can touch a little, right now, on the social sciences. We heard some folks, through their testimony, and some members of this committee really question the importance of the social sciences. I want to hear from both of you in terms of why the social sciences are important.
For example, if we look at a list of studies.... My colleagues across the way have done so. They've brought up unpaid work in Bogotá or something in relation to Dolly Parton and how that relates to Canada if it's funded by the federal government. I'm wondering if you can unpack, though, in all seriousness, the importance of the social sciences. In particular, it was mentioned that 81% of people with a Ph.D. go into the workforce outside of the university.
Dr. Andrade, I'll go to you first, and then we'll go to Ms. Joomun.