Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Welcome to all three of our witnesses today.
This is the inaugural parliamentary committee dedicated to science and research. We had the opportunity to look at big science in earlier studies and moon shots most recently. Now it's so important that we have a chance to speak to you about citizen science, which is a very cost-effective means of on-the-ground observation and data collection. It's a very important piece of the puzzle.
I think the first couple of questions will go directly to Mr. Lawrie and Ms. Reinsborough, because it strikes me that you're both doing very similar sorts of research, but in different watersheds. Mr. Lawrie is with the Rouge River in the Toronto area and you, of course, are here with the Ottawa River.
Maybe David can start first, because he was first up. What aspects of research, such as study design, data collection, data analysis, evaluation, monitoring and knowledge dissemination does citizen science contribute in your organization?