In response to your question, in terms of the gender gap, Canada is lagging in that respect. Statistics from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office talk about one in five. That means of every five inventors, one is female. In comparison, in Europe it's one in three, which is almost half. We have to do whatever we can to promote women in STEM and support their inventions and how they interact as well with universities. They are a very captive audience, especially in universities, for doing declarations of invention and to be able to support their community, which is something that's very important.
In addition, there is obviously BDC's funding through the Thrive platform, which is also something that needs to be commended in the work that they are doing as well.
I think the more we're able to put a spotlight on women-led innovation, the more that will encourage youth. That is one of the strategic axes of the World Intellectual Property Organization, and the reason this year's theme is Women and IP: Accelerating innovation and creativity. I believe that is a good platform to work from.