Thank you so much. It's so nice to be here today.
I'll start with President Davidson.
You're very clear. I was a long-time post-secondary educator myself, in fact, for almost 20 years. I didn't lose students because they weren't brilliant. I lost students because of poverty. I know that, according to the Canadian Federation of Students, 71% of graduate students live below the poverty line, and one in three graduate students lives on less than $1,250 a month.
We've spoken about standards of living and how financial insecurity and poverty impact graduate students' quality of life, but I want you to focus more specifically on academic performance. For example, I had many students when I was teaching at university who had to work two jobs and study.
How does that impact our ability to produce students who are real experts in their fields?