Welcome to meeting number 69 of the Standing Committee on Science and Research.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the Standing Orders. Therefore, members are attending in person in the room, and we also have some representatives who will be presenting remotely using Zoom.
For those who are virtual, there are a couple of rules. You can speak in the official language of your choice, but you can also choose interpretation services, at the bottom of your screen, for floor, English or French. If you lose interpretation, please let me know right away and we'll make sure that it gets restored.
For members in person, before speaking, wait until you're recognized, and if you are on video conference, unmute yourself. Speak slowly and clearly for the benefit of our translators, and when you're not speaking, please keep your microphone away from your earphones so that we don't have feedback events and cause injury to our interpreters.
Again, for all members, I remind you to address comments through the chair.
Now we'll get started on our session. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(i) and the motion adopted by the committee on Monday, September 18, 2023, the committee resumes its study of integration of indigenous traditional knowledge and science in government policy development.
It's my pleasure to welcome our witnesses today.
We have Dr. Mark Bonta, geographer. He's up from Pennsylvania. Welcome to our committee. We have Dr. Kyle Bobiwash, assistant professor. It's good to see you again, Dr. Bobiwash. We also have Mr. Jared Gonet, Ph.D. candidate in conservation biology, also via video conference. In the room, we have Dr. Brenda Parlee, professor and UNESCO chair at the University of Alberta, joining us from Edmonton.
Each presenter will have five minutes for an opening statement, and then we'll open the floor to questions.
We'll start off with Dr. Bonta for five minutes, please.