Welcome to meeting number 78 of the House of Commons 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, but we also have some members as well as some witnesses appearing remotely by Zoom.
While speaking the official language of your choice, you can use the interpretation button at the bottom of your screen. If interpretation is lost, please let me know immediately, and we'll suspend until we regain interpretation.
Address questions through me, as you usually do. For members and witnesses attending in person, watch out that your earphones are away from your microphones so they don't cause feedback for our interpreters. We want to keep them safe throughout the meeting. Speak slowly and clearly, and when you're not speaking, keep your mic on mute, please.
With regard to a speaking list, the clerk and I will do our best to work our way through that. We'll have a list to work with that will change as we go.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(i) and the motions adopted by the committee on Tuesday, January 30, and on Thursday, February 15, 2024, the committee is commencing its study on the distribution of federal government funding among Canada's post-secondary institutions.
It's now my pleasure to welcome, from the Alliance of Canadian Comprehensive Research Universities, Dr. Nicole Vaugeois, associate vice-president, research and graduate studies. Dr. Chad Gaffield, CEO of the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities, is appearing virtually. He is returning to our committee. We also have Philip Landon, the chief operating officer of Universities Canada.
Welcome to all. It's great to have you back at our committee. I'm looking forward to this study.
Thank you to Maxime Blanchette-Joncas for this study.
We'll get started with five minutes for each of our speakers, starting with Dr. Nicole Vaugeois.