Thank you, Chair.
Thank you for being here and for your work.
Removing barriers to equality of opportunity for diverse researchers is important to me. I'll begin by focusing my questions on the tri-council's self-identification questionnaire, which was established in 2018 and is now a requirement, I believe, for applicants to be eligible for federal research funding.
In filling out this form, could an applicant's race, gender or sexual orientation be used to either disqualify them or qualify them for a federally funded position or research funding?