I actually focus mostly on the human, social and cultural outputs of research as the core of what I do. I look a lot at the various elements of what we call “capacity”, which I'm sure is a word you've heard ad nauseam at this stage. I do try to break down this word “capacity” and what it means in this context.
It's a tough thing to correlate more research with more northern capacity building. It is kind of what I study. Has it evolved substantially? Yes. The problem I'm seeing right now is that the usual suspects, the people who have tremendous capacity, are being burnt out by our southern demands on them.
We need to broaden the number of people who can respond to those demands. That will happen by having institutions up there, as I talked about earlier, like Yukon University. We need to have a university in Iqaluit. It is happening slowly. There are wheels turning there. I think that will change everything.