Thank you, Chair.
Earlier, a member opposite mentioned world views and the importance of incorporating world views. I am a western scientist. That's how I've been trained. That is the world view I use, but I also know that if I look at the world only in that context or if we use only that context, it is incomplete. The example I want to use with regard to that is indigenous knowledge. In the environmental sciences, where I come from, we know that the first nations of this land already knew that there was an ice age in the past. They already knew that the Great Lakes were in a different location. There is a tremendous amount of knowledge that is there, especially around sustainability, so it's important that we work together.
My question is for our first speaker, Dr. Ljubicic.
Could you just speak to the importance that you see of indigenous knowledge and of collaboration and partnerships so that we can further the field of science?