I call this meeting to order.
I would like to make a few comments for the benefit of our new witnesses for this panel.
Please wait until I recognize you by name before speaking. For those participating by video conference, click on the microphone icon to activate your mic, and please mute yourself when you are not speaking.
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I would like to remind witnesses that committee members may ask questions in either French or English. If you need interpretation, please take a moment now to prepare your earpiece and select the appropriate channel.
As a reminder, all comments should be addressed through the chair.
With that, I would like to welcome our witnesses for this panel.
We are joined by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, represented here by Chantal Marin-Comeau, vice-president, corporate services and transformation, and Paula Kirton, director general, investigator-initiated research.
Our second organization is the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, represented here by Anne-Marie Thompson, vice-president, research grants and scholarships directorate, and Marcel Turcot, vice-president, strategic, corporate and public affairs.
Our third organization is the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, represented here by Dr. Sylvie Lamoureux, chief operating officer and vice-president, research, and Dr. Tim Wilson, associate vice-president, research programs.
A big welcome to all of you for joining us today at this committee. Everyone will have five minutes for their opening remarks, and then we will go into our rounds of questioning.
We will start with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
Dr. Lamoureux, please go ahead. You will have five minutes.