Yes, absolutely.
We at Amnesty International have been working for a number of years now with a concept which is dignity. This concept is very interesting because—I'm sorry, I'm going to be “Ms. Global” for this meeting—it makes it possible to have an overview of one way of proceeding and of one conception of life.
I'm a volunteer for Amnesty International. In my occupation, I'm a researcher, and I've had to meet a lot of young people, young drop-outs. Those young people don't see any interest in staying in school because they don't have a future. They have trouble contemplating the future and seeing what the past was. In many cases, they don't have the same lives as their ancestors did. So it's very hard for them to find their place.
Some communities are working in an attempt to develop role models, people who could inspire these young people by providing them with positive stories. I believe that working to develop dignity, by leading these young people to be proud of what they are and to instill in them the desire to move forward, would definitely be one way for men and women to fight against the drop-out phenomenon. It would also have positive consequences for violence in the communities and their place in Canadian society.
I know that's very extensive and that it will definitely take a number of generations, but that also goes to what I was saying earlier about this business of an overall plan. I believe we have to fight in the short term, but we also have to fight in the long term for the pride of being what we are, for the place we have in the community and the place we leave behind.