The conference was focused on the issue of education and increasing women's participation in science and technology, in under-represented sectors. The feedback was good, particularly on this issue. There was good feedback on the fact that we have announced this new project framework, the blueprints. As I said, it's been very well received and is already oversubscribed, which is good news.
We've also made sure that these projects target aboriginal women and immigrant women. Again, the issue is around vulnerable communities. If we're talking about education, science, technology, or engineering, our projects still have the priority of targeting vulnerable communities like aboriginal women and girls and our immigrant and refugee populations.
It was very well received. We had a strong Canadian delegation that had very good experience on the issues of promoting women and the equality of women in these non-traditional and under-represented sectors. I heard that, by and large, it's something that provinces, territories, and the federal government have to work on together. Because of course not only does it include the way we raise our young girls in society to believe they can achieve all the things that little boys can, but it also includes having good role models and addressing things as complex as the glass ceilings in our post-secondary institutions.
We heard from many, many Canadian NGOs at the conference that do good work. They raised issues of social inequality and issues of poverty, but also more complex issues that we need to tackle as a society, such as things like the glass ceiling in our post-secondary institutions, as I've said, which we sometimes see. There were a number of different issues, but I think our message was well received in the sense that we have shown we are acting within the Status of Women program to support organizations that are putting forward good projects to support women in leadership and to support women breaking through those glass ceilings in non-traditional areas and sectors.