Thank you, Minister, for being here today.
I'd like to talk to you as the mother of a daughter who just turned 18 last week. I want to thank you for championing the issue of violence prevention on university and college campuses. My daughter will be going to university this fall and I've read all the horror stories about what can happen to young girls on university and college campuses.
Mainly in these stories we hear that women between the ages of 15 and 34 are at the most risk of experiencing violence. In particular, university and college women are more likely to have the other risk factors of violence, such as being out of their house in the evenings most nights, or being exposed to alcohol.
That's why I agree it's very important to address the risk factors where they occur and to partner with universities and colleges to prevent violence against women on campus.
I was wondering if you could speak to the calls for proposals for women engaging young people to prevent violence against women on post-secondary campuses and provide some examples of the types of projects that are being funded in this area.