I am not the hands-on project manager, so I apologize for not having the details at my fingertips.
It's a logical progression of previous project work around supporting and encouraging Inuit women in business. When we were doing a project a number of years ago, there was great interest expressed in mentorship. There's a need for mentorship. It can be frightening for anyone and very intimidating. It's difficult to read forms. Where do you find investment capital?
We identified a full range of information needs that women had. Mentorship came through very clearly. There's also a great interest among Inuit business women, who had achieved some success, in mentoring others and helping others come along so that everyone can go forward together.
There was just a very timely call for proposals from Status of Women Canada, looking at supporting projects to encourage women's mentorship. We competed with every other organization across the country and were successful. We have developed a model; we're looking at getting it piloting, getting a good match between mentor and mentee. We'd be happy to share more information.
That's our current funding working relationship with Status of Women Canada.