I agree with the other two witnesses, and I would just add that I think, from the perspective of my own university, there are two things that are interesting in terms of the Canada research chairs, CRCs. We have very few, and that's because the funding model is based on the research monies that a university is able to raise. We don't have a medical school and we've just recently gotten an engineering school. The other kind of gatekeeper I've seen is the way in which research is interpreted and encouraged. Oftentimes, for example, research that's feminist—for example, I do feminist economics—is disparaged by the economists; they don't see it as research. That kind of validation of credentials in research is really important, and there has to be an openness to diversity of voices in research. I think that's one of the gatekeepers.
On May 16th, 2017. See this statement in context.