Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, I did misunderstand. I thought you were talking about the First Nations University of Canada.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  So, you are talking about the First Nations University of Canada.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The federal government provides a little more than $7 million to that university on a yearly basis. The province also provides funding.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, that's correct.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I cannot tell you exactly how the First Nations University of Canada spends that money. It is the only university that is given money for its operating expenses.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The money is used to cover operating expenses, but also to pay teachers and that sort of thing. The university receives money from the federal and provincial governments and from its students. It sets a budget and decides on how it will operate. Our share is a little more than $7 million.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I believe the federal government did provide $3.5 million. I do not recall in what year, but I believe it was part of the Socio-economic Forum. The province of Quebec provided a similar amount. However, I cannot tell you specifically what that money was used for.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Not to my knowledge. It's possible, but I do not have that information.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It will take a number of years.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's going to take some time. We're just at the initial stages of developing it. I just want to raise a couple of things. We think it's very important that the data are able to be linked with provincial data, so that we can track K to 12 children both on- and off-reserve and post-secondary students, because it's not enough just to know about those students who are getting funded through the INAC PSE program.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No, that is not the way it works. A First Nation can also set its own guidelines, but they must comply with national guidelines. Caps are also set. For example, they may decide that $35,000 is the maximum amount that can be paid out for one year. As Committee members pointed out, there is more demand than there is available funding.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. It includes not only universities, but colleges as well. However, it does not include apprenticeship. I'm sorry, but I don't know the proper term for that in French.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The HRSD program covers that sort of thing.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much. The student success program, the first element, is really focused on trying to improve student outcomes. It can have a range of things, but it involves such things as student testing, student success plans, and school success plans, all aimed at improving student success.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Lemay. At the present time, 70 per cent of the students registered in our program are women. As you stated, many of them are single parents. The funding that we are able to provide does include support for these women and their families.