Human Resources committee  Again, it's not specifically in our area of expertise, but certainly in our experience there are two points. On the post-secondary funding piece, we strive to employ indigenous people to make up 10% to 15% of our instructors across the country. That is no easy feat considering ho

Human Resources committee  Yes, with information and opportunity to experience. As I said, parents are often intimidated, and especially right now with what we're seeing in the digital economy. Many parents are under the mistaken belief that their child is digitally literate because they can use technolo

Human Resources committee  It comes from a lot of engagement with parents. Parents tend to use their minds. We have seen it, and often it comes with such good intentions. We have a situation that I'm personally helping with right now, with one of the youth on our youth advisory council whose parents did

Human Resources committee  I think they need exposure to what opportunities exist, especially if they want to stay in their local communities, to what is available to them, and to what kinds of skills are needed to get into those areas of employment. Even though we're mostly university based in our member

Human Resources committee  That's not my website.

Human Resources committee  We don't talk about financial literacy—

Human Resources committee  Sorry, but that's not my area of expertise. We're not doing that.

Human Resources committee  Do you mean included in the formal curriculum?

Human Resources committee  Yes. They are currently. There are, obviously, science and math curricula being included. What we would like to see, obviously, are opportunities for experiential learning. There's gobs and gobs of research on this, and everyone has a personal experience about it. If you can ap

Human Resources committee  Yes, absolutely. We know these are fields where jobs are very plentiful, where they're high paying, and where they are sustained right across the country. They're good, solid jobs, and we need a more robust but also more diverse workforce in these fields.

Human Resources committee  To have experiences where they're developing very specific skills?

Human Resources committee  I think that's a good idea at an older age. You have to look at where they are. At a young age it's really just exposure. It's actually talking about what a skill is and what a competency is. Most people don't even understand what those terms are. Talking to kids about that is an

Human Resources committee  Absolutely. I think your question and Danielle's comments as well are bang on. Kids envision themselves being what they can see, right? You can't be it if you can't see it. One of the things we do before going through an actual experience is to ask them what they want to be when

Human Resources committee  I see them coming to the table with some matching funds. Part of the challenge is that the corporations have been supporting this for years, and they are saying, “Where is the federal government here?” We want to see this as a tri-sectoral approach, not just a funding approach. W

Human Resources committee  Nothing that we do is standardized, so the quality and consistency are standard but the content is very customized to a local community, what's happening there, and what is culturally appropriate and geographically appropriate. It's also reflective of the economic development opp