Science and Research committee  The vast majority of Guelph's agricultural research money comes from the Ontario government. However, I would say, looking at the various tri-agencies, that Guelph still receives high levels of agricultural funding—more than we would receive, certainly. A lot of agricultural research, though, is funded through industry partnerships and industry organizations, such as the dairy farmers and the Wheat Board.

Science and Research committee  Thank you. Good morning. I am pleased to be here with you. I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you from Canadian researchers to this committee. Your work has enabled the historic investment in research and graduate students that was announced yesterday, so thank you. Canada's universities play an integral role in our national research ecosystem, supporting the development of highly skilled talent, the production of new ideas and technologies, and the transfer of new knowledge and innovations to industry and everyday life.

Science and Research committee  It's a great question. I think universities have tried to become more entrepreneurial, as Professor Breznitz was saying. We see a student body that is much more savvy than, for instance, when I went to university. They ask questions about where this going to take them and what their degree is going to do for them.

Science and Research committee  That's a great question. As I said earlier, we are a country of immigrants. I'm the child of immigrants. I think Canada has excellent immigration policies and we have for a long time. We are very welcoming to people. I happen to work at a university that is given top marks in the rankings for the international nature of our faculty.

Science and Research committee  It's a great question. I certainly think if we were talking Ph.D.'s and researchers straightly, people know the institutions. If somebody has Ph.D. from another country, we know the institution and it's accepted. It's interesting to me that professional degrees—M.D.'s, engineering and those kinds of degrees—aren't immediately accepted.

Science and Research committee  Thank you for that question. I am, in fact, currently the interim chair of the governing council of the CIHR, which was the first granting agency to declare that 4% of the funds would go to indigenous researchers because 4% of the population of Canada are indigenous. They were the first ones to make that sort of equitable statement.

Science and Research committee  I'm happy to do that.

Science and Research committee  Thank you, Ms. Diab. I'm also thrilled to be here. While Nova Scotia does have a disproportionately aging population compared to many other provinces, I wouldn't say that's true of the professoriate in our post-secondary sector. As you know, we have 10 universities and a community college.

Science and Research committee  Thank you for your invitation to represent Dalhousie University here today to discuss the opportunities we have as a nation to attract and retain top research talent at our post-secondary institutions. To address this pressing issue, we need to ask what incentives are required to attract the world's thought leaders to pursue made-in-Canada research and innovation and what investments are needed to ensure they stay in Canada to train the next generation of researchers and innovators.