Science and Research committee  It's also a matter of diversity of knowledge. French will never disappear. There is a big community of francophone researchers in the world. We could publish knowledge in English only, but we would be depriving ourselves of a diversity of ideas and knowledge. Of course, the readership is larger for scientific journals in English, but francophones still also have a duty to publish and disseminate research in French in various fields and to make sure that the reader has access to that knowledge also.

Science and Research committee  Yes.

Science and Research committee  Most of the chairs in francophone research are in social sciences and humanities—which says a lot, by the way. It says a lot. It means that traditional, pure science is almost completely left out of French research, research en français.

Science and Research committee  This is correct, yes.

Science and Research committee  Are you talking about internal or external chairs?

Science and Research committee  I think there must be close to about more than 70 internal chairs, yes.

Science and Research committee  Individual professors can decide to publish their work in either French or English, but aside from those 10, no, there are no other chairs, if I'm understanding your question correctly.

Science and Research committee  It is correct. These chairs were created to support publishing in French, which we tend to see moving backwards right now at the University of Ottawa. Many, many, many francophone professors tend to make the decision that if you publish in English, your impact factor will increase substantially.

Science and Research committee  Absolutely.

Science and Research committee  Thank you. I would first like to thank the members of the committee for allowing me to speak this evening, both as associate vice-president of research promotion and development at the University of Ottawa and as an individual, as a francophone researcher who produces research documents in both official languages.