Status of Women committee  Right. To echo what Ms. Evans was saying, there is one point that I did go over quickly in my recommendations. The federal government, through research granting agencies like NSERC, funds a lot of scientific research. University professors get their funding through those. Well,

Status of Women committee  Yes. The CIHR, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, has a program like that. It's called Synapse. It's an outreach and mentoring program. I have not seen the equivalent for NSERC or SSHRC, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Something like that could be ex

Status of Women committee  The first thing I want to say is that the numbers I've presented to you today are an accounting exercise, not a causal exercise. I wish I could—

Status of Women committee  I wish I could say that if all women took this sort of position they would make a lot more. I can't say that for sure, but it is true that even though there's a wage gap in favour of men, some occupations seem to be higher paying. What we need to tell them, I wish I knew. The tw

Status of Women committee  You mentioned higher wages, but I am wondering how those higher wages could be implemented. That being said, I would say that grants are definitely a big help. Loans and grants are very appreciated, especially grants, since loans eventually have to be paid back. Grants mostly he

Status of Women committee  It has come up before, and I think providing young girls with the message—

Status of Women committee  —that they are worthwhile at an early age, that they have the skills to enter those fields, to choose those fields of study, and then to work in those areas. There's a lot of research on gender biases, girls can't do math, that kind of stuff, right? There's research showing girl

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, members of the committee, for hearing me today. It's my first experience testifying in front of a committee, so bear with me. I will make my presentation in English. I'm fully bilingual so ask questions in either language. What I'm going t