Industry committee  Perhaps I could jump in. I think we have a challenge in Canadian universities, even in American universities, in the way we train highly qualified personnel researchers at the graduate level. For a long time we've had a default model of training people with advanced degrees on the assumption that they're going to give in to the academy and become professors and researchers.

Industry committee  I agree we have a great opportunity. Are we playing catch-up? Silicon Valley is Silicon Valley, and we don't have a comparator for that, so yes, we're playing catch-up, but maybe that's not the realistic point of comparison. Montreal is a city that, next to Boston, produces more graduates on an annual basis than any other place in North America.

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Ladies and gentlemen of the committee, it is a great pleasure for me to be here with you today. We've already done the introductions so I won't repeat them. For some of you who aren't entirely familiar with Concordia University, I'll take a moment to provide a high-level description of who we are.

Industry committee  I'm going to give opening remarks for 10 minutes, and then I think Vincent and Xavier are best placed to answer the questions.