Human Resources committee  Of course it would be a great place; it's Victoria, after all. Isn't that the city of the newly wed and the nearly dead? Isn't that the joke about Victoria—present company excluded, of course.

Human Resources committee  I'm sure I could connect you with the people involved at the centre on aging. It's a very significant research centre at the University of Victoria, dealing specifically with these issues on health and wellness for our aging population, and how we can do a better job of meeting t

Human Resources committee  Yes, or did you want Patrick from the chamber to answer first?

Human Resources committee  Generally, trends that I have seen are that we have seen a general growth of work-integrated learning programs across the country, so an expansion of different types and an expansion in the number and range of programming. As has been mentioned previously, you'd be hard pressed t

Human Resources committee  There has been a growth in that, an expansion of the breadth of the kinds of programming. There's been a growth in the interest in international, both in terms of students going out and international students coming in. All of our institutions have experienced growth in the numb

Human Resources committee  Your question was for me, and the question was whether it's difficult to find employers. I would think that most co-op programs across the country or work-integrated learning programs would say that an ongoing element of work is to find appropriate employers who would provide th

Human Resources committee  Yes, it is public. It's not starting until September though.

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much. As noted, my name is Dr. Norah McRae, and I am the executive director of the co-operative education program and career services at the University of Victoria in beautiful Victoria, B.C. Thank you for the opportunity to provide a brief to the House of Common