Science and Research committee  As I mentioned, we have institutional grants for universities. We have supplements for smaller universities, which tend to be the francophone universities you're speaking about. We also, through our research support fund—as I mentioned earlier—have a calculation in which we provi

Science and Research committee  I think we have a very good opportunity to demonstrate leadership within the global francophone community. As I said earlier, the fact that we are a bilingual country with francophone strength in the sciences presents a good opportunity to develop collaborations in that regard.

Science and Research committee  There may be a strategy at Global Affairs Canada, where I worked. At present, we are collaborating very actively with the members of the Francophonie. At the SSHRC, however, we have always worked very closely with France...

Science and Research committee  I am not aware of a strategy, properly speaking, but...

Science and Research committee  I'm sorry, I would have to have the information in front of me to answer you. That said, at the SSHRC we support the aid to scholarly journals program and we give out the awards to scholarly publications. We also have a partnership with the Érudit platform, as you heard earlier.

Science and Research committee  I would say that, because outside of Quebec a lot of the francophone institutions tend to be smaller institutions, we have a number of measures put in place to ensure equity. We have an institutional grant that universities receive. We also have a method of calculation under a re

Science and Research committee  Yes, absolutely. I could tell you that for the last 10 years the application rates in French for all our programs range from 15% to 19%, and it really depends on the particular program or financing opportunity. Those numbers have been quite steady over the last 10 years. In ter

Science and Research committee  I would say that English is the predominant language in the social sciences and humanities.

Science and Research committee  I would absolutely say so, and I would say that the bilingualism of our country is an asset. As I mentioned in my opening remarks, I am responsible for international relations. When we do meet with international counterparts such as Switzerland, France—and we recently met with th

Science and Research committee  No, I do not.

Science and Research committee  I have to say I have a short-lived experience in this, so I will defer the question to my colleague. I joined SSHRC a year ago and I have worked with the scientific community across all disciplines, but I couldn't say that I have a particular opinion on that question.

Science and Research committee  Could you repeat the question?

Science and Research committee  I would say that if you're in a French community and you're published in a certain publication, you would have probably the same respect as if you were an anglophone publishing in a well-known publication in English, so I wouldn't see any difference. I think it just depends on th

Science and Research committee  I don't have the evidence in front of me. We fund quite a bit of research at SSHRC that is focused on the French language and bilingualism. We'd be happy to share some of the research we've funded on that topic. It's also important for us to connect internationally to communiti

Science and Research committee  Good evening, everyone. I am Valérie La Traverse, vice-president, corporate affairs, at the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, or SSHRC. I am responsible for policy, strategy, performance, evaluation, audit and international relations at SSHRC Thank you for the o