Science and Research committee  That's a really important question. We partner at the individual faculty member level, so we do have partnerships with the prairie hub of Brain Canada. I will be frank. The funding that the federal government announced this week is very welcome. These are important investments i

Science and Research committee  As I said earlier, it's development funding that's targeted to help level the playing field for the smaller institutions. We've been very pleased with the support, which Dr. Aiken mentioned, around the hub model for research in cybersecurity and research data management. That h

Science and Research committee  I think there's an opportunity to continue to improve that program so that smaller institutions have equal access.

Science and Research committee  As Dr. Aiken has said, the partnerships and collaborations are key here. As I mentioned, we have Lethbridge College in Lethbridge. It is a close partner with us both on academic and research programs. We work very hard to not compete but, rather, complement each other, so we have

Science and Research committee  I have a couple of recommendations. We've talked about enhancing the merit review, so it's really ensuring that when institutions declare their capacity and expertise to do something, the merit review committees accept that. Also, there should be opportunities for faculty membe

Science and Research committee  The University of Lethbridge is the same; we don't retain the IP. Our goal is to ensure that we've actually reduced the barriers to get information, technologies, new ideas and innovations out into the entrepreneurial landscape, rather than attempting to keep them inside the iv

Science and Research committee  I can go first. Alice has been good about going first on several other occasions. Given the affordability crisis, I would say there's actually an opportunity to really support the regional and smaller institutions. We don't have the same housing availability issues or affordabil

Science and Research committee  We have, very much so. In fact, we have expanded our food bank on campus, as well as having fresh food days and nutrition days. There's a significant amount of effort happening on our campus.

Science and Research committee  We do, yes. I think most universities do these days.

Science and Research committee  Just to add to that, I think that being able to have the sector representation, perhaps not single industry but sector-wide, would be helpful. By the same token, around the not-for-profits, it's really important not only that there's regional representation but also a diversity o

Science and Research committee  Sure, and if you don't mind, I'll use an example around health care and graduate funding. Again, very much like Dr. Aiken mentioned, we're very pleased with the announcement around increased graduate funding in the federal budget. One area we've been looking at, along with many

Science and Research committee  Yes, we do.

Science and Research committee  Similarly, here we're seeing a significant growth in commercialization start-ups, subsidiaries and, in particular, a lot of graduate student enterprise being grown out of the university. We provide an incubator space for them on campus—with the support of external agencies and pa

Science and Research committee  That is true. Thank you for raising that again. The tri-agencies and the coordinating committee, in shifting the way that the CFREF is distributed, opened the door to smaller institutions in the last round of applications. The challenge now is I can see the door, but I can't qui

Science and Research committee  At the organizational level, I think we're still struggling to meet those goals, but yes, I do believe we are all committed and making great strides toward better inclusion, diversity and belonging.