We will get started. It's great to have the witnesses here in person and also a full gallery. Welcome to the people who are also witnessing the witnesses.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(i) and the motion adopted by the committee on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, the committee is resuming its study on the Government of Canada's graduate scholarship and post-doctoral fellowship programs.
It's now my pleasure to welcome our witnesses.
As an individual, we have Sarah Laframboise, executive director, Support Our Science. From the Canadian Black Scientists Network, we have Maydianne Andrade, professor. We also have two people from Science and Policy Exchange, Gavin Douglas, co-president; and Julia Messina-Pacheco, vice-president.
Each of the groups being represented will be given a maximum of five minutes for their remarks, after which we'll proceed to the rounds of questions. I'll signal you when we're getting close to time.
At the end of the meeting, we have a request for a project budget that we'll have to go through. We're going to have to leave a few minutes at the end of the meeting so that we're able to do that. We are looking at about 12:55 to wind things up.
For now, we will start off with our first witness, Sarah Laframboise, as an individual.