 Hi, today we're at Creekside Recreation Center to get the most out of our education at a form called School Completion and beyond! So today we're having the School Completion and Beyond Conference, which is organized entirely by leadership students from across Metro Vancouver. And the purpose is really to provide student feedback on the province's new BC education plan. There's nine districts that come together and we have a big student interaction, light atmosphere, friendly chat. So we're really here to promote contacts, promote ideas, and also the minister has taken the time to do a Q&A session with us. So it's a great opportunity for the students of Metro Vancouver to hear directly from the minister about their concerns. Well I'm here today to hopefully make the Lower Mainland and Metro Vancouver a better place to learn for students across the Lower Mainland and to get more students out learning and actually enjoying what they're doing at schools during their time here. I guess today it's almost a bigger scale. We're representing Burnaby now and we're collaborating with Vancouver, North Dan, Delta, and all the other school districts in Metro Vancouver. And I think that's really one of the most important things of this day is that opportunity to share ideas and bring stuff back to your own districts. We had a district showcase. We showed each district what we do in our own districts and range from videos and speeches to websites. And just seeing all the fun things that happen in other districts that we've never done before, it's incredible. Today just talking to other students, I've been amazed at the projects that they have done and the accomplishments they've had and that I never even knew existed. The process itself really brings out the best in our students. It provides them with the opportunity to sound their voice. That process in itself is engaging and engagement is really what this is about. So one of the other really cool things about our school completion and beyond session that's happening today is we actually have a graphic organizer which is here. The product won't be some dry document. It will be a colorful, concise, bold graphic representation of the views of the students. We have an extremely special guest today. So without further ado, please give a warm welcome to Minister of Education, George Abbott. What I will talk a little bit about is I guess how I got here and how the plan got here and then welcome your ideas, your questions and your thoughts on how we might build a better education system for British Columbia. The new education plan that's been proposed is something that has come with a lot of questions, especially from the student perspective. I'm quite happy that the education plan is happening and the points that are hit in it. What's really cool about the plan is that they're talking about personalizing it. We're trying to get students more involved into the education system and just learning about how students can get the most out of their education and specifically supporting them into getting higher rates of graduation. I hope to see a better self-directed learning, a bit more technology in our education system. And it's really great because now we're getting a similar idea and I guess image of what we want to see through the BC education plan. And I feel like that's really great for everyone to have that same image and same goal in mind. Well, it was exciting and fun to come and join whatever 100 or more young people in the room here. I think what we're finding in our discussion of the BC education plan is that we're getting some of our best ideas or most exciting ideas from students. I think a lot of these great ideas that we've received from students are going to be enormously influential in the direction of the plan. Thank you. Thank you for giving us a voice. Thank you.