 My vision for the future of indigenous research is that is that we have people of all ages in First Nations, Métis, Inuit communities who are engaged in research, however that gets defined, and know that they can use the results in a good way. There's so much more to research than what we talk about in academic settings. Research is about relationships, it's about connecting with people, it's about learning from people, it's about being humble, and it's about using your heart and your mind to guide everything you're doing. And I think we tend to separate these things, so I think it's really nice to have that kind of brought back to the idea. I was looking for a meaningful opportunity to really dig deeply into the issues and not from the perspective of a government agency, but from the perspective of elders from within communities, because truly in order to begin to understand more in terms of working across cultures, the type of wisdom and knowledge that the elders have to share with us is profoundly impactful. We need to be respected for the traditional knowledge that we've had for thousands of years. We maintain the environment in a pristine condition and it needs to be kept that way. We need to be listened to, people need to listen to our elders, just like we need to listen to our elders, listen to our knowledge keepers, because there's thousands of years behind, what each one of them has to say, thousands of years of teachings and of practice and of building communities at work.