Yeah, well,

the first transition from research to academic, certainly the transition happens, in my case, from postdoctoral fellowship to the first faculty position.

And I think actually through much of my PhD, when I was thinking about the opportunity and the possibility of being an academic, I didn't yet have the confidence.

I thought, you know, I don't know that I could ever generate the hypothesis that would lead to the next discovery.

And I doubted myself.

And look, you're still on a learning journey.

That's understandable.

How did you find the time to do that? And why was it so important to you to do it? Sure.

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My name is Melanie Woodin.

I'm the president of the University of Toronto.

And like many of you, I'm a card-carrying member of the unofficial Raquel Urtasun fan club.

So it's great to be here.

Thanks to, uh, BetaKit, uh, for giving me the opportunity to, uh, to chat with you for a few minutes.

I thought I'd start, uh, of course, with the fact that for almost, uh, well, more than two decades, you've really been at the forefront of artificial intelligence and innovation.

So, so definitely an honor to be here with you.