Veterans Affairs committee  I'd like to close by saying thank you so much for being invited here today. We're a small organization and we're a growing organization, but we're aware that our scope of operations is dwarfed by an organization such as VAC, with their resources and reach. If I can provide any

Veterans Affairs committee  At the moment we have wait-lists in every province that we're delivering in, essentially. I wouldn't at all classify it as a crisis financially, but if somebody puts a hand up and says, “I want to take your program”, we want to be able to provide it as soon as possible. We know i

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, absolutely. I think we could certainly utilize more money. The need is there, and we can't provide service to all of those who have asked for our program. The risk isn't to the organization financially, but to the veterans who need our services.

Veterans Affairs committee  We'll absolutely look them up. Thank you.

Veterans Affairs committee  Unfortunately, not yet. We're almost there. As I said, in line with our typical process, once we hit that kind of critical mass with a sufficient number of people for us to deliver a program locally, we will. For our wait-list for western Canada at the moment, we have two or thre

Veterans Affairs committee  Definitely. If I can get some contact information for who to send that to, I'd be—

Veterans Affairs committee  Absolutely, and I'm sure Doug can speak to this, too. One of the things we've always tried to stay rather open about is that we know we're not a silver bullet and we know that we're not the ideal program for everyone. We're one of the many available programs that are out there.

Veterans Affairs committee  I think it's across the board. We worked hard to expand the areas that we're applying to for funding. When we started, we were mainly funded by places like the Royal Canadian Legion and grassroots organizations. We've tried hard to expand. We're now funded by True Patriot Love an

Veterans Affairs committee  The program has been fairly well researched since 1997, which is when the first group was run by Dr. Westwood and Dr. David Kehl. In 2012, we brought on a researcher from the U.S., who's now based at the University of British Columbia, Dr. Dan Cox. He's now conducting the outcome

Veterans Affairs committee  Essentially we'd like to have services like ours available to those who are preparing to transition out or are in the process of transitioning out. We have found that for those who transition out, initially perhaps the experience was good, but then they begin to find that they're

Veterans Affairs committee  I think I would defer to Doug on that a little bit, as I tend to do in this situation, but I do know that one thing we hear a lot of feedback on in our program—it's the reason the program is structured the way it is—is that very often the experiences that veterans or service memb

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm in pretty regular contact with our clinical director, Dr. Mike Dadson. He oversees all of our training and all of our clinical protocols as they relate to the program. He is the clinician who's really been at the head of translating our programs and bringing them to female ve

Veterans Affairs committee  I can speak to that from an operational perspective as well. As Doug was saying, we are keen to keep that program accessible. If somebody who may not be in an area where we're consistently delivering requests the program, then we will, as a charity, eat the cost of bringing them

Veterans Affairs committee  I will give that to Doug to speak about the experiences in the program and what people are saying. One of the things I've found.... As an operations director, my direct contact with clients is limited these days, because I'm overseeing our program expansion. What I have heard in

Veterans Affairs committee  We are a registered service provider for Veterans Affairs Canada. We're designated as a multidisciplinary clinic, but we are independent in that we are a non-governmental organization. We have our own board of directors that oversees and directs our activities, and we are a regis