Status of Women committee  Sure. Thank you for the question. I think of it in two directions. One direction is that if we think about where people seek help when they are dealing with emotional health or mental health problems, we want to be thinking about how that care is tailored to the needs of specific populations.

Status of Women committee  Absolutely, it was me. I take responsibility for those comments. I want to recognize that the government has actually tried to address a lot of these issues. It has these calls for funding, calls for proposals, and community agencies take those and develop programs. Sometimes they're moving from grant opportunity to grant opportunity.

Status of Women committee  Thank you for that question. I appreciate the opportunity to say that.... I think the technology that Blue Guardian has is very exciting. It's essentially an alert system, which we didn't have, and a window into young people's experience that we didn't have before and that would be very exciting to have, but we still need parents, teachers and other community members who are prepared and ready to respond.

Status of Women committee  Thank you for that question. My first thoughts are that, as I said in my remarks, we want to take advantage of the wisdom that's available within communities, which means a local focus. I would wonder about methods to really fund people who are closer to the site in terms of their knowledge of the issues and the capacities in various communities.

Status of Women committee  Thank you for the invitation to present to this committee. I'm speaking from my experience as a social worker in the mental health care system and as a researcher in mental health with an emphasis on issues that affect women of colour and LGBT+ communities. I anticipate that other witnesses will speak in detail about the health gaps between men and women.