Okay, great.
Thank you all for coming. Thank you for the work you do each and every day. It's wonderful to hear all the presentations. I think we absolutely need a national brain strategy in this country.
Europe is calling for 2014 to be the year of the brain. I would love to see that happen in Canada. I think it's important to increase the public profile of the importance of optimizing brain health and reducing the burden of brain disease on individuals and their families. I think we have to seize the vital opportunity to maintain brain health, and decrease the stigma associated with neurological and psychiatric conditions through nationwide education.
I think we have to support those with brain disorders by enhancing the pace of scientific discovery, and by the availability of compassionate, coordinated, and effective care. We have to draw political attention to the human and economic costs of brain disease now and in the future.
We need to build these international collaborations in education and science to enhance brain health across the world. We have to leave a lasting legacy in Canada of increased awareness and better understanding of brain health and disease, and improved diagnoses and treatment.
I'm wondering if Ms. Foran and Ms. Jabalpurwala can both comment on whether we need a year of the brain in Canada.