Hi, everyone. I was part of the initial meeting in Lab West back in June.
My name is Carmen Hancock. I'm with Violence Prevention Labrador. Our background is to create public awareness and attitudinal change about some of the fundamental dynamics that help to foster and cause violence. In our initial meeting, just to give a backgrounder to Joanne and Germaine, we discussed issues and barriers facing women who experience violence in aboriginal communities.
While Violence Prevention Labrador covers the Labrador region, we didn't have voices of experience at the table, that is, women from aboriginal communities. We felt that it was important that the standing committee hear from women in Labrador and we've since recruited quite a few women to join in on this call.
We appreciate the standing committee taking the time to do this as well.
I wonder if you could, Ms. Chair, just give Germaine and Joanne—because they haven't had any kind of backgrounder into what you might expect from them—some idea of what they might provide you with today.