Good morning.
Pursuant to the order of reference of Wednesday, October 1, we are continuing our study of promising practices to prevent violence against women.
We are pleased to welcome the following witnesses: Leah Gazan, a member of Wood Mountain Lakota Nation, and Faculty of Education at the University of Winnipeg; Kim Pate, the executive director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies; Megan Walker, the executive director of the London Abused Women's Centre; and Matt Schaaf, from the Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women and the coordinator of MANifest Change.
I'm going to change the order of the presentations a bit to allow the witnesses who are not from Ottawa to testify first, because we don't really know what will happen in the House of Commons. Regardless, rest assured that we will make sure we hear from all the witnesses.
We'll start with Ms. Gazan.
You have 10 minutes for your presentation.