I see a lot of support for this, so we will allow briefs. For anyone who would like to submit a brief, you have until November 1. That gives everybody a month to get that in. Thank you so much, everybody.
I would like to give a trigger warning. It was very obvious as we were sitting here at our meeting this week that this is going to be one of those studies where we need to support one another. I would like to provide this trigger warning: This will be a difficult study. We will be discussing experiences related to mental health. This may be triggering to our viewers, members or staff with similar experiences. If you feel distressed or if you need help, please advise the clerk. As everyone knows, if there are problems, just reach out to me too. Whatever we can do to support one another is the best way we can try to be there for each other.
I would now like to welcome our witnesses. Today, we have three different groups here with us.
For the Boys and Girls Club, we have Owen Charters, president and chief executive officer. I give a little shout-out to the city of London. Also, we have Gwendolyn Moncrieff-Gould, director of public policy and engagement.
From the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, we have Krystal-Jyl Thomas, social worker, women's mental health program, and Michelle Jackson-Brown, who is a registered social worker.
Also, online today we have Gordon Matchett, who is the chief executive officer for Take a Hike Foundation.
For all our panellists, we'll be providing five minutes for opening statements. At around four minutes and 30 seconds, I will be letting you know that you should start to wrap up your time. For those of you on Zoom, keep an eye out for me if you can.
I'm going to look to the committee as well, as there's a discussion I would like to have for about five minutes, briefly, at the end of the meeting. I would like to add about five minutes for committee business, with some information coming in. The clock up there is about five minutes off, so if you're looking at the clock, we'll probably end our questioning when there are about five minutes left in the meeting and go into two or three minutes of committee business.
I would now like to pass it over to the Boys and Girls Club. Owen and Gwendolyn, you have the floor for five minutes.