Yes, absolutely.
This was actually a concept that was discussed at one of the centres of excellence role groups. I'd love to take credit for it, but it's not my term or phrase; another colleague came up with it.
There is a difference with an injury caused by the institution. For example, we can look at military sexual trauma, which, in our women's programs, is typically the central topic discussed when people are talking about their barrier to transition and their traumatic injuries. Often, those injuries, those traumas, have been caused and perpetrated by individuals who are within the organization and are in a position of higher rank or oversight.
The way that this traumatic injury manifests results in different effects for the individual. Again, I'm talking very much from the perspective of mental health injuries, trauma, and difficulties to transition—that's our focus.
The injury that that causes can truly fracture somebody's sense of trust and ability to trust in institutions like the Canadian forces and the government. That then directly results in how a traumatic injury manifests itself, the types of symptoms they display and also how we might help somebody through that. Also, as I mentioned, it's about how they seek help.
Mr. Ross talked about this earlier, where individuals might be very leery or reticent about reaching out to an organization like Veterans Affairs or reaching out to the government to their chain of command, to DND, to ask for assistance, because that is the institution that caused their injury.