Veterans Affairs committee  It is the responsibility of the government to ensure equitable outcomes for women by removing biases and barriers. This requires a proactive, preventative, research-driven strategy that draws on existing best practices of sex- and gender-based intersectional analysis and trauma-aware and participatory approaches.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, Chair and members of the committee, for inviting me and for undertaking this historic study that puts women veterans front and centre. I am joining you today from the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq, where I work at Mount Saint Vincent University. I speak to you as a researcher who focuses on the experiences of Canadian Armed Forces servicewomen and women veterans.