Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, and good afternoon. We are here to explain what our research institute can do in the research field for veterans. I'll start with a short background and then Dr. Cramm will carry on with some more specific examples. The Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Hea

Veterans Affairs committee  There is a social covenant and this is what started the research institute. It is being studied as well in military ethics studies. There is lots of evidence of that social covenant existing in every country where the government will task people with a clause of unlimited liabili

Veterans Affairs committee  That is a valid question. Right now the most pressing issue is how to have access to the population of veterans at the moment of transition, and this is why there is so much research being done on transition. We're trying to figure out a way to ease the transition by following th

Veterans Affairs committee  There are a number of topics. Among the research subject areas of more interest to this committee, we have the studies on service dogs, on transition and on ways to facilitate the process. Laboratory research is also being carried out on mental or physical health issues.

Veterans Affairs committee  This research is about all veterans. I could send you the link to that research, if you want to read the details. I didn't do it myself; I'm just giving you the results I read. The results show that there is a small percentage of veterans who will not come back to an equivalent

Veterans Affairs committee  We are currently carrying out a study through our contract with the government on services for veterans. We are doing a study on the relationship between the costs and implications of those services. Are they having a positive impact on military members or not? That's the kind of

Veterans Affairs committee  Researchers do carry out independent studies. The government decides whether to refer to it and follow up on it. Under our contract, we conduct government-commissioned studies. The deadlines to submit our findings are extremely tight, so we have to accelerate the research. As yo

Veterans Affairs committee  Good morning. Thank you for inviting the Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research to the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. I am a professor at the Royal Military College of Canada. Also, for 10 years I have been a reservist in the Royal Canadian Navy. It