Finance committee  We are building on that right now. I anticipate that by the end of this month we'll be in a position to announce a lead gift of $20 million against the $60 million. We have other donors who are incredibly interested in disorders of the brain and mind. We see that as a great trend

Finance committee  We are doing it now, but we have treated fewer than 10 patients with benign essential tremor. What we have identified is what we call a preclinical model for breaking down the blood-brain barrier, which means that we're not yet doing this in humans. We have the opportunity, by in

Finance committee  It is not. This is around an investment in infrastructure to bring all of those various individuals together, the researchers, those who are treating clinically, and then building the networking across the entire country to have that dementia strategy, that strategy for treating

Finance committee  I'll start with the third part of your question. It is happening right now. I believe the context for your question and the last few that have been put to other witnesses really comes down to return on investment. What is the best use of dollars in order to get the greatest impac

Finance committee  That's right. What I have described to you, the totality of the program, the focus we have in research, is not happening elsewhere.

Finance committee  If I could add, an investment in infrastructure, which would help to guide the strategy, which would be a national strategy, bringing together hubs from across the country, would go a long way to building the innovation and the changes we need in order to actually implement the i

Finance committee  First of all, I will acknowledge that there is significant strength in eastern Canada as well, and specifically Dalhousie. Our researchers right now are working with teams there collaboratively. I don't want there to be a message left today that there is not existing collaboratio

Finance committee  First of all, I want to build on something that Mr. Sculthorpe has already covered, which is that there's a close relationship between disorders like depression, stroke, and dementia. It's not well recognized, but if a person experiences depression, their risk of stroke and demen

Finance committee  Good afternoon, and thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. The growing global significance of diseases of the brain and mind, including dementia, stroke, and depression, is not a secret. The World Health Organization reports that depression is now the leading

Finance committee  We have had significant success with a number of research commercialization initiatives. We have one example in which some of our imaging equipment has been used, resulting in the creation of hundreds of new jobs. Clearly, building this facility would by itself result in some sti

Finance committee  To be clear, it wouldn't be a study that we're doing on the impact; it would be data that we have available, which we could share with the committee, that demonstrates the impact it's having on society.

Finance committee  That's correct. It's based at the end of the day on the best outcome for the patients.

Finance committee  That's correct. There's already been a significant investment made in brain sciences. This is bringing it all together under one roof and ending up with the greatest productivity and, at the end of the day, the best outcomes.

Finance committee  There's been a lot of progress made in recent years around the de-stigmatization of mental illness. This takes it to the top level where you basically have all patients with diseases of the brain and mind being cared for, many on an outpatient basis, in the same facility.

Finance committee  I don't disagree with your assessment. What we have really had to this point in time is the lack of a purpose-built space. This would be a purpose-built space.