Finance committee  We covered the entire waterfront at CIMVHR, which means that we covered military personnel, veterans, the RCMP, and increasingly we've been working with a sister organization called CIPSRT, which operates out of Regina, so that we can have knowledge exchanges in a complementary f

Finance committee  Absolutely. CIMVHR was born in a very close relationship with our government partners. The reason for that is that most of the investment in Canada in military and veteran policy is developed and delivered by government. For example, we have a public service contract by which we'

Finance committee  The Health Canada money, $1 million-a-year, came in 2015, and that was through the health care policy contribution program. That has played a very important role in our development as an organization. It has helped us build a broader network across the country as well as helping

Finance committee  We got the one-time money from Health Canada. It's about $1 million a year over five years, so $5 million. Our other sources of funding come from work we're doing with industry. Right now we have a contract with—

Finance committee  Yes, that money comes through Babcock in a partnership with IBM, where we're working on big data solutions to veteran health.

Finance committee  First of all, there's a long history of research in the military and veterans sector being transferred to the general population. That actually goes way back through the history of the Department of Veterans Affairs when it ran hospitals across the country. That stopped through

Finance committee  The innovations we developed in the areas of mental health, like PTSD treatment for example, and suicide prevention—an area we're very active in right now—can and will transfer to other populations. The ones we've been working with most closely have been other uniformed, trauma-e

Finance committee  Let me go back to the beginning, briefly. Why would we start something like this in the first place? We know that military personnel and veterans do have unique issues. I clearly made that point. When the institute started in 2010, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research did n

Finance committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair and members of the committee, for the opportunity to talk to you today about the extraordinary work of the Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research. Prior to joining CIMVHR, I worked as a clinician, and then served as the nationa

Veterans Affairs committee  One comment I will make is based on the research we've done, and it's to caution you, first of all, about recognizing the importance of medical releases as a group that you want to target in transition programs. I'm back to this theme about being cautious about not excluding othe

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. I think that having a framework is really important, as we don't take a comprehensive look at this problem. In past transition efforts I've seen a tendency to focus on one area or another area, but not to look at the big picture. With employment, we get into the issue of

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you very much. Good morning, everyone. I'm David Pedlar, scientific director of the Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research. I am here with my colleague, Dr. Heidi Cramm, who is also amongst Canada's leaders in research around military and veterans' fa