National Defence committee  I actually have just received a sort of retroaction on that conference, which I have not read yet. Once I do, I certainly will be having a look at them to see how they fit. I apologize for not being able to add more.

National Defence committee  Thank you for the question. Again, it comes back to measuring the culture. What we can say is that through the surveys we've done, such as the “Your Say” surveys, the first step in changing culture is addressing behaviours and the climate that they are in. We're about to have th

National Defence committee  I'm probably going to say what General Lamarre is going to say, but we were already engaging civilian organizations through our research programs, through DGMPRA, that look at what our best practices are. How do we actually identify barriers? I'm using external academic instituti

National Defence committee  I've been part of the Defence Women's Advisory Organization since it started a long time ago. One thing we do know about women, no matter where we serve, is that networking and how women network is quite important. In a force where you can be a minority in the group, losing that

National Defence committee  That is, in fact, the case, because I am not part of the sexual misconduct response centre, and the sexual misconduct response centre is not within the Canadian Armed Forces. It's sitting within the Department of National Defence. Dr. Preston leads her own team. She sets her own

National Defence committee  I guess it would depend on what we're referring to, but Dr. Preston is the one who makes the decisions on how victims will be supported. She is the expert in her area of expertise, and provides advice, guidance and direction, using this authoritative voice that you've heard about

National Defence committee  Yes, to the Canadian Armed Forces. Dr. Preston will come in and she will say a victim support strategy, for example, in supporting victims. We stand by for her expert input on what that looks like, what they need to do and what we need to do to help make this happen.

National Defence committee  I know that Dr. Preston will be here to present in front of the committee, and she will have more details on what they're doing, but that process is under way right now. She is in the lead of going through and making the comparisons, and also using the victims' voice and putting

National Defence committee  As you know, it is a challenge to grow anything. There is no other institution in Canada that's actually tried to approach sexual misconduct as we have, so her recommendations were welcomed and accepted. We admit that our initial attempts weren't quite where they needed to be. Th

National Defence committee  I'd also like to add, too, that when you're actually talking about going beyond the organizational climate to cultural change, using very traditional models we know isn't successful. Coming from my domain, I know some bits are but other bits aren't. Therefore, one of the key piec

National Defence committee  If you don't mind, I'll answer in English.

National Defence committee  You have certainly pointed out something that is a challenge: How do we evaluate and measure cultural change and a change in attitudes? I'll point back to some of the work that is being done to reinforce the values from the moment a recruit goes through basic training, where we t

National Defence committee  Mr. Chairman and committee members, thank you very much for inviting me to participate in your study on diversity in the Canadian Armed Forces. As the defence champion for women, I'm responsible for working with defence advisory committees and ensuring that the cause of women's