Status of Women committee  No, unfortunately, I don't.

Status of Women committee  That's a good question. One of your colleagues mentioned mobile services for indigenous areas. That was the first time I heard about it. I have been working in this community that I came to for the past three years now. I've never heard of anything like that. I know somebody ha

Status of Women committee  Thank you, honourable member. I was born in Nigeria. I grew up there and I did my medical school, and then I moved to Ireland, where I trained as a psychiatrist before moving to England to train as a child psychiatrist. Then I moved to Canada, so I've had the opportunities to l

Status of Women committee  Thank you to the honourable member. There's one thing I wanted to add, because you rightly said that the vast area in the north.... From my experience working in England and in Ireland, they have a different model for mental health. Let's say that you had four psychiatrists look

Status of Women committee  Thank you, sir.

Status of Women committee  There are definitely connections between eating disorders and trauma. Specifically, I know eating disorders are a big umbrella term. You have anorexia. You have bulimia. You have binge-eating disorder. You have avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder—

Status of Women committee  There are no programs specifically about general psychology or intergenerational trauma, but there are for substance use. I appreciate that question. I am currently in Sault Ste. Marie attending a clinic for an indigenous group. When you ask whether we think using a culturally

Status of Women committee  Yes, Madam Chair, I don't know if I just have a minute. There was this point about the burnout. I found this question very interesting, because I think lots of health care professionals, including me, may have experienced some level of burnout in the past few years. I've thoug

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Dr. Whitney and Madam Chair. I have been the consulting psychiatrist of the eating disorder program in the north for the past 10 years, since I immigrated to Canada from the Republic of Ireland. There are four key points that I want to bring up to the committee. Firs