Veterans Affairs committee  I'll start with the first question. Absolutely, partnerships, mobilizing knowledge and sharing information are core parts of our mandate. You gave a couple of examples of systems stakeholders. We have an organizational memorandum of understanding with the chronic pain centre of excellence.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. Both our organizations are looking to apply a sex- and gender-based analysis plus lens to the work we do. Even if the example I gave wasn't specifically about women, it's about including that lens throughout whatever work we're doing together. You mentioned operational stress injury clinics.

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm glad I helped interpret. Thank you for the question.

Veterans Affairs committee  I'll comment on that. We heard that testimony and have an awareness of that program, and there may be other interventions. I think, from what I'm hearing you say, you're giving an example of something that's happening, whether it's evaluation data or some program data that's come out to suggest what is powerful and what can be helpful for people.

Veterans Affairs committee  I think that's why we're all around the table today. That's what the witnesses have been bringing to bear. Women have served in military for a very long time. In terms of women being in a majority or almost all of the roles in the military, it's been several decades now, yet there are still a lot of gaps in the research.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, absolutely. We've tuned in to the experiences that have been shared. We are connected with veterans who have been impacted by military sexual trauma and other forms of trauma. These are experiences we hear and have listened to. We also provide a platform for veterans—including women veterans—to get that story out, because that is key to the visibility issue, isn't it?

Veterans Affairs committee  We're aware that there's been some research done in looking at the role of mentorship for women veterans. It's not research we've done directly, but we're aware that it exists in the literature. We're not fully up to speed on that, but we would be happy to follow up and share, if that's not something that's been made available to you.

Veterans Affairs committee  We were named in a 2015 mandate letter and in budget 2017. We had our contribution agreement with funding from Veterans Affairs Canada start in 2019. We're still a very young organization, which is why we're excited about the path ahead and what we can do, hopefully, to make an impact in the area of better understanding the needs of women veterans.

Veterans Affairs committee  I'd love to know the specifics, because there are a few things that we have going on. We are indeed doing research on intimate partner violence. We've done a couple of research projects in that area, starting with a systematic review that was done in partnership with Phoenix Australia, and another literature review.

Veterans Affairs committee  I will be kicking things off, and then I will turn to Sara. We're splitting our time.

Veterans Affairs committee  Hello, everyone, and thank you for the opportunity to speak here today. As our name suggests, at the Atlas Institute we work with military and RCMP veterans and their families, along with service providers and researchers, to identify and close research gaps and mobilize evidence widely to improve mental health care and supports for those who have given so much to Canada.