This past July marked one year since we officially launched MindSense Canada. When we started this work, our goal was simple: to bring genuinely trauma-informed psychiatric assessment into a medico-legal system that hadn't quite caught up to what the science was telling us. A year in, there's been real movement - in the courts, in how firms are approaching these cases, and in the appetite among clinicians and lawyers alike for practice that reduces harm and improves accuracy.

But we're clear-eyed about the fact that there is still a great deal of work to do. If we're going to see real change in how survivors interact with Canada's institutions, we need to build genuinely trauma-informed systems - not just isolated pockets of good practice. That means working with trauma-informed stakeholders at every stage of a Survivor's journey, and building a community that both promotes and delivers trauma-informed change from end to end.

MindSense is dedicated to being part of that community, and to helping it grow across the country. To our referring firms, our expert panel, and everyone who has trusted us with this work over the past year - thank you. There is much more ahead, and we're glad to be building it alongside you.

- Matt Lau, Managing Director