As a EENet Steering Committee member, I found this report to be both exciting and a bit of a letdown simultaneously.
On one hand, this is the *definitive* snapshot of research priorities as identified by the most inclusive spectrum of Ontario stakeholders.
On the other, one wonders when the money will come, and how PWLE-directed it would be, not to mention the expressed wishes of family members. Keeping in mind that consumer/survivors may choose families out of their choice rather than by biological ties, one must be mindful that "family" be spoken with nuanced feeling also.
One certainly hopes that the Mental Health and Addictions Branch at the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care will study and amplify this report widely at Queen's Park.
Another audience for this report are the key figures in the organization that is slated for closure March 31st, 2018. That is the Ontario Mental Health Research Foundation. It turns out that there will be a Mental Health Research Canada up and running soon any time now.
The names are the same. The website promises a call for submissions by the MHRC mid-2018.
So, folks, get your pencils ready! I am hopeful some of us can get to test out our priorities for real.
Raymond