 Good evening everyone. My name is Julia Hamilton, and I'm here today to discuss my thesis concerning mental health and the regulation of firearms in Canada. Throughout my work and research in this area, a recurring theme emerged to me that minor people with minor mental illness aren't any more likely than individuals without mental illness to be violent towards others, despite common misconceptions among the media and general population. This finding propelled me to look more analytically at the legislative system of firearms control in Canada in order to determine whether these biases are also present among chief firearms officers and judges in this country. Chief firearms officers regulate the issuing and regulation of firearms as well as the refusals and revocations of firearms licenses. When looking at various CFO and legal cases in this area, some of the main themes that emerge within my data is that firearms, license, refusals and revocations that are based on mental health often don't only involve mental health. There's often factors of both violent and criminal occurrences as well. Furthermore, there seems to be an over-reliance on physician reports. Physician reports are requested by CFOs when they would like to have more information on the mental status of various applicants and license holders. This is problematic as it delays the system of issuing firearms licenses as well as prolongs the period that an individual who is already in possession of firearms has access to their firearms. Furthermore, some conclusions drawn from my research find that CFOs and judges account more for their biases in comparison to the general public as they have descriptive and distinct procedures in place to determine license eligibility among individuals who apply for a firearms license. Furthermore, CFOs and judges seem to be fairly consistent in the way that they make decisions on who is eligible to possess a firearms license. As you can see in my slide here, it just gives you a quick overview of how firearms licenses are acquired in this country. So we see here that they have to take and pass a Canadian firearms training program as well as filling out an application form which then moves on to the CFO which makes a decision based on the background information of this applicant. My research has implications for further changes to the decision making process of CFOs for reducing the delays caused by physician's reports. Thank you very much.