**Trigger Warning**
This episode discusses the topic of Military Sexual Trauma (MST) and some content may be distressing to the listener. This episode was done with the intention that talking about the subject could in part provide the listener with more information and potentially provide an avenue for MST survivors to come forward with any unreported events and to encourage others needing trauma support to reach out to a professional or an advocate.
My guest Lori Buchart (nee Bodie) spent many years at HMCS Quadra as a Cadet and through to the Senior Leadership Team, she is a survivor of MST and an amazing champion that continues to advocate for other victims and for holding senior leaders in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and the Federal Government accountable for allowing an environment that enables poor behaviours that contribute to MST.
Lori (AKA Dr. Buchart) is a very successful educator, she is a mother of two, she is the co-chair of INJ20K, an advocacy group that is designed to Support, Restore and Empower https://inj20k.ca/our-pillars victims of MST. Lori’s and many others’ advocacy resulted in a successful $900 million class action lawsuit that was awarded by the Court to victims of MST.
INJ20K: https://inj20k.ca/
In her spare-time Lori and her husband Lawrence can be found sailing “LuSea” around west coast inland waters!
Canadian MST CoP: https://cdnmstcop.ca/home
Audio editing done by Todd Mason.
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