Proceedings of the Standing
Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and
Technology
First Session, Thirty-eighth Parliament, 2004-05
Chair: The Honourable MICHAEL KIRBY
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Wednesday, June 1, 2005
Issue No. 16
Nineteenth, twentieth, twenty-first, twenty-second meetings on:
Mental health and mental illness
- Minutes of Proceedings
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 31, 2005 - Morning (124K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 31, 2005 - Afternoon (98K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 1, 2005 - Morning (157K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 1, 2005 - Afternoon (126K)
WITNESSES:
Tuesday, May 31, 2005 (morning session)
Alliance for Mental Illness and Mental Health in Manitoba:
Carol Hiscock, Member.
College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Manitoba:
Dawn Bollman, President;
Annette Osted, Executive Director.
Addictions Foundation of Manitoba:
John Borody, Chief Executive Officer;
Jim Robertson, Chairman of the Board.
Partnership for Consumer Empowerment:
Jason Turcotte, Canadian mental Health Association office in Portage la Prairie.
As an individual:
Roman Marshall, Consumer, Counsellor.
Well-Connected:
Heather Dowling;
Ruth Minaker, chairperson.
Tuesday, May 31, 2005 (afternoon session)
Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs:
Christina Keeper, Suicide Prevention Envisioning Team;
Jason Whitford, Coordinator, Youth Council;
Amanda Meawasige, Youth Council;
Kathleen MacKay, Youth Council;
Ron Evans, Chief of Norway House Cree Nation;
Norman Bone, Chief of Keeseekoowenin First Nation;
Gwen Wasicuna, Community Wellness Worker.
Wednesday, June 1, 2005 (morning session)
As an individual:
Donna Huffman.
Mental Health Services for Children, Youth & Families:
Margaret Synyshyn, Program Director.
Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs:
Irene Linklater, Research Director, Research & Policy Development Unit.
Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, University of Manitoba:
Dr. Javier Mignone, Research Associate.
Wednesday, June 1, 2005 (afternoon session)
Canadian Agriculture Safety Association:
Marcel Hacault, Executive Director;
Janet Smith, Manger of the Manitoba Farm and Rural Stress Line;
Kim Moffat, Councellor, Manitoba Farm and Rural Stress Line;
Mental Health Programs of the Brandon Regional Health Authority:
Albert Hajes, Regional Coordinator, Mental Health Programs.
Brent White, Program Manager, Residential and Support Services;
Elaine Morris, Project Mental Health Worker, Children's Medication Follow-Up Project, Brandon Mental Health Programs and Brandon School Division.
Manitoba Centre for Health Policy:
Randy Fransoo, Researcher.
Institute of Gender and Health:
Madeline Boscoe.
Laurel Centre:
Deborah Palmer, Clinical Director.
Walk-ons:
Sister Johanna Jonker;
Barbara Chatelain.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Michael Kirby, Chair
The Honourable Wilbert J. Keon, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
*Austin, P.C. (or Rompkey, P.C.), Callbeck, Cochrane, Cook, Cordy, Fairbairn, P.C., Gill, Johnson, LeBreton, *Kinsella (or Stratton), Pépin, Trenholme Counsell
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)