Proceedings of the Standing
Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and
Technology
First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2006
Chair: The Honourable ART EGGLETON, P.C.
Friday, December 8, 2006
Issue No. 13
Eighth meeting on:
The inquiry on the issue of funding for the treatment of autism
WITNESSES:
McGill University Health Centre:
Dr. Eric Fombonne, Director of Child Psychiatry.
Queen's University — Cytogenics and DNA Research Laboratory:
Dr. Jeanette Holden, Co-Director of Research.
McMaster University:
Dr. Peter Szatmari, Head of Division of Child Psychiatry.
Queen's University:
Hélène Ouellette-Kuntz, Associate Professor, Departments of Community Health and Epidemiology and Psychiatry.
University of Montreal:
Dr. Laurent Mottron, Researcher, Faculty of Medicine, Psychiatry.
Dalhousie University, Department of Pediatrics, Autism Research Centre:
Dr. Susan Bryson.
Université du Québec à Montréal:
Normand Giroux, Associate Professor.
Douglas Hospital Research Centre;
Dr. Ridha Joober, Researcher.
Hospital for Sick Children:
Dr. Stephen Scherer, Senior Scientist, Genetics and Genomic Biology.
University of Alberta — Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital:
Dr. Lonnie Zwaigenbaum.
University of Manitoba:
C.T. Yu, Director of Research, St-Amant Research Centre.
Autism Society Canada:
Louise Fleming, Executive Director.
Autism Canada Foundation:
Dr. Wendy Edwards, Director.
University of Manitoba:
Tammy Ivanco, Associate Professor of Psychology.
York University:
Adrienne Perry, Department of Psychology.
University of British Columbia:
Dr. Suzanne Lewis, Department of Medical Genetics, BC Children's and Women's Health Centre.
As individuals:
Barbara Beckett, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Mental Health and Addiction;
Laurel Gibbons.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Art Eggleton, P.C., Chair
The Honourable Wilbert J. Keon, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Callbeck, Champagne, P.C., Cochrane, Cook, Cordy, Fairbairn, P.C., *Hays (or Fraser), *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Munson, Nancy Ruth, Pépin, Trenholme Counsell
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)