Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and
Technology
Proceedings of the Subcommittee
on Population Health
First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2006-07
Chair: The Honourable WILBERT J. KEON
Friday, June 1, 2007
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 (in camera)
Issue No. 5
Tenth and eleventh meetings on:
The impact of the multiple factors and conditions that contribute to the health of Canada's populations — known collectively as the social determinants of health
WITNESSES
Friday, June 1, 2007
University of Alberta:
Dr. Malcom King, Professor, Department of Medicine.
Assembly of First Nations:
Valerie Gideon, Director of Health and Social Development;
Cynthia Stirbys, Research and Policy Analyst.
Métis National Council:
Barbara Van Haute, Acting Director of Health.
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami:
Anna Fowler, Project Coordinator, Department of Health.
National Association of Friendship Centres:
Alfred J. Gay, Policy Analyst.
Native Women's Association of Canada:
Claudette Dumont-Smith, Senior Health Advisor.
Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada:
Jennifer Dickson, Executive Director.
Congress of Aboriginal Peoples:
Erin Wolski, Health Policy Programs.
Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada:
Julie Lys, Director, NWT Region.
Toronto University:
Dr. Chandrakant P. Shah, Professor Emeritus.
Manitoba Métis Foundation:
Dr. Judith Bartlett, Director of Health and Wellness Department and Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba.
Indigenous People's Health Research Centre:
Willie Ermine, Professor, Writer-Ethicist.
BC Ministry of Health:
Dr. Evan Adams, Aboriginal Health Physician Advisor, Office of the Provincial Health Officer.
Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health:
Laura Commanda, Assistant Director, Partnerships, Knowledge Translation and International Relations.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Wilbert J. Keon, Chair
The Honourable Lucie Pépin, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Callbeck, Cochrane, Cook, Fairbairn, P.C.
(Quorum 3)