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Subcommittee on Population Health

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Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology
Proceedings of the Subcommittee on Population Health

Second Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2007

Chair: The Honourable WILBERT J. KEON

Thursday, November 15, 2007
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Issue No. 1

Organization meeting and
First and second 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

NOTE:
For the report to the Senate on the Budget 2007-2008 of the Subcommittee on Population Health refer to Issue No. 1 of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

WITNESSES:

Thursday, November 22, 2007

Swedish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs:

Irene Nilsson-Carlsson, Deputy Director General, Public Health Division (by video conference);

Swedish National Institute of Public Health:

Dr. Gunnar Ågren, Director General (by video conference);

Bernt Lungren, Public Health Policy Expert (by video conference);

Karolinska Institute, Department of Public Health Sciences:

Piroska Östlin, Senior Researcher (by video conference);

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

The Quaich Inc:

Patsy Beattie-Huggan, President;

McMaster University:

John Eyles, Professor, School of Geography and Earth Sciences;

PEI Department of Health:

Teresa Hennebery, Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Operations.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Wilbert J. Keon, Chair

The Honourable Lucie Pépin, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Brown, Callbeck, Cochrane, Cook, Fairbairn, P.C.

(Quorum 3)