Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

Proceedings of the Subcommittee on Population Health

Second Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2007-08

Chair: The Honourable WILBERT J. KEON

Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Wednesday June 11, 2008
Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Issue No. 7

Twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-third and twenty-fourth 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:

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

United Nations Association in Canada:

Kathryn White, Executive Director.

The Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada:

Dr. André Lalonde, Executive-Vice President.

Canadian Paediatric Society:

Marie Adèle Davis, Executive Director.

Canadian Medical Association:

Dr. Kathryn Bigsby, Chair, Child Health Working Group.

Thursday, June 5, 2008

University of Victoria:

Marcia Hills, Director, Centre for Community Health Promotion Research (by video conference).

Laval University:

Maria De Koninck, Professor, Department of Social and Preventative Medicine.

University of Regina:

Shanthi Johnson, Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit.

Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care:

Richard Prial, Director, Strategic Alignment Branch.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

As an individual:

The Honourable Carolyn Bennett, P.C., M.P., Former Minister of State (Public Health).

University of Alberta:

Deanna Williamson, Associate Professor, Department of Human Ecology.

Saskatoon Health Region:

Dr. Cordell Neudorf, Chief Medical Health Officer, Public Health Services.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency:

John Smith, Director, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs;

Tim Smith, Senior Policy Advisor.

Centre de collaboration nationale — Politiques publiques et santé:

Louise Saint-Pierre, Project Manager.

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)

Changes in membership of the subcommittee:

Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the subcommittee was amended as follows:

The name of the Honourable Senator Trenholme Counsell substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Callbeck (May 28, 2008)

The name of the Honourable Senator Callbeck substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Trenholme Counsell (May 29, 2008)