Skip to main content

HESA Committee Report

If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at accessible@parl.gc.ca.

PDF

APPENDIX A
LIST OF WITNESSES

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Meeting

     

Canadian Council of Food and Nutrition

Francy Pillo-Blocka, President and Chief Executive Officer

2006/06/15

10

     

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Diane T. Finegood, Scientific Director,
Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes

 
     

Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

Sally Brown, Chief Executive Officer

 

Stephen Samis, Director,
Health Policy

 
     

Queen's University

Peter Katzmarzyk, Associate Professor,
School of Physical and Health Education and Department of Community Health and Epidemiology

 
     

Statistics Canada

Margot Shields, Senior Analyst,
Health Statistics Division

 
     

Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Debra Bryanton, Executive Director,
Food Safety

2006/09/21

14

     

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Diane T. Finegood, Scientific Director,
Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes

 
     

Department of Health

Janet Beauvais, Director General,
Health Products and Food Branch, Food Directorate

 

Mary Bush, Director General,
Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion, Health Products and Food Branch

 

Kathy Langlois, Director General,
Community Programs Directorate, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch

 
     

Public Health Agency of Canada

Gregory Taylor, Acting Director General,
Centre For Chronic Disease Prevention and Control

 
     

Active Healthy Kids Canada

Mark Tremblay, Chairman of the Board

2006/09/26

16

     

Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute

Cora Craig, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

     

Queen's University

Ian Janssen, Assistant Professor,
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, and Department of Community Health and Epidemiology

 
     

Bariatric Medical Institute

Yoni Freedhoff, Medical Director

2006/09/28

17

     

Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association

Jill Holroyd, Vice-President,
Research and Communications

 

Joyce Reynolds, Senior Vice-President,
Government Affairs

 
     

Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment

Harriet Kuhnlein, Founding Director

 
     

Food and Consumer Products of Canada

Phyllis Tanaka, Director,
Food and Nutrition Policy

 
     

McMaster Children's Hospital

Linda Gillis, Registered Dietitian,
Children's Exercise and Nutrition Centre Hamilton Health Sciences

 
     

Refreshments Canada

Calla Farn, Director of Public Affairs

 
     

Assembly of First Nations

Valerie Gideon, Senior Director,
Health and Social Secretariat

2006/10/03

18

Katherine Whitecloud, Regional Chief

 
     

Department of Health

Kathy Langlois, Director General,
Community Programs Directorate, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch

 
     

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

Robert Eyahpaise, Director, Social Services and Justice,
Social Policy and Programs Branch

 
     

Fred Hill, Manager,
Northern Food Security, Northern Affairs Program

 
     

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

Kristy Sheppard, Representative of the National Inuit Committee on Health

 

 

     

Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project

Margaret Cargo, Researcher,
Psychosocial Research Division, Douglas Hospital Research Centre

 

Treena Delormier, Member,
Community Advisory Board

 

Sheila Wari Whitebean, Manager and Intervention Coordinator

 
     

National Aboriginal Health Organization

Mark Buell, Manager,
Policy and Communications

 

Carole Lafontaine, Acting Chief Executive Officer

 
     

University of Alberta

Noreen Willows, Assistant Professor,
Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science

 
     

Centre for Science in the Public Interest

Bill Jeffery, National Coordinator

2006/10/05

19

     

Department of Finance

Alex Lessard, Tax Policy Officer,
Sales Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch

 

Katherine Rechico, Special Advisor,
Personal Income Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch

 

Geoff Trueman, Chief,
Sales Tax Division, Air Travelers Security Charge, Tax Policy Branch

 
     

Nova Scotia Agricultural College

J. Stephen Clark, Associate Professor of Economics,
Department of Business and Social Sciences

 
     

University of Alberta

Sean B. Cash, Assistant Professor,
Department of Rural Economy

 
     

Aboriginal Sport Circle

Rod Jacobs, Manager,
Aboriginal Sport Development

2006/10/17

20

Stephanie Smith, Interim Executive Director

 
     

Department of Canadian Heritage

Michael Chong, Minister for Sport

 

Jacques Paquette, Associate Deputy Minister,
International and Intergovernmental Affairs and Sports

Tom Scrimger, Director General,
Sport Canada

 
     

The Silken Laumann Active Kids Movement

Sandra Hamilton, Director of Marketing and Corporate Relations

 

Silken Laumann, President

 
     

Advertising Standards Canada

Linda Nagel, President and Chief Executive Officer

2006/10/19

21

     

Association of Canadian Advertisers

Robert Reaume, Vice-President,
Policy and Research

 
     

Canadian Medical Association

Colin McMillan, President

 

William Tholl, Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer

 
     

Canadian Paediatric Society

Marie Adèle Davis, Executive Director

 

Claire LeBlanc, Committee Chair,
Healthy Active Living Committee

 
     

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

Denis Carmel, Director,
Public Affairs

 

Martine Vallee, Director,
English Pay, Specialty and Social Policy

 
     

Concerned Children's Advertisers

Cathy Loblaw, President

 
     

Media Awareness Network

Catherine Thurm, Project Manager,
Education

 
     

Department of Health

Danielle Brulé, Director,
Research, Monitoring and Evaluation, Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion

2006/10/24

22

Mary Bush, Director General,
Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion, Health Products and Food Branch

 

Élaine De Grandpré, Nutritionist,
Planning, Dissemination and Outreach, Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion

Lori Doran, Acting Director,
Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch

 

Janet Pronk, Acting Director,
Policy and Standard Setting, Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion

 
     

KMH Cardiology and Diagnostic Centres

Arvi Grover, Cardiologist and Director,
International Heart Institute

2006/10/26

23

     

Simon Fraser University

Lisa Oliver, Ph.D. Candidate,
Department of Geography

 
     

University of Toronto

Valerie Tarasuk, Professor,
Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine

 
     

Canola Council of Canada

Barbara Isman, President

2006/11/02

25

     

Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada

Jean Harvey, Interim Executive Director

 

Stephen Samis, Chair

 
     

Federation of Canadian Municipalities

John Burrett, Senior Manager, Social Policy,
Policy, Advocacy and Communications Department

 

Gord Steeves, First Vice-President

 
     

University of Alberta

Paul Veugelers, Associate Professor,
School of Public Health

 
     

University of British Columbia

Lawrence Frank, Bombardier Chair in Sustainable Transportation,
School of Community and Regional Planning

 
     

Aboriginal Nutrition Network

Bernadette deGonzague, Registered Dietitian

2006/11/07

26

     

Affordable Food Alliance

Helen Barry, Retail Store Advisor,
Store Development Services

 

Jim Deyell, Director, Public Affairs,
Northern Canada

Alasdair MacGregor, Retail Store Advisor,
Store Development Services

 
     

Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre

Lorne Keeper, Executive Director

 
     

Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak

George Neepin, Chief

 
     

National Association of Friendship Centres

Peter Dinsdale, Executive Director

 
     

Tungasuvvingat Inuit

Ernie Kadloo, Child and Family Programs Facilitator

 

Christine Lund, Diabetes Awareness and Prevention Coordinator

 

Connie Seidule, Program Coordinator,
Inuit Family Resource Centre

 
     

Childhood Obesity Foundation of British Columbia

Christina Panagiotopoulos, Executive Director

2006/11/09

27

     

Government of Ontario

Colleen Kiel, Senior Consultant,
Ministry of Health Promotion

 

Jeffery Pearce, Special Assistant,
Minister's Office

 

Jim Watson, Minister of Health Promotion

 
     

Infrastructure Canada

Adam Ostry, Director General,
Policy Directorate, Cities and Communities Branch

 
     

Institut national de santé publique du Québec

Lyne Mongeau, Professional Coordinator

 
     

Northern Health

Joanne Bays, Regional Manager

 
     

Canadian Cardiovascular Society

Anne Ferguson, Chief Executive Officer

2007/02/12

38

     

Trans Fat Task Force

Sally Brown, Chief Executive Officer,
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and Co-Chair of the Task Force

 

Paul Hetherington, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Baking Association of Canada and Member of the Task Force

Joyce Reynolds, Senior Vice-President, Government Affairs,
Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association and Member of the Task Force

 
     

University of Guelph

Alejandro Marangoni, Professor,
Department of Food Science

 
     

Action Schools! BC

Heather McKay, Principal Investigator,
Professor, University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute

2007/02/14

39

     

Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance

Andrea Grantham, Executive Director

 
     

Department of Health

Ann Ellis, Nutrition Advisor,
Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion, Health Products and Food Branch

 
     

Marie-France Lamarche, Director,
Chronic Disease Prevention, Community Programs Directorate, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch

 
     

Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

Joan Katz, Director,
Education Planning and Policy, Education Branch

 
     

Nova Scotia Department of Health

Farida Gabbani, Senior Director,
Office of Health Promotion, Sport and Recreation Division

 
     

Public Health Agency of Canada

Kelly Stone, Director,
Childhood and Adolescence, Centre for Health Promotion

 
     

Food Standards Agency UK

Gill Fine, Director,
Consumer Choice and Dietary Health

2007/02/19

40

Rosemary Hignett, Head,
Nutrition Division

 

Deirdre Hutton, Chair,
UK Headquarters

 
     

House of Commons of the United Kingdom

Richard Caborn, Minister of State (Sport),
Department for Culture, Media and Sport

 

     

Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Debra Bryanton, Executive Director,
Food Safety

2007/02/21

41

     

Centre for Science in the Public Interest

Bill Jeffery, National Coordinator

 
     

Department of Health

Janet Beauvais, Director General,
Health Products and Food Branch, Food Directorate

 
     

Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

Sally Brown, Chief Executive Officer

 

Carol Dombrow, Nutrition Consultant

 
     

McCain Foods Canada

Fred Schaeffer, President and Chief Executive Officer

 
     

Health Education Trust

Joe Harvey, Director

2007/02/26

42

     

King's College London

Tom Sanders, Head,
Nutritional Sciences Research Division

 
     

Tesco PLC

Karen Tonks, Chief Nutritionist

 
     

UK Food and Drink Federation

Jane Holdsworth, Consultant to the Food Industry

 
     

University College London

Roger Mackett, Professor,
Centre for Transport Studies

 
     

University of London

Sandy Oliver, Reader in Public Policy,
Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education