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Appendix F: List of Witnesses (Women’s Health)

The following table lists the witnesses who appeared before the committee at its meetings related to this report. Transcripts of all public meetings related to this report are available on the committee’s webpage for this study.

Committee Meeting No. 111—HESA (44-1)—Thursday, April 18, 2024

That the committee proceed to the study of breast cancer screening following the study on the opioid epidemic and toxic drug crisis in Canada; that the evidence and documents received as part of the women’s health study be also considered in the committee’s study of breast cancer screening […].

Women’s Health

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Meeting

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

  • Tammy Clifford, Acting President

2023/11/27

91

  • Angela Kaida, Scientific Director, Institute of Gender and Health
   

Department of Health

  • Ed Morgan, Director General, Policy, Planning and International Affairs Directorate
  • Cindy Moriarty, Director General, Health Programs and Strategic Initiatives
  • Suki Wong, Director General, Mental Health Directorate

2023/11/27

91

Public Health Agency of Canada

  • Annie Comtois, Executive Director, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Equity
  • Shannon Hurley, Associate Director General, Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing
  • Mark Nafekh, Director General, Centre for Health Promotion

2023/11/27

91

As an individual

  • Dr. Elaine Jolly, Professor Emeritus, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ottawa
  • Dr. Fiona Mattatall, Obstetrician Gynaecologist

2023/11/29

92

EndoAct Canada

  • Dr. Catherine Allaire, Co-chair
  • Kate Wahl, Executive Director

2023/11/29

92

McGill University Health Centre

  • Dr. Dong Bach Nguyen, Doctor, Endometriosis - Centre for the Advancement of Research and Surgery
  • Dr. Andrew Zakhari, Doctor, Endometriosis - Centre for the Advancement of Research and Surgery

2023/11/29

92

As an individual

  • Dr. Steven Narod, Senior Scientist
  • Jacques Simard, Full Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, Université Laval
  • Dr. Anna N. Wilkinson, Doctor of Medicine

2023/12/06

94

Dense Breasts Canada

  • Jennie Dale, Cofounder and Executive Director
  • Dr. Paula Gordon, Doctor

2023/12/06

94

As an individual

  • Dr. Gillian Hanley, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia
  • Dr. Jessica McAlpine, Professor and Division Head, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of British Columbia

2024/02/12

101

Ovarian Cancer Canada

  • Valérie Dinh, Regional Director, Quebec
  • Tania Vrionis, Chief Executive Officer

2024/02/12

101

The Society of Gynecologic Oncology of Canada

  • Dr. Shannon Salvador, President-Elect

2024/02/12

101

As an individual

  • Dr. Ghadeer Anan, Medical Oncologist
  • Dr. Ambreen Sayani, Scientist
  • Dr. Andrea Simpson, Obstetrician Gynaecologist, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto

2024/02/15

103

Canadian Cancer Society

  • Rob Cunningham, Senior Policy Analyst
  • Helena Sonea, Director, Advocacy
  • Ciana Van Dusen, Advocacy Manager, Prevention

2024/02/15

103

As an individual

  • Catriona Hippman, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, BC Reproductive Mental Health Program, BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre
  • Dr. Ryan Van Lieshout, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University
  • Simone Vigod, Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Women’s College Hospital

2024/04/08

108

Québec Alliance for Perinatal Mental Health

  • Dr. Tina Montreuil, Associate Professor and Scientist, Montreal Antenatal Well-Being Study

2024/04/08

108

As an individual

  • Nichole Fairbrother, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia

2024/04/11

109

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

  • Liisa Galea, Senior Scientist and Treliving Family Chair, Women's Mental Health

2024/04/11

109

Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre

  • Jocelyn Enright, Coordinator, Community Engagement, Communications, and Fundraising

2024/04/11

109

Persons Against Non-State Torture

  • Linda MacDonald, Co-Founder
  • Jeanne Sarson, Co-Founder

2024/04/11

109

As an individual

  • Neeru Gupta, Full Professor, Department of Sociology, University of New Brunswick
  • Dr. Ruth Ann Marrie, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba
  • Dr. Deborah Money, Professor and Head, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of British Columbia

2024/05/02

113

MS Canada

  • Pamela Valentine, President and CEO

2024/05/02

113