Committee Members

Steering Committee Members

• Dr. Sheela Basrur
  Chief Medical Officer of Health
  Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Health and Long Term Care
  Province of Ontario
• Dr. Pierre-Gerlier Forest
  Chief Scientist
  Health Canada
• Professor Elaine Gibson
  Associate Director, Research and Education
  Health Law Institute
  Dalhousie University
• Dr. David Mowat
  Deputy Chief Public Health Officer
  Public Health Practice and Regional Operations
  Public Health Agency of Canada
• The Honourable John T. Nilson
  Minister of Environment
  Province of Saskatchewan
• Dr. Fran Scott
  Associate Medical Officer of Health and Director of Public Health Planning and Policy
  Toronto Public Health
• Dr. Elinor Wilson
  Chief Executive Officer
  Canadian Public Health Association
   

Program Committee Members

• Lina Al-Karkhi
  Team Leader, Multilateral Affairs
  Policy and Partnerships Division
  Office of Public Health Practice
  Public Health Agency of Canada
• Kirsten Almquist
  Policy Analyst
  Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response
  Public Health Agency of Canada
• Dennis Brodie
  Legislative and Regulatory Policy Advisor
  Public Health Agency of Canada
• Professor Tim Caulfield
  Research Director, Health Law Institute
  Faculty of Law
  University of Alberta
• James Chauvin
  Director, Global Health Programs
  Canadian Public Health Association
• Wendy Eligh
  Conference Coordinator
  Canadian Public Health Association
• Dr. Brian Emerson
  Medical Consultant
  Population Health and Wellness Division
  Ministry of Health, British Columbia
• Dr. Ross Findlater
  Chief Medical Officer of Health
  Province of Saskatchewan
• Rick Huffman
  Senior Investigator
  The Commission to Investigate the Introduction and Spread of SARS
  in Ontario
• Rosario Isasi
  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Centre de recherche en droit public
  Université de Montréal
• Mireille Lacroix
  Senior Policy Analyst
  Policy and Partnerships Division
  Office of Public Health Practice
  Public Health Agency of Canada
• Professor Trudo Lemmens
  Faculty of Law
  University of Toronto
• Dr. Glennis Lewis
  Office of the Chief Scientist
  Health Canada
• Jean-François Luc
  A/Director
  Policy and Partnerships Division
  Office of Public Health Practice
  Public Health Agency of Canada
• Dr. Steve Manske
  Scientist
  Centre for Behavioural Research & Program Evaluation
  Lyle Hallman Institute
  University of Waterloo
• Nola Ries
  Research Associate
  Health Law Institute
  University of Alberta
• Jane Speakman
  Solicitor
  Municipal Law Section
  City of Toronto
• Linda S. Williams
  Senior Advisor, Migration Health
  Public Health Agency of Canada
• Dr. Kim Barker
  Assembly of First Nations
   

Sponsorship Committee Members

• Linda Stewart
  Executive Director
  Association of Local Public Health Agencies
• Wendy Eligh
  Conference Coordinator
  Canadian Public Health Association
• Professor Elaine Gibson
  Associate Director, Research and Education
  Health Law Institute
  Dalhousie University
• Victoria Machina
  Project Officer
  Policy and Partnerships Division
  Office of Public Health Practice
  Public Health Agency of Canada
• Jane Speakman
  Solicitor
  Municipal Law Section
  City of Toronto