The Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry has been conducting hearings on rural poverty. Dr. Raymond Pong was one of the expert witnesses invited by the Committee to prepare a written submission and to appear before the Committee. Dr. Pong's submission and presentation focused on rural health and poverty. The written submission appears as follows:

Rural Poverty and Health: What Do We Know?

Issue 28 - Transcript of Proceedings - May 29, 2007
Raymond Pong
Research Director
Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research
Laurentian University



Standing Senate Committee's Hearings on Rural Poverty

Here are other health-related proceedings:

Issue 24 - Transcript of Proceedings - May 3, 2007
Public Health Agency of Canada:
Dr. David Butler-Jones, Chief Public Health Officer;
Marie DesMeules, Director of the Evidence and Risk Assessment Division,
Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control
Canadian Institute for Health Information:
Jennifer Zelmer, Vice President, Research and Analysis;
Elizabeth Gyorfi-Dyke, Director, Canadian Population Health Initiative

Issue 22 - Transcript of Proceedings - March 30, 2007
Country Roads Community Health Centre:
Jen Bergman, Health Promoter;
Sue MacLatchie, Vice-Chair, Board
Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit:
Dianne Oickle, Registered Dietician and Public Health Nutritionist
Perth Connections, Lanark Health and Community Services:
Sandy Prentice, Home Visitor and Playgroup Organizer, Community Action Program for Children

Issue 21 - Transcript of Proceedings - March 29, 2007
The Ontario Rural Council:
Harold Flaming, Executive Director

Issue 21 - Transcript of Proceedings - March 22, 2007
Society of Rural Physicians of Canada:
Dr. Keith MacLellan, Past President

Issue 20 - Transcript of Proceedings - March 9, 2007
South Eastman Health:
Dr. Jan Roberts, Medical Officer of Health

Issue 19 - Transcript of Proceedings - March 5, 2007
BC Healthy Communities:
Theresa Healy, Facilitator, Northern Region, BC Healthy Communities, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Gender Studies and the School of Environmental Planning, University of Northern British Columbia

Issue 11 - Transcript of Proceedings - November 23, 2006
Diane Martz, Research Manager, Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence