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CONTENTS

Acknowledgements, Authors & Project Team

Executive Summary

Foreword

Introduction

Setting The Context For Canadian Health And Agri-food Systems

Nutrition And Health As Drivers Of Food Supply And Consumer Demand

Policy Tools Affecting Health, Agriculture And Agri-food

Local, National, And Global Policy Frameworks at The Agriculture, Agri-food And Health Interfaces

A Whole-of-Society Systems Approach to The Integrated Health And Agri-food Strategy For Canada

A Vision For An Integrated Health And Agri-food Strategy For Canada

A Whole-of-society Approach To Policy Development And Implementation:
Building Convergence And Driving Change On The Ground

The Path Forward

Appendix 1
Context Setting For Canadian Health, Agriculture And Agri-food Systems

Appendix 2
Nutrition And Health As Drivers Of Food Supply And Consumer Demand In Canada


Appendix 3
Overview of the Most Common Policy Instruments at the Interface between Health, Agriculture and Agri-food

Appendix 4 Agriculture and Agri-Food Product Composition Change and Public Policy


Appendix 5
Examples of food/agriculture and agri-food products grown/manufactured in Canada with functional ingredients providing health benefits

Appendix 6
National, Provincial and Global Policy Frameworks at the Agriculture, Agri-Food and Health Interface

References 		   

Acknowledgements

This discussion paper has benefited from the contributions of various individuals listed below. They have provided invaluable insights for the preparation of this paper, which is meant to pave the way for the development of an Integrated Health and Agri-Food Strategy for Canada. These individuals, and the organizations which they represent, warrant recognition for their sustained work in conceptualizing the strategy.

We acknowledge the foresight and contribution of the members of the McGill World Platform for Health and Economic Convergence and of the McGill Health Challenge Think Tanks. In particular, we wish to acknowledge those who agreed to participate in the virtual expert meetings and the one-on-one interviews convened to collect experts’ advice on the specific lever points for change featured in this discussion paper.

Authors

Laurette Dubé
Professor, James McGill Chair of Consumer and Lifestyle Psychology and Marketing, McGill University;
Founding Chair and Scientific Director, McGill Health Challenge Think Tanks, Canada

Paul Thomassin
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, McGill University, Canada

Janet Beauvais
Professor of Practice, McGill University, Canada;
Director General, Food Directorate, Health Canada (until January 2009), Canada

Lead Research Analyst: Natalia Chalaeva
Research Analyst: Neely Mcdonald

Project Team Members

  • Janet Beauvais, Professor of Practice, McGill University, Canada; Director General, Food Directorate, Health Canada (until January 2009), Canada
  • Mariellen Chisholm, Director, Food Safety & Quality, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada
  • Laurette Dubé, Professor, James McGill Chair of Consumer and Lifestyle Psychology and Marketing, McGill University; Chair and Scientific Director, McGill World Platform for Health and Economic Convergence, Canada
  • Sylvie Desjardins, Senior Health Economist, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Chronic Non-Communicable Disease Policy, Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada
  • Hasan Hutchinson, Director General, Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion, Health Canada, Canada
  • Gaetan Lussier, Chair, Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute; Former Deputy Minister of the Quebec Ministry of Agriculture and Food and of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada
  • Mark Raizenne, Director General, Centre for Food-Borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Disease, Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada
  • Paul Thomassin, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, McGill University, Canada

Advisory Committee

  • Harvey Anderson, Professor, Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada
  • Gordon Bacon, Chief Executive Officer, Pulse Canada, Canada
  • Meena Ballantyne, Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Products & Food Branch, Health Canada, Canada
  • David Jenkins, Professor, Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada
  • Barbara Jordan, Associate Vice-President, Policy, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Canada
  • Marilyn Knox, President, Nutrition, Nestle Canada Inc., Canada
  • Chandra Madramootoo, Dean, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, McGill University, Canada
  • Owen McAuley, Director, Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute, Canada
  • Wayne McKnight, President, McKnight Insights & Solutions Inc., Canada
  • Jean Paul Laforest, Dean, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Université Laval, Canada
  • Jean Pronovost, Chair, Commission sur l’Avenir de l’Agriculture et de l’Agroalimentaire Québécoise, Canada
  • Sylvie Stachenko, Deputy Chief Public Health Officer, Public Health Agency of Canada; Dean, School of Public Health, Canada

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