MacDonald, Dr. Ian (Section of Ophthalmology, Alberta Medical Association)
Alberta Medical Association
Presentation on Irlen syndrome ... FC335-38
Children with visual disabilities
Impact on learning and reading ... FC335
Vision - Testing - Rural areas
School-based programs ... FC336
Visual perception disorders
Colour blindness ... FC338
Visual perception disorders - Causes
Irlen syndrome (visual stress), environmental factors, light ... FC335, 338
Visual perception disorders - Research
Irlen syndrome (visual stress), additional research (proposed) ... FC337 Irlen syndrome (visual stress), comparison with research on other disorders ... FC336 Irlen syndrome (visual stress), controversy re sufficient evidence ... FC335
Visual perception disorders - Research - United States
Irlen syndrome (visual stress), literature review by U.S. medical associations ... FC336
Visual perception disorders - Treatment
Irlen syndrome (visual stress), controversy re effectiveness ... FC335 Irlen syndrome (visual stress), tinted lenses ... FC335 Irlen syndrome (visual stress), tinted overlays and paper ... FC335
Visual perception disorders - Treatment - United Kingdom
Irlen syndrome (visual stress), Intuitive Colorimeter system used for ... FC338
MacDonald, Steve (Deputy Minister, Ministry of Human Services)
Ministry of Human Services
Best practices ... FC237 Communications, organizational storyteller ... FC198 Main estimates 2013-14 debate ... FC198, 237 Staff, training and development ... FC237
Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood)
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Alberta Hospital Edmonton
Funding for new beds ... FC279 Young adult services ... FC279
Alberta Medical Association
Review of primary care standards (Primary Care Alliance) ... FC252
Children - Mental health services
Continuing/extended care facilities
Beds ... FC252 Inspections ... FC252 Long-term care patient placement ... FC252 Public-private ownership ratio ... FC252 Staff, skill levels ... FC252
Drugs
Generic drugs ... FC252 Universal coverage (pharmacare) ... FC252-53
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Consolidation of dispatches ... FC252 Paramedics, scope of practice ... FC252 Response times ... FC252
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Health care
Continuum of services ... FC252 Standards and practices, review ... FC252
Homelessness
10-year plan to end ... FC278
Hospitals - Capacity issues
Acute-care patients waiting for alternate level of care ... FC252
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Increase in number of visits ... FC252 Wait times ... FC252
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Beds ... FC252 Inspections ... FC252 Public-private ownership ratio ... FC252 Standards ... FC252 Standards for personal care, bathing protocols ... FC252 Statistics ... FC252
Mental health services - Finance
Mental health services - Research
Gap analysis, report to public ... FC279
Mental health services - Residential treatment beds
Acute-care patients waiting for mental health beds ... FC252 Acute-care patients waiting for mental health beds, member's request for information ... FC279 Beds, addiction treatment ... FC279 Beds, community mental health ... FC279 Beds, psychiatric ... FC279
Primary care networks
Auditor General's recommendation re assessment of ... FC252 Performance measures ... FC252 Staff, medical specialists ... FC252
Regional Health Authorities Act
Safe communities initiative (SafeCom)
Funding reduction ... FC278
Seniors
Aging-in-place policy ... FC252
Supportive living accommodations
Construction standards ... FC252 Staff training, long-term care patients ... FC252
Surgery
Central booking ... FC252
Surgery - Cataract surgery
Surgery - Joint surgery
Central booking ... FC252
Massolin, Dr. Philip (Manager, Research Services, from July 11, 2012; previously Committee Research Co-ordinator; Legislative Assembly Office)
Bills (procedure)
Procedures after tabling of legislative policy committee reports in Assembly ... FC361-62
Irlen Syndrome Testing Act (Bill 204) review
Research support, crossjurisdictional comparison ... FC308-9
Irlen Syndrome Testing Act (Bill 204) review - Communications
Written submissions available to public, privacy protection for minor child or third party, motion to approve (Goudreau: carried) ... FC317-18
Irlen Syndrome Testing Act (Bill 204) review - Public input
Stakeholder list ... FC307 Stakeholder list, invitations to stakeholders to be issued within seven business days, motion to approve (Wilson: carried) ... FC308
Irlen Syndrome Testing Act (Bill 204) review - Report and final recommendations
Draft report ... FC364, 365 Recommendation that Bill 204 not proceed and for referral to ministries of Education and Health for further review of testing of children's visual disabilities, motion to rescind previous motion (Jablonski: defeated) ... FC369 Recommendation that Bill 204 not proceed and for referral to ministries of Education and Health to report on best practices re visual assessments, including visual conditions that require testing, motion to approve (Notley: carried), recorded vote ... FC361-63
Legislative policy committees
History of privacy protection of information in written submissions re children and third parties ... FC317 History of review of private members' bills ... FC361
McAllister, Bruce (W, Chestermere-Rocky View)
Alberta School Boards Association
Input into provincial negotiations with ATA ... FC113
Alberta Teachers' Association
Charter schools
Enrolment caps ... FC97 Funding ... FC97
Committee on Families and Communities, Standing
Consideration of subjects for review ... FC16, 17-18
Council of Ministers of Education of Canada
Early childhood education
Full-day kindergarten ... FC93 Full-day kindergarten, implementation ... FC93
Early childhood education - British Columbia
Full-day kindergarten ... FC93
Edmonton public school board
Board policy compliance (Dorval incident) ... FC94
Education
Instructional flexibility ... FC109, 113-14 Provincial framework (Inspiring Education) ... FC89, 113-14 Workforce planning framework ... FC97-98
Education - Curricula
Curriculum development and redesign ... FC109, 113-14, 128 High school/postsecondary dual credits ... FC113-14
Education - Finance
3-year funding plan ... FC89-90 Funding, plant operations and maintenance (POM) ... FC96 Funding reduction ... FC89, 96-97 Funding reduction, caps ... FC90 Funding related to attendance and marks ... FC94
Family and community support services
Programs, presentation on (proposed) ... FC16, 18
Inclusive education - Finance
Income tax, provincial
Tax credits for teachers (proposed) ... FC93, 122
Ministry of Education
Corporate services, funding for, amendment to main estimates presented ... FC127-28 Deputy minister's office, funding for, amendment to main estimates presented ... FC127-28 Information and program services, funding for, amendment to main estimates presented ... FC127-28 Internal restructuring ... FC92 Main estimates 2013-14 debate ... FC89-100, 108-10, 113-14, 121-22, 126-28 Main estimates 2013-14 debate, amendment to main estimates presented ... FC127-28 Minister's office, funding for ... FC92-93 Minister's office, funding for, amendment to main estimates presented ... FC127-28 Staff, certificated teachers ... FC127-28 Staff, certificated teachers, member's request for information ... FC108-9 Staff, communications ... FC92 Staff, reduction ... FC108-9, 109-10
Private schools
Funding ... FC96 Funding, comparison with public schools ... FC96
Rocky View school division
School boards
Optimal number of boards ... FC110
School boards - Finance
Mandatory school fees ... FC95
Schoolchildren - Transportation
Co-operative busing arrangements ... FC94-95 Funding, fuel price contingency program ... FC94
Schoolchildren - Transportation - Rural areas
Co-operative busing arrangements ... FC94-95
Schools - Construction
50/70 plan (new and modernizations) ... FC91-92 Capital plan ... FC90 Community proposals ... FC126-27 Design-build and design-bid-build projects ... FC91 Funding ... FC91 Priorities, enrolment pressures ... FC90, 122, 126 Priorities, partnerships ... FC90, 122, 126-27 Priorities, student health and safety ... FC90, 122, 126 Priority list ... FC90-91, 122, 126-27 Public-private partnerships (P3) ... FC91 Public-private partnerships (P3), maintenance contracts ... FC96 Public-private partnerships (P3), private-sector comparator ... FC95-96 Public-private partnerships (P3), timelines ... FC95-96 Wildrose party's capital plan ... FC127
Schools - Construction - St. Albert
Community proposals ... FC127
Student testing (elementary and secondary)
Accommodations, administrative burden for teachers ... FC110 Diploma exams ... FC93, 121-22 Grade 3 provincial achievement tests, elimination of ... FC93-94 Provincial achievement tests, costs ... FC93 Tests, standardized vs. locally prepared ... FC94
Teachers
Administrative responsibilities ... FC109, 110 Salaries, statistics ... FC113-14
McClure, Colleen (Associate Superintendent of Student Services, Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools)
Alberta School Boards Association
Presentation on Irlen syndrome ... FC343-46
Children with disabilities - Diagnosis
Psychoeducational assessments, availability ... FC343-44 Psychoeducational assessments, costs ... FC345 Teachers' role in assessments ... FC343-44, 346
Education
Provincial framework (Inspiring Education) ... FC343
Education Act
Student supports and services, access to ... FC343
Irlen Syndrome Testing Act (Bill 204)
Teacher referral provisions ... FC344
Visual perception disorders - Research
Irlen syndrome (visual stress), comparison with research on other disorders ... FC346
McEwan, Brent (Assistant Deputy Minister, Consumer Services, Ministry of Service Alberta)
Fair Trading Act
Investigations under ... FC79
Ministry of Service Alberta
Main estimates 2013-14 debate ... FC78-79, 79
Megran, Dr. David (Executive Vice-president and Chief Medical Officer, Alberta Health Services)
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Presentation on mental health services ... FC29, 32-38 Primary and community care portfolio ... FC29 Relations with Ministry of Health ... FC37
Covenant Health
Mental health services ... FC37
Depression, mental
Strategic clinical network ... FC32
Depression in children
Strategic clinical network ... FC32
Family care clinics
Mental health services ... FC32 Staff ... FC36 Staff, specialists ... FC36
Family care clinics - Calgary
Location criteria ... FC32 Staff ... FC36
Family care clinics - Edmonton
Location criteria ... FC32 Staff ... FC36
Family care clinics - Slave Lake
Impact on hospital emergency services ... FC36 Location criteria ... FC32 Staff ... FC36
Health care
Integration of primary and community-based care ... FC29 Quality improvement models, member's request for information re cost savings ... FC37
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Impact of family care clinics ... FC36
Mental health services
Contracted service providers ... FC37 Partnerships ... FC37 Strategic clinical network ... FC32
Mental health services - Finance
Administrative costs, member's request for information ... FC34 Grants, member's request for information re outcomes ... FC35 Grants, SCIF ... FC35
Mental health services - Research
Gap analysis ... FC37 Gap analysis, cost ... FC33 Wait-lists ... FC37
Mental health services - Residential treatment beds
Costs, member's request for information ... FC34
Mental health services review
Presenters on, member's request for guidance from ... FC37
Ministry of Health
Relations with AHS ... FC37
Nurse practitioners
Staff for family care clinics ... FC36
Postpartum depression
Strategic clinical network ... FC32
Primary care (medicine)
Integration with community-based care ... FC29
Primary care networks
Mental health services ... FC32
Protection of children abusing drugs program
Beds and services, members' request for information ... FC38
Mittel, Dr. Lyle (Senior Medical Adviser, Alberta Medical Association)
Alberta Medical Association
Presentation on Irlen syndrome ... FC335-36, 338 Recommendation that Bill 204 not proceed ... FC335
Cancer - Diagnosis
Screening tests ... FC338
Irlen Syndrome Testing Act (Bill 204)
School board duties under ... FC335
Reading (elementary)
Assessment of learning difficulties ... FC335
Vision - Testing
Comprehensive eye exams ... FC335
Visual perception disorders - Diagnosis
Irlen syndrome (visual stress), assumption of positive diagnosis ... FC338 Irlen syndrome (visual stress), screening, procedures ... FC338
Visual perception disorders - Research
Irlen syndrome (visual stress), comparison with research on other disorders ... FC336 Irlen syndrome (visual stress), controversy re existence of syndrome ... FC335 Irlen syndrome (visual stress), controversy re sufficient evidence ... FC338
Visual perception disorders - Research - United States
Irlen syndrome (visual stress), literature review by U.S. medical associations ... FC338
Visual perception disorders - Treatment
Irlen syndrome (visual stress), controversy re effectiveness ... FC335
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