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Lobbying by The University of British Columbia: its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.

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Organization

The University of British Columbia

Meetings this Parliament
106
With MPs
32
Since Nov 2021
303
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 25, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Sep 29, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Benoit-Antoine Bacon, President

Lobbyists

  • Benoit-Antoine Bacon · President
  • Eerik Ilves · Senior Director, Government Relations
  • Hubert Lai · University Counsel
  • Kelsi Wall · Senior Advisor, Government Relations
  • Lesley Cormack · Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal
  • Lisa Goodman · Government Relations Officer
  • Melanie Stewart · Vice-President, External Relations
  • Peter Zandstra · Vice President, Research and Innovation
  • Suzie Currie · Vice Principal and Associate Vice-President, Research and Innovation

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canada Infrastructure Bank, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Elections Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), National Defence (DND), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada (OIC), Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan), Parks Canada (PC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Public Safety Canada (PS), Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Senate of Canada, Service Canada (ServCan), Shared Services Canada (SSC), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

What they're lobbying on (7)
  • Discussions with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada and other relevant departments and agencies regarding the role of universities in supporting federal innovation initiatives, policies and programs.
  • Advocacy to secure federal support to develop and upgrade university infrastructure, including but not limited to research and learning facilities, digital infrastructure, and transit infrastructure.
  • Advocacy to increase support for university research, including research funding and granting programs administered by the tri-agencies (SSHRC, NSERC and CIHR) and other departments and agencies.
  • Advocacy to improve immigration policies and programs for university students, faculty and staff.
  • Advocacy to ensure that proposals to develop or amend federal legislation, regulations, policies or programs that directly or indirectly impact the post-secondary system reflect the needs of universities and support our research and education mission.
  • Advocacy to enhance support for university research mobilization and commercialization activities.
  • Advocacy to enhance student supports, including but not limited to Canada Student Grants and Loans, the Canada Graduate Scholarship Program, supports for Indigenous students, and work-integrated learning programs.

Registration 940086-13463-69. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Benoit-Antoine Bacon (200), Deborah Buszard (68), Santa Ono (35).

  • Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)

    • Michelle Brownlee · Vice President, Policy and Advocacy, Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan)

    ClimateEnvironmentInfrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)

    • Joshua Lindner · Regional Advisor – BC Desk, Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
    • Jessica Fullerton · Policy Advisor, Infrastructure Canada (INFC)

    ClimateEnvironmentInfrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)

    • Harry Orbach-Miller · Policy Advisor & Senior Coordinator, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

    ClimateEnvironmentInfrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)

    • Richard Cannings · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    ClimateEnvironmentInfrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)

    • Kelly Gillis · Deputy Minister, Infrastructure Canada (INFC)

    ClimateInfrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)

    • Lawrence Hanson · Associate Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Aboriginal AffairsClimateEconomic DevelopmentEducationEnvironmentIndustry

    Official report

  • Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)

    Aboriginal AffairsEconomic DevelopmentEducationIndustryResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)

    Aboriginal AffairsEconomic DevelopmentEducationEnvironmentResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)

    • Kelley Blanchette · Assistant Deputy Minister, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)

    Aboriginal AffairsEconomic DevelopmentEducationEmployment and TrainingIndustry

    Official report

  • Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)

    • John Hannaford · Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    EnvironmentIndustryResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)

    Intellectual PropertyResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)

    • Mona Nemer · Chief Science Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)

    • Jonathan Wilkinson · Minister of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    EnvironmentRegional DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)

    EducationImmigration

    Official report

  • Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)

    • Alejandro Adem · President, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)

    InfrastructureResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)

    • Nipun Vats · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Simon Kennedy · Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Francis Bilodeau · Associate Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)

    • Heather Jeffrey · Associate Deputy Minister, Health Canada (HC)

    HealthResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)

    • John Hannaford · Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    EnergyEnvironmentResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)

    • Blake Oliver · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Galen Richardson · Senior Regional Advisor, West and North, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Tyler Norman · Regional Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)

    BudgetEducationInfrastructureResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)

    • Iain Stewart · President, National Research Council (NRC)

    Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)

    • Ekateryna Nova · Regional Advisor, West and North, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)

    • Scott Harris · Associate Deputy Minister, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    Immigration

    Official report

  • Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)

    • Nipun Vats · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)

    • Iain Stewart · President, National Research Council (NRC)

    InfrastructureResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)

    • Carla Qualtrough · Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Amrick Gill · Regional Advisor, West & North, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    BudgetEducationEmployment and TrainingImmigrationInfrastructureResearch and Development

    Official report

From the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying's open data, published November 5, 2026. Reports cover oral, arranged meetings with designated public office holders since November 22, 2021; lobbyists file them by the 15th of the following month. Names of MPs are matched to the current House of Commons, and bills are linked when the lobbyist's own description makes clear which bill it means. Contains information licensed under the Open Data Licence Agreement — Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying. Licence. PolitiKit is independent and is not endorsed by the Commissioner of Lobbying.