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.
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.
← LobbyingRegistrations 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)Hide details
- 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
SpreadsheetFiled by Benoit-Antoine Bacon (200), Deborah Buszard (68), Santa Ono (35).
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Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)
- Joyce Murray · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
BudgetEducationImmigrationInfrastructureRegional DevelopmentResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)
- Valerie Laflamme · Associate Vice-President, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)
- Stephen Lucas · Deputy Minister, Health Canada (HC)
Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)
- Nipun Vats · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
InfrastructureResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)
- Iain Stewart · President, National Research Council (NRC)
- Jean-Francois Houle · Vice-President, Engineering, National Research Council (NRC)
- Alain Beaudoin · Vice-President, Business and Professional Services, National Research Council (NRC)
Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)
- Jean-Francois Houle · Vice-President, Engineering, National Research Council (NRC)
Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)
- Anita Anand · Minister of National Defense, National Defence (DND)
National Security/SecurityResearch and Development
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Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)
- Ed Fast · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
BudgetEducationInfrastructureResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)
- Nipun Vats · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
BudgetResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)
- Harjit Sajjan · Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
BudgetRegional DevelopmentResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)
- Lawrence Hanson · Associate Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
BudgetImmigrationResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)
- Janice Charette · Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office (PCO)
BudgetEconomic DevelopmentImmigrationResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)
- Simon Kennedy · Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)
- Harjit Sajjan · Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
InfrastructureResearch and Development
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Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)
- Mona Nemer · Chief Science Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)
- Mitch Davies · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)
- Nipun Vats · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Deborah Buszard · In-house (organization)
- Nipun Vats · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
InfrastructureResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Santa Ono · In-house (organization)
- Francis Bilodeau · Associate Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Nipun Vats · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
BudgetEconomic DevelopmentEducationResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Santa Ono · In-house (organization)
- Glenn Purves · Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)
BudgetEconomic DevelopmentRegional DevelopmentResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Santa Ono · In-house (organization)
- Michelle Brownlee · Vice President, Policy and Advocacy, Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan)
Economic DevelopmentRegional DevelopmentResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Santa Ono · In-house (organization)
- Tyler Norman · Regional Advisor - British Columbia, Finance Canada (FIN)
- Galen Richardson · Senior Regional Advisor, West and North, Finance Canada (FIN)
Regional DevelopmentResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Santa Ono · In-house (organization)
- Youmy Han · Regional Advisor, British Columbia, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Economic DevelopmentRegional DevelopmentResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Santa Ono · In-house (organization)
- Joyce Murray · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
Regional DevelopmentResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Santa Ono · In-house (organization)
- Nipun Vats · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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.