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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 Benoit-Antoine Bacon · In-house (organization)

    BudgetInfrastructureResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Benoit-Antoine Bacon · In-house (organization)

    BudgetImmigrationInfrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by Benoit-Antoine Bacon · In-house (organization)

    • Shahad Khalladi · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Natalia Zhou · Regional Advisor, West and North, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    BudgetImmigrationResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Benoit-Antoine Bacon · In-house (organization)

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

    BudgetImmigration

    Official report

  • Reported by Benoit-Antoine Bacon · In-house (organization)

    • John Hannaford · Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Kaili Levesque · Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, Operations, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Anna Nowak · Chief of Staff, Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office (PCO)

    BudgetImmigration

    Official report

  • Reported by Benoit-Antoine Bacon · In-house (organization)

    • Chris Forbes · Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Suzy McDonald · Associate Deputy Minister of Finance, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Samuel Millar · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)

    BudgetImmigration

    Official report

  • Reported by Benoit-Antoine Bacon · In-house (organization)

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

    BudgetResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Benoit-Antoine Bacon · In-house (organization)

    • Joyce Murray · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    BudgetImmigration

    Official report

  • Reported by Benoit-Antoine Bacon · In-house (organization)

    • Youmy Han · Deputy Chief of Staff, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Isabelle Buchanan · Senior Policy Assistant, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    Immigration

    Official report

  • Reported by Benoit-Antoine Bacon · In-house (organization)

    • Dylan Jones · President, Pacific Economic Development Canada, Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan)

    Economic DevelopmentRegional Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Benoit-Antoine Bacon · In-house (organization)

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

    Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Benoit-Antoine Bacon · In-house (organization)

    • Tracy Gray · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Science and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Benoit-Antoine Bacon · In-house (organization)

    Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Benoit-Antoine Bacon · In-house (organization)

    • Dylan Jones · President, Pacific Economic Development Canada, Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan)

    Economic DevelopmentRegional DevelopmentResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Benoit-Antoine Bacon · In-house (organization)

    • Erin Lynch · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
    • Mark Matz · Director General, Transit, Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
    • Roger Soler · Director, Major Transit Projects, Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
    • Gerard Peets · Assistant Deputy Minister, Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
    and 5 more
    • Tim Angus · Director General, Policy and Results, Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
    • Jean-Sebastien Langelier · Executive Director, Policy and Results, Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
    • Janet Goulding · Assistant Deputy Minister, Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
    • Jean Lamirande · Director General, Housing and Community Policy Directorate, Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
    • Ata-Ul Munim · Director, Housing-Infrastructure Policy Division, Infrastructure Canada (INFC)

    Infrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by Benoit-Antoine Bacon · In-house (organization)

    • Tyler Norman · Regional Advisor, British Columbia, Finance Canada (FIN)

    BudgetEconomic DevelopmentInfrastructureResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Benoit-Antoine Bacon · In-house (organization)

    • Youmy Han · Deputy Chief of Staff, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    Immigration

    Official report

  • Reported by Benoit-Antoine Bacon · In-house (organization)

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

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Benoit-Antoine Bacon · In-house (organization)

    ClimateEnvironmentResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Benoit-Antoine Bacon · In-house (organization)

    • Rinaldo Jeanty · Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Andrew Ghattas · Director, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Aviva Silburt · Deputy Director, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Nicole Uher · Deputy Director, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    Aboriginal AffairsEducationEnvironmentIndustryResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Benoit-Antoine Bacon · In-house (organization)

    • Mélanie Joly · Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    ImmigrationInternational RelationsResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Benoit-Antoine Bacon · In-house (organization)

    • Julie Lefebvre · VP Emerging Technologies, National Research Council (NRC)

    Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Benoit-Antoine Bacon · In-house (organization)

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

    Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Benoit-Antoine Bacon · In-house (organization)

    • Marc Miller · Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship of Canada, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    Immigration

    Official report

  • Reported by Benoit-Antoine Bacon · In-house (organization)

    • Youmy Han · Deputy Chief of Staff, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    Immigration

    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.