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Lobbying by McMaster University: 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

McMaster University

Meetings this Parliament
96
With MPs
26
Since Nov 2021
360
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 17, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since May 1, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Susan Tighe, President & Vice-Chancellor

Lobbyists

  • Bruce Archibald · Public Affairs Advisor Former designated public office holder

    Formerly President, President, Canada Food Inspection Agency (2013–2016)

    Formerly President, President, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (2009–2013)

    Formerly Assistant Deputy Minister, Research, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (2003–2005)

  • Daniel White · Manager Public Affairs Former designated public office holder

    Formerly Administrative and Correspondence Director, MP Office of Pierre Poilievre, House of Commons (2016–2016)

    Formerly Policy Advisor (Regional Affairs), Minister's office, Minister's Office, Office of the Minister of Employment and Social Development and Minister for Democratic Reform (2015–2015)

    Formerly Executive Assistant, MP Office of Eve Adams, House of Commons (2011–2011)

    Formerly Legislative Assistant, MP Office Gary Schellenbeger, House of Commons (2009–2011)

  • Nick Switalski · Associate Director, Public Affairs Former designated public office holder

    Formerly Director of Issues Management, Minister's Office, Health Canada (2014–2015)

    Formerly Senior Advisor, Parliamentary Affairs, Minister's Office, Health Canada (2013–2014)

    Formerly Parliamentary Secretary Assistant, Minister's Office, Human Resources and Social Development Canada (2011–2013)

  • Peter O'Sullivan · Manager Public Affairs Former designated public office holder

    Formerly Constituency Manager, Filomena Tassi MP office, MP's Office (2019–2021)

    Formerly Legislative Assistant, Minister responsible for Seniors, ESDC, Minister's office (2018–2019)

    Formerly Legislative Assistant, Filomena Tassi MP office, MP's office (2016–2018)

  • Andy Knights · Professor of Engineering Physics
  • Darran Fernandez · University Registrar Former public office holder

    Formerly Advisor, MP's office, House of Commons, House of Commons (2004–2007)

  • Debbie Martin · Assistant Vice President, Chief Facilities Officer
  • Gianni Parisi · Vice President Research
  • Halston Morgan · Public Affairs Advisor
  • Kourosh Sabri · Associate Professor
  • Laura Harrington · Assistant Vice President, Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Paul O'Byrne · Vice President, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Saher Fazilat · Vice President, Operations and Finance
  • Susan Tighe · President & Vice Chancellor
  • Tracey Carr · Director, Department of Family Medicine

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB), Canada Infrastructure Bank, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canada School of Public Service (CSPS), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor), Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Justice Canada (JC), 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), 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, 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 (6)
  • Science & Technology Strategy - promotion of enhanced measures to increase research in science and technology
  • Indirect Costs Program - support for enhanced provisions
  • Increased support for commercialization of university research results
  • Federal Research Granting Councils and agencies funding of research, academic pursuits, and publication or dissemination
  • Centres of Excellence - promotion of increased funding for establishment of Centres of Excellence in research
  • Budget - promotion of increased funding of research and academic pursuites

Registration 961285-15634-62. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by David Farrar (266), Susan Tighe (94).

  • Reported by David Farrar · In-house (organization)

    • Juan Sarmiento · Special Assistant - Ontario, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    EducationImmigration

    Official report

  • Reported by David Farrar · In-house (organization)

    • Simon Kennedy · Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Mary Gregory · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Charles Vincent · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Jennifer Levesque · Deputy Director, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by David Farrar · In-house (organization)

    • Michael Vandergrift · Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Debbie Scharf · Assistant Deputy Minister, Safety and SecurityEner, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    EnergyEnvironmentResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by David Farrar · In-house (organization)

    • Nancy Gardiner · President, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
    • Todd Stewart · Director General, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
    • Kayla Monteiro · Director General, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
    • Steve Masson · Vice President, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
    and 1 more
    • Linda Cousineau · Vice President, Business Innovation and Community Development, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)

    Economic DevelopmentRegional DevelopmentResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by David Farrar · In-house (organization)

    • Sean Fraser · Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Matthew Dylan-Leitch · Communications advisor to the Minister, Infrastructure Canada (INFC)

    HousingInfrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by David Farrar · In-house (organization)

    • Harpreet Kochhar · President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Jean Guy Forgeron · Assistant Deputy Minister, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

    HealthResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by David Farrar · In-house (organization)

    • Dan Muys · Member of Parliament
    • Dean Allison · Member of Parliament
    • Larry Brock · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    EducationEnergyHealthHousingResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by David Farrar · In-house (organization)

    • Iain Stewart · President, National Research Council (NRC)
    • Shannon Quinn · Secretary General, National Research Council (NRC)
    • Joel Martin · Chief Digital Research Officer, National Research Council (NRC)
    • Ibrahim Yimer · Vice President, National Research Council (NRC)
    and 1 more
    • Lakshmi Krishnan · Vice President, National Research Council (NRC)

    Economic DevelopmentHealthResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by David Farrar · In-house (organization)

    • Lisa Hepfner · Member of Parliament
    • Karina Gould · Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
    • Chad Collins · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Filomena Tassi · Minister, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)

    HealthHousingInfrastructureRegional DevelopmentResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by David Farrar · In-house (organization)

    • Michael Vandergrift · Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Jeff Labonté · Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Debbie Scharf · Assistant Deputy Minister, Safety and SecurityEner, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Frederique Beauregard-Tellier · Director General, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    ClimateEnergyEnvironmentRegional Development

    Official report

  • Reported by David Farrar · In-house (organization)

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

    HealthResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by David Farrar · In-house (organization)

    • Mark Holland · Minister of Health, Health Canada (HC)
    • Shanzae Khan · Policy Advisor to the Minister, Health Canada (HC)

    HealthResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by David Farrar · In-house (organization)

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

    Immigration

    Official report

  • Reported by David Farrar · In-house (organization)

    • Alison O'Leary · Assistant Deputy Minister, Infrastructure Canada (INFC)

    HousingInfrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by David Farrar · In-house (organization)

    • Nipun Vats · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Ted Hewitt · President, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
    • Catherine MacLeod · Executive Vice President, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
    • Tricia Geddes · Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada (PS)

    Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by David Farrar · In-house (organization)

    • Daniel Quinn · Director, Research, Infrastructure and Outreach, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by David Farrar · In-house (organization)

    • Lakshmi Krishnan · Vice President, National Research Council (NRC)

    Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by David Farrar · In-house (organization)

    • Lloyd Longfield · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by David Farrar · In-house (organization)

    • Sue Twine · Director General, National Research Council (NRC)

    Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by David Farrar · In-house (organization)

    • Ritu Banerjee · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    HealthResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by David Farrar · In-house (organization)

    • Jane Rylett · Scientific Director, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    HealthResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by David Farrar · In-house (organization)

    • Tracy Gray · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by David Farrar · In-house (organization)

    • Marty Morantz · MP, House of Commons

    Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by David Farrar · In-house (organization)

    • Nancy Gardiner · President, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
    • Chris Padfield · Vice President Programs, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)

    HealthInfrastructureResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by David Farrar · In-house (organization)

    • Simon Kennedy · Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Research 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.