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Lobbying by Volunteer Canada: 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

Volunteer Canada

Meetings this Parliament
12
With MPs
5
Since Nov 2021
28
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 4, 2026.

Who they meet

Since the current Parliament opened.

MPs

Institutions

  • Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)6
  • House of Commons3
  • Public Safety Canada (PS)1
  • Prime Minister's Office (PMO)1
  • Canadian Heritage (PCH)1

Registrations in effect

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

Filed by Megan Conway, President & Chief Executive Officer

Lobbyists

  • Megan Conway · President & Chief Executive Officer

Institutions they may lobby: Canadian Heritage (PCH), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Finance Canada (FIN), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Public Safety Canada (PS), Senate of Canada, Statistics Canada (StatCan), Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)

What they're lobbying on (4)
  • To ensure that a National volunteer strategy, as outlined in the Special Senate Committee on the Charitable Sector, is implemented.
  • To ensure that frameworks that support service and volunteering are considered in policies and investments in ways that reflect the holistic needs of communities.
  • To identify how National Volunteer Week and the International Year of the Volunteer are important policy initiatives that strengthen the Canadian identity.
  • Seeking funding to strengthen volunteering in Canada and the development of a Volunteer Screening Centre.

Registration 950744-15636-30. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Megan Conway · In-house (organization)

    • Gregory Frame · Policy Advisory, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    To ensure that frameworks that support service and volunteering are considered in policies and investments in ways that reflect the holistic needs of communities. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Megan Conway · In-house (organization)

    To identify how National Volunteer Week and the International Year of the Volunteer are important policy initiatives that strengthen the Canadian identity.

    Official report

  • Reported by Megan Conway · In-house (organization)

    • Zachary Nixon · Regional Advisor, Ontario, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    To identify how National Volunteer Week and the International Year of the Volunteer are important policy initiatives that strengthen the Canadian identity.

    Official report

  • Reported by Megan Conway · In-house (organization)

    To identify how National Volunteer Week and the International Year of the Volunteer are important policy initiatives that strengthen the Canadian identity.

    Official report

  • Reported by Megan Conway · In-house (organization)

    • Aaron Rosenbaum · Special Assistant, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Isabella McKenna · Director to MoS, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    To identify how National Volunteer Week and the International Year of the Volunteer are important policy initiatives that strengthen the Canadian identity.

    Official report

  • Reported by Megan Conway · In-house (organization)

    • Leslie Church · Parliamentary Secretary, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    To identify how National Volunteer Week and the International Year of the Volunteer are important policy initiatives that strengthen the Canadian identity.

    Official report

  • Reported by Megan Conway · In-house (organization)

    • Madison Taipulus · Policy Advisory, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    To identify how National Volunteer Week and the International Year of the Volunteer are important policy initiatives that strengthen the Canadian identity.

    Official report

  • Reported by Megan Conway · In-house (organization)

    To identify how National Volunteer Week and the International Year of the Volunteer are important policy initiatives that strengthen the Canadian identity. Read more

    To ensure that a National volunteer strategy, as outlined in the Special Senate Committee on the Charitable Sector, is implemented.

    Official report

  • Reported by Megan Conway · In-house (organization)

    • Anna Gainey · Secretary of State for Children and Youth, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    To ensure that a National volunteer strategy, as outlined in the Special Senate Committee on the Charitable Sector, is implemented. Read more

    To identify how National Volunteer Week and the International Year of the Volunteer are important policy initiatives that strengthen the Canadian identity.

    Official report

  • Reported by Megan Conway · In-house (organization)

    • Zachary Torok · Policy Advisor, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    Seeking funding to strengthen volunteering in Canada and the development of a Volunteer Screening Centre.

    Official report

  • Reported by Megan Conway · In-house (organization)

    • Ellen Galupo · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    To ensure that a National volunteer strategy, as outlined in the Special Senate Committee on the Charitable Sector, is implemented.

    Official report

  • Reported by Megan Conway · In-house (organization)

    • Ellen Galupo · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Reem Al-Ameri · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    To ensure that a National volunteer strategy, as outlined in the Special Senate Committee on the Charitable Sector, is implemented.

    Official report

  • Reported by Megan Conway · In-house (organization)

    • Lydia Mackay Swiatkowska · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    To ensure that a National volunteer strategy, as outlined in the Special Senate Committee on the Charitable Sector, is implemented.

    Official report

  • Reported by Megan Conway · In-house (organization)

    • Jenna Sudds · Minister, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Lydia MacKay · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    BudgetEmployment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Megan Conway · In-house (organization)

    • James Christie · Policy advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Employment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Megan Conway · In-house (organization)

    • Pedro PF Alfaro Heller · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Dempster Victoria · Operations Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Andrew Welsh · Operations Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Employment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Megan Conway · In-house (organization)

    • Seamus O'Regan · Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Sandra Hassan · Associate Deputy Minister, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Susan MacPhee · Program Director, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Employment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Megan Conway · In-house (organization)

    • James Christie · Policy Advisor to Minister, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Employment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Megan Conway · In-house (organization)

    • Lydia Swiatkowska · Policy Advisor to the Minister, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Employment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Megan Conway · In-house (organization)

    Employment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Megan Conway · In-house (organization)

    • Tony Van Bynen · MP, House of Commons

    Employment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Megan Conway · In-house (organization)

    • Pedro Alfaro Heller · Senior Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Employment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Megan Conway · In-house (organization)

    • Abigail Garwood · Senior Policy Advisor, Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)

    Employment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Megan Conway · In-house (organization)

    • Andrew Bevan · Chief of Staff to the Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)

    BudgetEmployment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Megan Conway · In-house (organization)

    • Ellen Galupo · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Employment and Training

    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.