Organization
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
- Meetings this Parliament
- 4
- With MPs
- 1
- Since Nov 2021
- 34
- Active registrations
- 1
Most recent reported meeting: May 26, 2026.
Lobbying by Northern Alberta Institute of Technology: 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 May 28, 2026 Receives government funding
Filed by Laura Jo Gunter, President & CEO
Lobbyists
- Agatha Ojimelukwe · Dean, School of Energy and Natural Resources
- Gail Kelly · Director, Government and Public Affairs
- Joseph Otitoju · Director Strategic Project Coordination
- Laura Jo Gunter · President and CEO
- Maya Echtay · Senior Strategist, Government and Public Affairs
- Olle Lagerquist · Associate Vice President, Industry Solutions
- Peter LeClaire · Vice President Academic
- Sheida Knight · Business Development Lead
Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada Emission Reduction Incentives Agency, Canadian Energy Regulator (CER), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), 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), National Defence (DND), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office), Senate of Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
What they're lobbying on (15)Hide details
- Engagement with Government of Canada representatives related to funding opportunities as per the Defence Industrial Strategy.
- Advocacy for industry?government?post secondary collaboration that strengthens Canada’s defence ecosystem while advancing workforce readiness in Alberta; positioning the institution as a training and applied research partner supporting defence related manufacturing, allied health, advanced skills, and technology development.
- Promoting policies, programs and regulatory initiatives that strengthen apprenticeship programs and pathways. Seeking funding for apprenticeship training and workforce development initiatives.
- Promoting policies and programs that support pathways for international students, including program of study and post graduate work permit eligibilities.
- Seeking funding to support the development of Indigenous Community-led Atlases Project (GIS database development) and associated capacity building with additional communities
- Seeking funding to facilitate development of clean energy resources, particularly those that are being developed using waste/byproduct streams
- Seeking funding to assess the prevalence of microplastics is fresh water bodies, and their impact on aquatic health
- Seeking funding to develop technologies in partnership with Indigenous communities that will assist in remote monitoring of wildfires, GHG emissions, and other airborne industrial contaminants
- Seeking funding to develop wildlife monitoring and related capacity building programs with Indigenous communities
- Seeking funding to support additional Indigenous communities to begin Indigenous Community-led Environmental Monitoring programs (Soil and Water Sampling and Analysis)
- Seeking funding to develop technologies and share best practices in sustainable mining including tailings management, water management, resource exploration and resource exploitation.
- Seeking funding to develop technology solutions for various environmental research including but not limited to reforesting industrial disturbances; restoration methods to reclaim mineral features of post-reclamation soil; operational testing of seed products; expanding and consolidating NAIT's applied research capacity for the benefit of companies developing technologies to transform waste materials.
- Seeking funding to develop productivity and competitiveness in Alberta's food industry, which includes primary producers, ingredient manufacturers, food and beverage processors, service organizations, and equipment manufacturers.
- Seeking funding to develop low cost methods to treat saline water and develop value added products from the brine vs requiring deep well injection for brine rejects.
- Seeking funding to fund research in using and expanding metaBUS tools for locating and synthesizing research findings.
Registration 948198-15742-43. Look it up in the official Registry
Reported meetings
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Reported by Laura Jo Gunter · In-house (organization)
- Matt Jeneroux · Member of Parliament for Edmonton Riverbend
- Tim Uppal · Member of Parliament for Edmonton Gateway
- Paul Halucha · Deputy Minister, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
Engagement with Government of Canada representatives related to funding opportunities as per the Defence Industrial Strategy. Read more
Advocacy for industry?government?post secondary collaboration that strengthens Canada’s defence ecosystem while advancing workforce readiness in Alberta; positioning the institution as a training and applied research partner supporting defence related manufacturing, allied health, advanced skills, and technology development.
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Reported by Laura Jo Gunter · In-house (organization)
- Paula Folkes · ADM, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Engagement with Government of Canada representatives related to funding opportunities as per the Defence Industrial Strategy.
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Reported by Laura Jo Gunter · In-house (organization)
- Michele Evans · Assistant Deputy Minister, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
- Eric Fournier · Director General, National Defence (DND)
Seeking funding to support applied research, skills development, and strategic workforce solutions.
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Reported by Laura Jo Gunter · In-house (organization)
- Michele Evans · Assistant Deputy Minister, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
Seeking funding to support applied research, skills development, and strategic workforce solutions.
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Reported by Laura Jo Gunter · In-house (organization)
- Marc Miller · Member of Parliament, Minister Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
- Jasraj Singh Hallan · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
- Paul Thompson · Deputy Minister, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Francis Bilodeau · Acting Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
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- Harpreet Kochar · Deputy Minister, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Seeking funding to support applied research, skills development, and strategic workforce solutions.
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Reported by Laura Jo Gunter · In-house (organization)
- Adam Chambers · Member of Parliament
- Ryan Turnbull · Member of Parliament
- Randy Boissonnault · Member of Parliament, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, House of Commons
Seeking funding to support applied research, skills development, and strategic workforce solutions.
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Reported by Laura Jo Gunter · In-house (organization)
- Nipun Vats · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Economic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingIndustryNatural ResourcesResearch and DevelopmentSmall Business
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Reported by Laura Jo Gunter · In-house (organization)
- Michele Kingsley · Assistant Deputy Minister, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Economic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingImmigrationIndustry
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Reported by Laura Jo Gunter · In-house (organization)
- Nipun Vats · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
IndustryResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Laura Jo Gunter · In-house (organization)
- Debbie Scharf · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Drew Layburne · Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Employment and Training
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Reported by Laura Jo Gunter · In-house (organization)
- Mitch Davis · Senior Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Economic DevelopmentIndustry
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Reported by Laura Jo Gunter · In-house (organization)
- Kyle Nicholson · Policy Advisor, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Immigration
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Reported by Laura Jo Gunter · In-house (organization)
- Olivier Quirion · Director, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Employment and Training
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Reported by Laura Jo Gunter · In-house (organization)
- Andrew Brown · Senior ADM, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Employment and Training
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Reported by Laura Jo Gunter · In-house (organization)
- Nipun Vats · Assistant Deputy Minsiter, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Laura Jo Gunter · In-house (organization)
- Mitch Davis · Senior Executive, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Employment and TrainingResearch and Development
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Reported by Laura Jo Gunter · In-house (organization)
- Rhonda Fernandes · Director General, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Employment and Training
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Reported by Laura Jo Gunter · In-house (organization)
- Cara Scales · Executive Director, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Employment and Training
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Reported by Laura Jo Gunter · In-house (organization)
- Simon Kennedy · Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Employment and TrainingResearch and Development
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Reported by Laura Jo Gunter · In-house (organization)
- Marc D'Iorio · Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
- Vincent Ngan · Director General, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
- Matthew Cloutier · Executive Director, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
ClimateEmployment and TrainingEnergyEnvironmentResearch and Development
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Reported by Laura Jo Gunter · In-house (organization)
- Douglas Wong · Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
Employment and TrainingRegional DevelopmentResearch and Development
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Reported by Laura Jo Gunter · In-house (organization)
- Debbie Scharf · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Cori Anderson · Director, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Economic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingRegional DevelopmentResearch and Development
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Reported by Laura Jo Gunter · In-house (organization)
- Olivier Quirion · Director, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Economic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingResearch and Development
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Reported by Laura Jo Gunter · In-house (organization)
- Kelly McCauley · Member of Parliament
- Mike Lake · Member of Parliament
- Heather McPherson · Member of Parliament
- Hillary Morgan · Regional Advisor, Health Canada (HC)
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- Paula Simons · Senator, Senate of Canada
- Karen Sorenson · Senator, Senate of Canada
- Alex Howell · Chief of Staff, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Ekateryna Nova · Regional Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Bianca Hossain · Sr Special Assistant, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Randy Boissonnault · Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Morgan Breitkreutz · Director of operations, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Justin Mohr · Regional Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Employment and TrainingResearch and Development
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Reported by Laura Jo Gunter · In-house (organization)
- Radha Subramani · Director General, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Matt deVlieger · Director General, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Employment and TrainingResearch and Development
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.