Organization
Deans Council - Agriculture, Food & Veterinary Medicine, (Deans Council AFVM)
- Meetings this Parliament
- 22
- With MPs
- 7
- Since Nov 2021
- 116
- Active registrations
- 1
Most recent reported meeting: Sep 22, 2026.
Lobbying by Deans Council - Agriculture, Food & Veterinary Medicine, (Deans Council AFVM): 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 11, 2026
Filed by Roger Larson, Executive Director
Lobbyists
- Roger Larson · Executive Director
Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Export Development Canada (EDC), Farm Credit Canada (FCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), International Development Research Centre (IDRC), National Defence (DND), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office), Senate of Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
What they're lobbying on (6)Hide details
- Communicating to Members of Parliament and Senate, federal departments and agencies a long term and comprehensive view of the role of research and post-secondary education as it relates to agriculture, food and nutrition, animals and health, in the growth of economic and societal wealth of Canada.
- Identification of critical infrastructure for food safety, security, sustainability and sovereignty, and public health related to nutrition, disease surveillance and prevention.
- Provide advice to federal departments and agencies regarding Agriculture, Food and Veterinary Medicine policies and priorities, and in particular Agricultural, Food and Veterinary Medicine policies and priorities related to skills development and capacity, funding and partnerships in scientific research and the technology transfer / extension to users of the research findings. Advice on regulations in related subjects.
- Communicating with public office holders in the areas of research funding priorities, funding cycles, processes and results; and skills and HQP (highly qualified personnel) needs for governments, industry and academia.
- Collaboration among Science and Technology and Policy Branches, and Agriculture, Food and Veterinary Medicine faculties of member universities, regarding the development and implementation of research clusters of federal and university organizations.
- Collaborating with Federal Government on strengthening Canadian universities arrangements with universities abroad
Registration 777059-16105-34. Look it up in the official Registry
Reported meetings
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Reported by Roger Larson · In-house (organization)
- Jean-Guy Forgeron · Executive Vice President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
- Mary-Jane Ireland · Chief Veterinary Officer, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
AgricultureEducationEmployment and TrainingHealthInfrastructureResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Roger Larson · In-house (organization)
- François Cordeau · Vice President, National Research Council (NRC)
AgricultureEducationInfrastructureResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Roger Larson · In-house (organization)
- Lawrence MacAulay · Member of Parliament for Cardigan, House of Commons
- Emerson Vandenberg · Director of Policy, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
- Jeremy Keats · Policy Advisor, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
- Andrew Goldstein · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
AgricultureEducationEmployment and TrainingEnvironmentHealthIndustryInfrastructureResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Roger Larson · In-house (organization)
- John Barlow · Member of Parliament
AgricultureBudgetEducationEmployment and TrainingImmigrationInfrastructure
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Reported by Roger Larson · In-house (organization)
- Marc Fortin · Vice President, research partnerships, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
AgricultureAnimal WelfareEducationEmployment and TrainingResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Roger Larson · In-house (organization)
- Emerson Vandenberg · Director of Policy, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
AgricultureEducationEmployment and TrainingResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Roger Larson · In-house (organization)
- Earl Dreeshen · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
AgricultureEducationEmployment and TrainingImmigration
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Reported by Roger Larson · In-house (organization)
- Nathan Canning · Policy Advisor, Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office)
AgricultureEducationEmployment and TrainingImmigration
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Reported by Roger Larson · In-house (organization)
- Alister MacGregor · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
AgricultureClimateEducationEmployment and TrainingEnvironmentImmigrationInfrastructure
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Reported by Roger Larson · In-house (organization)
- Larry Maguire · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
AgricultureEducationEmployment and TrainingEnvironmentImmigrationInfrastructure
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Reported by Roger Larson · In-house (organization)
- Neil Macisaac · Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Policy, Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office)
- Molly Wilkins · Ontario regional & issues advisor, Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office)
- Nathan Canning · Policy Advisor, Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office)
AgricultureClimateEducationEmployment and TrainingImmigrationInfrastructureResearch and Development
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Reported by Roger Larson · In-house (organization)
- Andrew Goldstein · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
AgricultureClimateEducationInfrastructureResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Roger Larson · In-house (organization)
- Robert Black · Senator, Senate of Canada
AgricultureClimateEducationEmployment and TrainingImmigrationResearch and Development
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Reported by Roger Larson · In-house (organization)
- Tom Rosser · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
- Kathleen Donohue · ADM & VP - CFIA, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
- Liz Foster · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
- Shannon Nix · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
and 1 moreShow fewer
- Vidya ShankarNarayan · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
AgricultureEducationEmployment and TrainingEnvironmentImmigrationInfrastructureResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Roger Larson · In-house (organization)
- Harpreet Kochar · Deputy Minister, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
AgricultureEducationEmployment and TrainingHealthImmigrationInfrastructure
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Reported by Roger Larson · In-house (organization)
- Francis Drouin · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
AgricultureEducationEmployment and TrainingImmigrationInfrastructure
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Reported by Roger Larson · In-house (organization)
- Ryan Turnbull · Parliamentary Secretary, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
AgricultureEconomic DevelopmentEducationEmployment and TrainingResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Roger Larson · In-house (organization)
- Andrew Goldstein · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
AgricultureResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Roger Larson · In-house (organization)
- Tom Rosser · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
AgricultureEducationResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Roger Larson · In-house (organization)
- Marc Fortin · Vice President, research partnerships, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
AgricultureAnimal WelfareEducationHealthResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Roger Larson · In-house (organization)
- Iain Stewart · President, National Research Council (NRC)
AgricultureEducationInfrastructureResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Roger Larson · In-house (organization)
- Rebecca Caldwell · Senior Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
AgricultureClimateEducationEmployment and TrainingEnvironmentHealthIndustryInfrastructureResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Roger Larson · In-house (organization)
- Stefanie Beck · Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
- Andrew Goldstein · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
AgricultureBudgetClimateEducationEnvironmentHealthIndustryInfrastructureResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Roger Larson · In-house (organization)
- John Barlow · Member of Parliament
- Michael D. Chong · Member of Parliament
- Dave Epp · Member of Parliament
- Glen Motz · Member of Parliament
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- Earl Dreeshen · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
- Stephen Ellis · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
- Richard Lehoux · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
- Larry Maguire · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
- Martin Shields · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
AgricultureBudgetClimateEducationEnvironmentHealthInfrastructureResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Roger Larson · In-house (organization)
- Marc Fortin · Vice President, research partnerships, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
AgricultureAnimal WelfareClimateEducationHealthInfrastructureResearch 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.