Organization
Colleges and Institutes Canada
- Meetings this Parliament
- 156
- With MPs
- 31
- Since Nov 2021
- 557
- Active registrations
- 1
Most recent reported meeting: Sep 29, 2026.
Lobbying by Colleges and Institutes Canada: 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 8, 2026 Receives government funding
Filed by Pari Johnston, President and Chief Executive Officer
Lobbyists
- Florence Touré · Vice-President, Programs and Partnerships
- Gustave Pinault-Masson · Senior Policy Advisor, Government Relations and Policy Research
- Marie-Josée Fortin · Director, America's & Francophone & Lusophone Africa
- Michael McDonald · Vice?President, External and Member Relations
- Pari Johnston · President and Chief Executive Officer
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Rose Blackwood · Senior Policy Advisor, Government Relations & Policy Research
Former public office holder
Formerly Member's Assistant, Office of Alistair MacGregor, MP, House of Commons (2018–2021)
Formerly Constituency Assistant, Office of Murray Rankin, MP, House of Commons (2017–2017)
- Tresanna Hassanally · Manager, Planning for Canada
- Victoria Johnston · Policy Analyst, Government Relations and Policy Research
Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Bank of Canada, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB), Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor), Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Copyright Board of Canada (CB), Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Elections Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev), 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), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), International Development Research Centre (IDRC), National Capital Commission (NCC), National Defence (DND), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL), Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan), Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan), 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), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Senate of Canada, Service Canada (ServCan), 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 (13)Hide details
- Advocate for place-based solutions to Canada’s biggest challenges, which support the region-specific mandates of public colleges and ensure local training needs are considered in policy development.
- Increase support to developing countries and other partner countries to build technical and vocational training capacity, strengthen skills development and education systems, and enhance Canada’s global education brand.
- Advocate for support for college-led research as a core component of federal research and innovation funding and policy.
- Discuss how colleges can support immigration programs, such as foreign credential recognition or international students, to meet Canada’s labour market needs, and share with officials impacts of policy changes on the college sector.
- Share with officials how colleges can support Canada’s training and workforce development needs to meet Canada’s biggest challenges.
- Share with officials the role of colleges and institutes in delivering high quality education for Canadians, and ensuring access to education for Canadians.
- Advance reconciliation through partnerships with Canada’s public colleges, institutes, CEGEPs, polytechnics, and Indigenous Institutes of Education.
- Promote the role and expertise of colleges in deepening Canada’s relationships with other countries.
- Promote the value of educational fair dealing in supporting colleges and institutes in their mandate to provide advanced skills and to enable them to better respond to the skills shortage.
- Increase investments and support to address colleges’ infrastructure needs to increase Canada’s training space and access in key high-demand fields that align with federal priority areas.
- Enable post-secondary institutions to obtain grants and loans to develop student housing projects, with additional supports for housing that supports students from vulnerable populations.
- Ensure Canada’s colleges and institutes have the necessary federal support to provide high-quality training for future healthcare professionals.
- Ensure the specific needs of institutions, including French institutions and those in minority linguistic communities, are taken into account when federal policies and programs are designed and delivered.
Registration 956617-16499-76. Look it up in the official Registry
Reported meetings
SpreadsheetFiled by Pari Johnston (336), Denise Amyot (221).
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Reported by Denise Amyot · In-house (organization)
- Karina Gould · Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Education
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Reported by Denise Amyot · In-house (organization)
- Mona Fortier · President of the Treasury Board, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
EducationInternational Development
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Reported by Denise Amyot · In-house (organization)
- Mary Ng · Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
ImmigrationResearch and Development
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Reported by Denise Amyot · In-house (organization)
- Chelios Vuong · Policy Advisor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
ImmigrationResearch and Development
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Reported by Denise Amyot · In-house (organization)
- Abed Harb · Senior Advisor, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Research and Development
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Reported by Denise Amyot · In-house (organization)
- Peter Opdam · Senior Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Education
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Reported by Denise Amyot · In-house (organization)
- Harjit Sajjan · Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
International Development
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Reported by Denise Amyot · In-house (organization)
- Blake Oliver · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
Research and Development
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Reported by Denise Amyot · In-house (organization)
- Sebastian Clarke · Policy Advisor to the Minister, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
- Olga Radchenko · Chief of Staff, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Immigration
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Reported by Denise Amyot · In-house (organization)
- Stephanie Cadieux · Chief Accessibility Officer (CAO), Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Education
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Reported by Denise Amyot · In-house (organization)
- Mitch Davies · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Greg Reade · Director General, Microeconomic Policy Analysis, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Michelle Lazaratos · Senior Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Employment and Training
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Reported by Denise Amyot · In-house (organization)
- François-Philippe Champagne · Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Michael Sabia · Deputy Minister of Finance, Finance Canada (FIN)
- Simon Kennedy · Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Boyan Gerasimov · Director of Policy, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
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- Blake Oliver · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
Research and Development
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Reported by Denise Amyot · In-house (organization)
- Blake Oliver · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
Research and Development
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Reported by Denise Amyot · In-house (organization)
- Aisha Paquette-Dioury · Special Assistant, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Aboriginal AffairsBilingualism/Official Languages
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Reported by Denise Amyot · In-house (organization)
- Ayesha Khaira · Policy Advisor and Western & Northern Regional Affairs Advisor, Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
Infrastructure
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Reported by Denise Amyot · In-house (organization)
- Nipun Vats · Assistant Deputy Minister, Science and Research Sector, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Michelle Gravelle · Director General, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Research and Development
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Reported by Denise Amyot · In-house (organization)
- Lisa Setlakwe · Assistant Secretary of Social, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Education
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Reported by Denise Amyot · In-house (organization)
- Douglas Wong · Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
Employment and Training
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Reported by Denise Amyot · In-house (organization)
- Mitch Davies · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Jaxson Khan · Senior Policy Advisor to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Employment and Training
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Reported by Denise Amyot · In-house (organization)
- Jonathan Wilkinson · Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Drew Leyburne · Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
EducationEnvironment
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Reported by Denise Amyot · In-house (organization)
- Aisha Paquette-Dioury · Special Assistant, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Aboriginal AffairsBilingualism/Official Languages
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Reported by Denise Amyot · In-house (organization)
- Sara Korajian · Policy Advisor, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Education
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Reported by Denise Amyot · In-house (organization)
- Chrystina Dundas · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Employment and Training
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Reported by Denise Amyot · In-house (organization)
- Emily Gilroy · Stakeholder Relations Advisor, Office of the Leader of the Official Opposition, House of Commons
- Hamish Wright · Policy Adivsor, Office of the Leader of the Official Opposition, House of Commons
- Jonathan Stakehouse · Intern, Office of the Leader of the Official Opposition, House of Commons
Education
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Reported by Denise Amyot · In-house (organization)
- Peter Opdam · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Education
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.