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 Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)
- Robert Jones · Vice-President, Major Projects Office (MPO), Privy Council Office (PCO)
Share with officials how colleges can support Canada’s training and workforce development needs to meet Canada’s biggest challenges.
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Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)
- Colette Kaminsky · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- André Baril · Director General, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Share with officials how colleges can support Canada’s training and workforce development needs to meet Canada’s biggest challenges.
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Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)
- Jed Graham · Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Minister of Transport, Transport Canada (TC)
Share with officials how colleges can support Canada’s training and workforce development needs to meet Canada’s biggest challenges.
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Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)
- Annie Koutrakis · Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Jobs and Families
- Andrew Cardozo · Senator, Senate of Canada
- Farah Mohamed · Senator, Senate of Canada
Share with officials how colleges can support Canada’s training and workforce development needs to meet Canada’s biggest challenges.
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Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)
- Mona Nemer · Chief Science Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Advocate for support for college-led research as a core component of federal research and innovation funding and policy.
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Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)
- Maxime Blanchette-Joncas · Member of Parliament
Advocate for support for college-led research as a core component of federal research and innovation funding and policy.
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Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)
- Manal Bahubeshi · Vice-President, Research and Technology Partnerships Directorate, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Advocate for support for college-led research as a core component of federal research and innovation funding and policy.
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Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)
- Manuela Tomic · Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Minister of Industry, and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Advocate for support for college-led research as a core component of federal research and innovation funding and policy.
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Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)
- Karim Bardeesy · Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry
Advocate for support for college-led research as a core component of federal research and innovation funding and policy.
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Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)
- Ted Hewitt · President, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Advocate for support for college-led research as a core component of federal research and innovation funding and policy.
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Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)
- David McFarlane · Director of Policy, Office of the Minister of Industry, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Manuela Tomic · Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Minister of Industry, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Advocate the renewal of the College Community Innovation Program.
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Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)
- Nipun Vats · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Advocate the renewal of the College Community Innovation Program.
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Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)
- Jeff Waring · Assistant Deputy Minister, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
- Matt de Vlieger · Assistant Deputy Minister, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
- Erin Lynch · Assistant Deputy Minister, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
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. Read more
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Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)
- Soyoung Park · Assistant Deputy Minister, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Share impact of reforms to International Student Program and Post-Graduation Work Permit.
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Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)
- Manal Bahubeshi · Vice-President, Research and Technology Partnerships Directorate, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Advocate the renewal of the College Community Innovation Program.
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Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)
- Anita Anand · Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Promote the role of colleges in using Canadian expertise to support the development of technical and vocation education sectors in partner countries.
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Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)
- Samuel Millar · Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)
- Andrée Chenard · Director, Microeconomic Policy Analysis, Finance Canada (FIN)
- Nicholas Chesterlay · Director General, Microeconomic Policy Analysis, Finance Canada (FIN)
Advocate the renewal of the College Community Innovation Program. Read more
Integrate colleges as equal partners and their role explicitly articulated in the mandate and objectives of new funding mechanisms, in recognition of their capacity to deliver practical research solutions for the benefit of Canadians.
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Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)
- Noémie Fiset-Tremblay · Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State (Labour), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Brett Szmul · Policy Advisor, Office of the Secretary of State (Labour), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Share with officials how colleges can support Canada’s training needs, and the role of colleges and institutes in delivering high quality education for Canadians and meeting Canada’s biggest challenges. Read more
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Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)
- Chris Elliott · Lieutenant-Commander, National Defence (DND)
Share with officials how colleges can support Canada’s training needs, and the role of colleges and institutes in delivering high quality education for Canadians and meeting Canada’s biggest challenges. Read more
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Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)
- Matt de Vlieger · Assistant Deputy Minister, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
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. Read more
Share with officials how colleges can support Canada’s training needs, and the role of colleges and institutes in delivering high quality education for Canadians and meeting Canada’s biggest challenges.
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Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)
- Jill McKnight · Minister of Veterans Affairs of Canada, Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)
- Dilys Fernandes · Chief of Staff, Office of the Minister of Veterans Affairs of Canada, Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)
- Mike Hamm · Director of Policy, Office of the Minister of Veterans Affairs of Canada, Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)
Share with officials how colleges can support Canada’s training needs, and the role of colleges and institutes in delivering high quality education for Canadians and meeting Canada’s biggest challenges. Read more
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Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)
- Mark Schaan · Associate Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Obtain updates from federal officials on research and innovation policy development.
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Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)
- Karim Bardeesy · Member of Parliament
Advocate the renewal of the College Community Innovation Program. Read more
Boost innovation by reviewing eligibility for Tri-Council and Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) programming, with particular focus on expanding eligibility to Canadian colleges to access funding opportunities.
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Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)
- Nipun Vats · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Obtain updates from federal officials on research and innovation policy development.
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Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)
- Mona Fortier · Member of Parliament
Engage officials on leveraging the capacity and capability of public colleges and institutes to support Canada and Canadians through economic turmoil.
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.