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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.

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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.

Registrations 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
  • 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)
  • 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

Spreadsheet

Filed by Pari Johnston (336), Denise Amyot (221).

  • Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)

    • Paul Thompson · Deputy Minister, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Colette Kaminsky · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Jacinthe Arsenault · Director General, 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

    Official report

  • Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)

    • David Grebstad · Colonel/Canadian Armed Forces Transition, National Defence (DND)
    • Pascal Belhumeur · Commodore/Military Personnel Generation, National Defence (DND)
    • Eugenia Kalantzis · Director General, Military Personnel Research and Analysis, National Defence (DND)
    • Jeannot Boucher · Major-General/Canadian Defence Academy, National Defence (DND)
    and 1 more
    • Martin Gros-Jean · Major-General/Deputy 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

    Official report

  • Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)

    • Colette Kaminsky · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Engage officials on leveraging the capacity and capability of public colleges and institutes to support Canada and Canadians through economic turmoil.

    Official report

  • Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)

    • Bayan Kadri · Policy Advisor to the Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    • Sanjana Shah · Policy Advisor to the Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    Obtain updates from federal officials on research and innovation policy development.

    Official report

  • Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)

    • Isabelle Buchanan · Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    Harmonization and simplification of immigration policies with respect to facilitating study and work permit processes while ensuring integrity measures in place. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)

    • Maninder Sidhu · Minister of International Trade, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    Promote the role and expertise of colleges in deepening Canada’s relationships with other countries.

    Official report

  • Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)

    • Maninder Sidhu · Minister of International Trade, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    Promote the role and expertise of colleges in deepening Canada’s relationships with other countries.

    Official report

  • 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)
    Facilitate employer access to apprentices through Apprenticeship Service and additional federal funding for the national promotion of the trades.

    Official report

  • Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)

    • Anne-Marie Thompson · Vice-President, Research Grants and Scholarships, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
    Launch mission-driven funding opportunities through the Tri-Council and Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) through Applied Research and Development Grants of the College and Community Innovation Program. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)

    • Lena Metlege Diab · Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Arash Rahmani · Senior Advisor, Office of the Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    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

    Official report

  • Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)

    • Soyoung Park · Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic Programs, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    Harmonization and simplification of immigration policies with respect to facilitating study and work permit processes while ensuring integrity measures in place. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)

    • Arash Rahmani · Senior Advisor, Office of the Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    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

    Official report

  • Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)

    • Miles Wu · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Reem Al-Ameri · Policy Advisor, 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

    Official report

  • Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)

    • Mark Schaan · Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet for Artificial Intelligence, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Obtain updates from federal officials on research and innovation policy development.

    Official report

  • Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)

    • Colette Kaminsky · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, 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

    Official report

  • Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)

    • Paul Moen · Chief of Staff, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Manuela Tomic · Senior Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Advocate the renewal of the College Community Innovation Program. Read more

    Obtain updates from federal officials on research and innovation policy development.

    Official report

  • Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)

    Engage officials on leveraging the capacity and capability of public colleges and institutes to support Canada and Canadians through economic turmoil.

    Official report

  • Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)

    • Ulric Shannon · Ambassador of Canada to the Arab Republic of Egypt, 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.

    Official report

  • Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)

    • Manuela Tomic · Senior Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Obtain updates from federal officials on research and innovation policy development. Read more

    Engage officials on leveraging the capacity and capability of public colleges and institutes to support Canada and Canadians through economic turmoil.

    Official report

  • Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)

    • Manal Bahubeshi · Vice-President, Research and Technology Partnerships Directorate, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
    Obtain updates from federal officials on research and innovation policy development.

    Official report

  • Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)

    • Angus Topshee · Vice-Admiral & Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, 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

    Official report

  • Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)

    • Adam Carroll · Chief of Staff, Office of the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Isabelle Buchanan · Policy Advisor, Office of the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    Share impact of reforms to International Student Program and Post-Graduation Work Permit.

    Official report

  • Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)

    • Soyoung Park · Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic Programs, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    Share impact of reforms to International Student Program and Post-Graduation Work Permit.

    Official report

  • Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)

    • Manal Bahubeshi · Vice-President, Research and Technology Partnerships Directorate, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
    Obtain updates from federal officials on research and innovation policy development.

    Official report

  • Reported by Pari Johnston · In-house (organization)

    • Soyoung Park · Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic Programs, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    Share impact of reforms to International Student Program and Post-Graduation Work Permit.

    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.