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Lobbying by Brock University: 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

Brock University

Meetings this Parliament
15
With MPs
5
Since Nov 2021
61
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 29, 2026.

Who they meet

Since the current Parliament opened.

MPs

Institutions

  • House of Commons5
  • Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)4
  • Public Safety Canada (PS)2
  • National Defence (DND)2
  • Prime Minister's Office (PMO)1
  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)1

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Sep 29, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Lesley Rigg, President and Vice-Chancellor

Lobbyists

  • Daniel Grubb · Director, Government and Community Relations Former designated public office holder

    Formerly Senior Regional Economic Advisor, Office of the Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development, Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (2018–2018)

    Formerly Special Assistant (Regional Economic Development), Office of the Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development, Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (2016–2018)

  • Nick Switalski · Executive Director, Government & Community Relations Former designated public office holder

    Formerly Director of Issues Management, Office of the Minister of Health, Health Canada (2014–2015)

    Formerly Senior Advisor, Parliamentary Affairs, Office of the Minister of Health, Health Canada (2013–2014)

    Formerly Parliamentary Secretary Assistant, Office of the Minister, Human Resources and Social Development Canada (2011–2013)

  • Alexandra Lawson · Vice-President External
  • April Jeffs · Senior Government Relations Advisor Former public office holder

    Formerly Constituency Office Manager, Office of Member of Parliament Tony Baldinelli, Office of Member of Parliament Tony Baldinelli (2019–2023)

  • Lesley Rigg · President and Vice-Chancellor
  • Tim Kenyon · Vice-President, Research

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev), 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), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Senate of Canada, Shared Services Canada (SSC), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

What they're lobbying on (10)
  • Research priorities, funding, and programming - federal programs to support research and science including tri-agencies and research chairs.
  • Students - investments in experiential learning opportunities for students, including co-operative education, international student mobility, international education, and investments in youth entrepreneurship and skills development. Additionally, housing and student support services.
  • National defence and defence research; innovation and commercialization, and support, including funding, for economic development and businesses in the defence sector from FedDev Ontario and the Defence Industrial Strategy.
  • Brock University would like to make sure that university research and infrastructure are part of the annual federal budget.
  • Research - Brock University would like to maintain confidentiality and privacy for its researchers and applicants for federal funding.
  • Networks of Centres of Excellence - investments in agriculture innovation now that grape and wine research qualifies for funding.
  • Health research - research capital grants, research operating grants, and capital grants from the federal government.
  • Economic development and social innovation - investments that facilitate partnerships and knowledge transfer between postsecondary institutions and the private, public and not-for profit sectors.
  • Brock University would like to see research funding levels maintained or increased.
  • Agriculture innovation - investments in agriculture innovation to support research such as state-of-the-art biomanufacturing for the development of health-centric crops for food and pharmacy and grape and wine innovation.

Registration 953797-225481-66. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Lesley Rigg (45), Lynn Wells (16).

  • Reported by Lesley Rigg · In-house (organization)

    • Manuela Tomic · Senior Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Research priorities, funding, and programming - federal programs to support research and science including tri-agencies and research chairs.

    Official report

  • Reported by Lesley Rigg · In-house (organization)

    • Rothwell James · Senior Defence Policy Officer, National Defence (DND)
    National defence and defence research; innovation and commercialization, and support, including funding, for economic development and businesses in the defence sector from FedDev Ontario and the Defence Industrial Strategy. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Lesley Rigg · In-house (organization)

    • Alexa Kalsatos · Senior Operations and Regional Advisor (Ontario), National Defence (DND)
    • Conor Lewis · Policy Advisor, National Defence (DND)
    National defence and defence research; innovation and commercialization, and support, including funding, for economic development and businesses in the defence sector from FedDev Ontario and the Defence Industrial Strategy. Read more

    Economic development and social innovation - investments that facilitate partnerships and knowledge transfer between postsecondary institutions and the private, public and not-for profit sectors.

    Official report

  • Reported by Lesley Rigg · In-house (organization)

    • Joshua Mariampillai · Regional Advisor Ontario, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    Economic development and social innovation - investments that facilitate partnerships and knowledge transfer between postsecondary institutions and the private, public and not-for profit sectors. Read more

    National defence and defence research; innovation and commercialization, and support, including funding, for economic development and businesses in the defence sector from FedDev Ontario and the Defence Industrial Strategy.

    Official report

  • Reported by Lesley Rigg · In-house (organization)

    Economic development and social innovation - investments that facilitate partnerships and knowledge transfer between postsecondary institutions and the private, public and not-for profit sectors. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Lesley Rigg · In-house (organization)

    • Salam Samara · Regional Advisor - Ontario, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Tanveerkaur Tur · Senior Advisor (Operations & Stakeholder Engagement), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Economic development and social innovation - investments that facilitate partnerships and knowledge transfer between postsecondary institutions and the private, public and not-for profit sectors. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Lesley Rigg · In-house (organization)

    • Matthew Stanton · Policy and Ontario Advisor, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    Economic development and social innovation - investments that facilitate partnerships and knowledge transfer between postsecondary institutions and the private, public and not-for profit sectors. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Lesley Rigg · In-house (organization)

    Students - investments in experiential learning opportunities for students, including co-operative education, international student mobility, international education, and investments in youth entrepreneurship and skills development. Additionally, housing and student support services. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Lesley Rigg · In-house (organization)

    Economic development and social innovation - investments that facilitate partnerships and knowledge transfer between postsecondary institutions and the private, public and not-for profit sectors. Read more

    Students - investments in experiential learning opportunities for students, including co-operative education, international student mobility, international education, and investments in youth entrepreneurship and skills development. Additionally, housing and student support services.

    Official report

  • Reported by Lesley Rigg · In-house (organization)

    Economic development and social innovation - investments that facilitate partnerships and knowledge transfer between postsecondary institutions and the private, public and not-for profit sectors. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Lesley Rigg · In-house (organization)

    Research - Brock University would like to maintain confidentiality and privacy for its researchers and applicants for federal funding.

    Official report

  • Reported by Lesley Rigg · In-house (organization)

    • Philippe Renoir · Regional Director General, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Vanessa Garofalo · Regional Manager, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Michaela Vukas · Jr Policy Analyst, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Economic development and social innovation - investments that facilitate partnerships and knowledge transfer between postsecondary institutions and the private, public and not-for profit sectors. Read more

    Brock University would like to make sure that university research and infrastructure are part of the annual federal budget.

    Brock University would like to see research funding levels maintained or increased.

    Official report

  • Reported by Lesley Rigg · In-house (organization)

    • Francis Bilodeau · Associate Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Nipun Vats · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Aaron Raymond · Chief of Staff to Francis Bilodeau, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Economic development and social innovation - investments that facilitate partnerships and knowledge transfer between postsecondary institutions and the private, public and not-for profit sectors. Read more

    Brock University would like to make sure that university research and infrastructure are part of the annual federal budget.

    Brock University would like to see research funding levels maintained or increased.

    Official report

  • Reported by Lesley Rigg · In-house (organization)

    • Zachary Nixon · Regional Advisor, Ontario, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    Agriculture innovation - investments in agriculture innovation to support research such as state-of-the-art biomanufacturing for the development of health-centric crops for food and pharmacy and grape and wine innovation. Read more

    Economic development and social innovation - investments that facilitate partnerships and knowledge transfer between postsecondary institutions and the private, public and not-for profit sectors.

    Official report

  • Reported by Lesley Rigg · In-house (organization)

    • Jason MacDonald · Ontario Regional Advisor, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    Agriculture innovation - investments in agriculture innovation to support research such as state-of-the-art biomanufacturing for the development of health-centric crops for food and pharmacy and grape and wine innovation. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Lesley Rigg · In-house (organization)

    • Paul Halucha · Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Clean Growth), Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Chris Padfield · Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Clean Growth, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    Brock University would like to see research funding levels maintained or increased. Read more

    Economic development and social innovation - investments that facilitate partnerships and knowledge transfer between postsecondary institutions and the private, public and not-for profit sectors.

    Students - investments in experiential learning opportunities for students, including co-operative education, international student mobility, international education, and investments in youth entrepreneurship and skills development. Additionally, housing and student support services.

    Official report

  • Reported by Lesley Rigg · In-house (organization)

    • Isabelle Buchanan · Special Assistant, Policy, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    Students - investments in experiential learning opportunities for students, including co-operative education, international student mobility, international education, and investments in youth entrepreneurship and skills development. Additionally, housing and student support services. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Lesley Rigg · In-house (organization)

    • Lisa Stewart · Special Assistant, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    EducationImmigration

    Official report

  • Reported by Lesley Rigg · In-house (organization)

    • Sarah Macdonald · Officer, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Economic DevelopmentEducationResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Lesley Rigg · In-house (organization)

    • Isabelle Buchanan · Special Assistant, Policy, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    EducationImmigration

    Official report

  • Reported by Lesley Rigg · In-house (organization)

    • Julia Duncan · Senior Policy Advisor, Health Canada (HC)

    Education

    Official report

  • Reported by Lesley Rigg · In-house (organization)

    Economic Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Lesley Rigg · In-house (organization)

    • Patrick Mangan · Assistant to the Parliamentary Assistant, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureEconomic DevelopmentResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Lesley Rigg · In-house (organization)

    AgricultureEconomic DevelopmentResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Lesley Rigg · In-house (organization)

    • Daniel Quinn · Director, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Vanessa Peart · A/Sr Director, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Economic DevelopmentResearch and Development

    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.