Organization
Ontario College of Art & Design University
- Meetings this Parliament
- 8
- With MPs
- 5
- Since Nov 2021
- 39
- Active registrations
- 1
Most recent reported meeting: Sep 24, 2026.
Lobbying by Ontario College of Art & Design University: 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 Jun 15, 2026 Receives government funding
Filed by Ana Serrano, President and Vice Chancellor
Lobbyists
- Ana Serrano · President and Vice Chancellor
- Julia Pereira · Manager, Government & Community Relations
- Miriam Kramer · Executive Director, Government & Community Relations
- Sandra Gabriele · Provost & Vice-President Academic
Institutions they may lobby: Atlantic Pilotage Authority (APA), Canada Council for the Arts, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canada Infrastructure Bank, Canada School of Public Service (CSPS), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Export Development Canada (EDC), 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), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), National Film Board (NFB), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Parks Canada (PC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
What they're lobbying on (9)Hide details
- Support for a Public AI Lab through the National AI Strategy to promote adoption among the arts, culture, and creative industies
- Affordable housing for students, support for student mental health and wellness, support for the Cultural Policy Hub and research support services, support for upskilling and reskilling and Public AI
- Discussions with the government concerning campus and student safety and the potential creation of strategies to combat hate on campus.
- Support for a national upskilling and training program through Canada's art and design universities that would support the arts, culture and creative industries transition through new technological changes including AI
- Seeking funding from FedDev to support a design-driven entrepreneurial diversity and inclusive innovation program.
- Research and commercialization funding from ISED (Innovation Science and Economic Development) agencies - FedDev Ontario (Applied Research and Commercialization Initiative) and National Research Council Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) with respect to internships, commercialization, research and research infrastructure.
- Inclusion of women and other diverse people in the economy, especially in creative and digital media industries
- Funding to support young adult creative mental health and affordable student housing
- Funding for inclusion of women, equity, diversity and inclusion in the economy, especially in creative and digital media industries
Registration 946506-261304-39. Look it up in the official Registry
Reported meetings
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Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)
- Mark Schaan · Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Blair McMurren · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Cultural Affairs, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
- Francis Bilodeau · Deputy Minister, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Support for a Public AI Lab through the National AI Strategy to promote adoption among the arts, culture, and creative industies
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Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)
- Mark Schaan · Associate Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Research and commercialization funding from ISED (Innovation Science and Economic Development) agencies - FedDev Ontario (Applied Research and Commercialization Initiative) and National Research Council Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) with respect to internships, commercialization, research and research infrastructure. Read more
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Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)
- Blair McMurren · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Cultural Affairs, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Affordable housing for students, support for student mental health and wellness, support for the Cultural Policy Hub and research support services, support for upskilling and reskilling Read more
Support for a national upskilling and training program through Canada's art and design universities that would support the arts, culture and creative industries transition through new technological changes including AI
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Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)
- David Myles · Parliamentary Secretary, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
- Tao Fei · Policy Advisor, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Affordable housing for students, support for student mental health and wellness, support for the Cultural Policy Hub and research support services, support for upskilling and reskilling Read more
Support for a national upskilling and training program through Canada's art and design universities that would support the arts, culture and creative industries transition through new technological changes including AI
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Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)
- Tamara Kronis · Member of Parliament
Discussions with the government concerning campus and student safety and the potential creation of strategies to combat hate on campus. Read more
Affordable housing for students, support for student mental health and wellness, support for the Cultural Policy Hub and research support services, support for upskilling and reskilling
Support for a national upskilling and training program through Canada's art and design universities that would support the arts, culture and creative industries transition through new technological changes including AI
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Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)
- Karim Bardeesy · Member of Parliament
Support for a national upskilling and training program through Canada's art and design universities that would support the arts, culture and creative industries transition through new technological changes including AI Read more
Affordable housing for students, support for student mental health and wellness, support for the Cultural Policy Hub and research support services, support for upskilling and reskilling
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Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)
- Rachael Thomas · Member of Parliament
Affordable housing for students, support for student mental health and wellness, support for the Cultural Policy Hub and research support services, support for upskilling and reskilling Read more
Support for a national upskilling and training program through Canada's art and design universities that would support the arts, culture and creative industries transition through new technological changes including AI
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Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)
- Chi Nguyen · Member of Parliament
Support for a national upskilling and training program through Canada's art and design universities that would support the arts, culture and creative industries transition through new technological changes including AI Read more
Affordable housing for students, support for student mental health and wellness, support for the Cultural Policy Hub and research support services, support for upskilling and reskilling
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Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)
- Anthony Housefather · Member of Parliament
Discussions with the government concerning campus and student safety and the potential creation of strategies to combat hate on campus. Read more
Exemption from the international student cap for art and design university students
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Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)
- Jessika James · Director, House of Commons
Support for a national upskilling and training program through Canada's art and design universities that would support the arts, culture and creative industries transition through new technological changes including AI Read more
Exemption from the international student cap for art and design university students
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Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)
- Julie Dabrusin · Member of Parliament
- Greg Barley · Director of Parliamentary Affairs, House of Commons
Support for a national upskilling and training program through Canada's art and design universities that would support the arts, culture and creative industries transition through new technological changes including AI Read more
Exemption from the international student cap for art and design university students
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Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)
- Pat Kelly · Member of Parliament
Support for a national upskilling and training program through Canada's art and design universities that would support the arts, culture and creative industries transition through new technological changes including AI Read more
Exemption from the international student cap for art and design university students
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Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)
- Julie Spattz · Senior Director, Temporary Economic Immigration - International Student Policy (ISP) Team, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Exemption from the international student cap for art and design university students
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Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)
- Tom Kmiec · Member of Parliament
Support for a national upskilling and training program through Canada's art and design universities that would support the arts, culture and creative industries transition through new technological changes including AI Read more
Exemption from the international student cap for art and design university students
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Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)
- Atiq Rahman · ADM, Learning, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Support for a national upskilling and training program through Canada's art and design universities that would support the arts, culture and creative industries transition through new technological changes including AI Read more
Exemption from the international student cap for art and design university students
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Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)
- Isabelle Mondou · Deputy Minister, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Exemption from the international student cap for art and design university students Read more
Support for a national upskilling and training program through Canada's art and design universities that would support the arts, culture and creative industries transition through new technological changes including AI
Affordable housing for students, support for student mental health and wellness, support for the Cultural Policy Hub and research support services
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Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)
- Julie Dabrusin · Member of Parliament
- Mariah Brown · Member's Assistant, House of Commons
Arts and CultureEmployment and Training
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Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)
- Matthew Gray · Senior Policy Advisor, House of Commons
Arts and Culture
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Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)
- Taleeb Noormohamed · Member of Parliament
- Colin Lalonde · Director of Parliamentary Affairs and Appointments, House of Commons
Arts and CultureEmployment and Training
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Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)
- Matthew Gray · Senior Policy Advisor, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Arts and CultureMedia
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Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)
- Matthew Gray · Senior Policy Advisor, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Arts and CultureBudget
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Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)
- Taleeb Noormohamed · Member of Parliament
- Zackary Slawich · Assistant to the Minister's Parliamentary Secretary, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Arts and CultureBudgetEmployment and TrainingImmigration
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Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)
- Blake Oliver · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
- Douglas Wong · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
Arts and CultureBudgetEmployment and TrainingHealthHousingInfrastructure
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Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)
- Gregory Sibley · Legislative Assistant, House of Commons
- Blake Desjarlais · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
Arts and CultureBudgetEmployment and TrainingHealthImmigration
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Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)
- Hillary Morgan · Policy Advisor, Health Canada (HC)
Arts and CultureBudgetHealth
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.