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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.

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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.

Registrations 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)
  • 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

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)

    • Patrick Pereira · Regional Advisor, Canadian Heritage (PCH)

    Arts and CultureBudgetEmployment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)

    • Blake Desjarlais · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Gregory Sibley · Legislative Assistant, House of Commons

    Arts and CultureHealth

    Official report

  • Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)

    • Kirsty Duncan · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Heba Jibril · Parliamentary Assistant, House of Commons

    Arts and CultureEmployment and TrainingHealthResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)

    • Kaitlyn Forbes · Policy Advisor, Health Canada (HC)

    Arts and CultureBudgetHealth

    Official report

  • Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)

    • Gregory Sibley · Legislative Assistant, House of Commons
    • Blake Desjarlais · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Arts and CultureBudgetEconomic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingHealth

    Official report

  • Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)

    • Pablo Rodriguez · Minister, Canadian Heritage (PCH)

    Arts and CultureBudgetEmployment and TrainingHealth

    Official report

  • Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)

    • Kelly Bryant · irector of Policy in the Office of the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Arts and CultureBudgetEconomic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingHealth

    Official report

  • Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)

    • Chris Bittle · Parliamentary Secretary, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    • Patrick Pereira · Regional Advisor, Canadian Heritage (PCH)

    Arts and CultureBudgetEconomic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingHealth

    Official report

  • Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)

    • Riley Schnurr · Senior Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Arts and CultureBudgetEconomic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingHealth

    Official report

  • Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)

    • Laurence Harvey · Senior Policy Advisor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Christiana Agustin · Policy Advisor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    Arts and CultureBudget

    Official report

  • Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)

    • James Christie · Youth Policy Advisor and Atlantic Regional Advisor, Canadian Heritage (PCH)

    Arts and CultureBudget

    Official report

  • Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)

    • Ahmed Hussen · Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, Infrastructure Canada (INFC)

    Arts and CultureBudget

    Official report

  • Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)

    • Ya'ara Saks · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Arts and Culture

    Official report

  • Reported by Ana Serrano · In-house (organization)

    Arts and CultureBudgetHealthResearch 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.