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Lobbying by University Pension Plan Ontario: 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

University Pension Plan Ontario

Meetings this Parliament
62
With MPs
21
Since Nov 2021
72
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Oct 6, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Sep 21, 2026

Filed by Barbara Zvan, President and Chief Executive Officer

Lobbyists

  • Aaron Bennett · Chief Investment Officer
  • Abdul (Nasser) Jamal · Director, Government Relations
  • Andrew Naples · Managing Director, University Sector and Stakeholder Engagement
  • Anne Slivinskas · Managing Director, Pension Law and Governance
  • Barbara Zvan · President and Chief Executive Officer
  • Brian Minns · Senior Managing Director, Responsible Investing
  • Christine Chen · Chief Legal Officer
  • Delaney Greig · Senior Director, Government Relations and Investor Stewardship

Institutions they may lobby: Bank of Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), House of Commons, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Invest in Canada Hub, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

What they're lobbying on (9)
  • Discussing measures that impact corporate governance, accountability, and shareholder rights and corporate accountability, including investor access, proxy voting, shareholder proposals, and engagement with federally regulated corporations.
  • Resuming issuance of Canadian real return bonds.
  • Discussing climate, environmental, and sustainable finance policies, including the incorporation of climate-related and transition-related risks into government policy and frameworks, and factors influencing institutional investor capital allocation decisions.
  • Linking mining practices in Canada to climate-aligned initiatives, and supporting the Mining 2030 initiative, which seeks to responsibly develop critical mineral mines while attracting investor capital.
  • Discuss improvements to Canada's carbon markets and the industrial price on carbon.
  • Request for amendments to the Income Tax Regulations to allow a jointly sponsored pension plans to accept pension funds for an incoming single employer pension plan member who already has overlapping service in the jointly sponsored pension plan for the same period.
  • General discussions on investments, including possible investments in Canadian infrastructure projects and linking investments with federal priorities and announcements (e.g., the latest Fall Economic Statement includes pension-related investment programs and the Stephen Poloz led working group targeted how to increase domestic investments by Canadian pensions).
  • Implementing the Sustainable Finance Action Council's recommendations, including the development and implementation of a Canadian Green and Transition Taxonomy. Taxonomies help in addressing the climate change funding issue by making clear opportunities for climate-related investment.
  • Implementing climate-related financial disclosure frameworks, policies, and other measures for public and private companies. Working with various government representatives and entities to understand and implement measures to overcome barriers to increasing the level of climate-related financial disclosures. This includes defining what constitutes a small company and other work to identify appropriate levels of disclosure.

Registration 958541-378492-12. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Barbara Zvan · In-house (organization)

    • Andrew Donelle · Senior Director, Deferred Income Plans, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Request for amendments to the Income Tax Regulations to allow a jointly sponsored pension plans to accept pension funds for an incoming single employer pension plan member who already has overlapping service in the jointly sponsored pension plan for the same period. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Zvan · In-house (organization)

    • Jessica Fullerton · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Cheryl Cardinal · Director, Strategic Initiatives, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Matthew O'Connell · Deputy Director Financial Sector Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Implementing the Sustainable Finance Action Council's recommendations, including the development and implementation of a Canadian Green and Transition Taxonomy. Taxonomies help in addressing the climate change funding issue by making clear opportunities for climate-related investment. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Zvan · In-house (organization)

    • Julien Brazeau · Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)
    General discussions on investments, including possible investments in Canadian infrastructure projects and linking investments with federal priorities and announcements (e.g., the latest Fall Economic Statement includes pension-related investment programs and the Stephen Poloz led working group targeted how to increase domestic investments by Canadian pensions). Read more

    Implementing climate-related financial disclosure frameworks, policies, and other measures for public and private companies. Working with various government representatives and entities to understand and implement measures to overcome barriers to increasing the level of climate-related financial disclosures. This includes defining what constitutes a small company and other work to identify appropriate levels of disclosure.

    Implementing the Sustainable Finance Action Council's recommendations, including the development and implementation of a Canadian Green and Transition Taxonomy. Taxonomies help in addressing the climate change funding issue by making clear opportunities for climate-related investment.

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Zvan · In-house (organization)

    General discussions on investments, including possible investments in Canadian infrastructure projects and linking investments with federal priorities and announcements (e.g., the latest Fall Economic Statement includes pension-related investment programs and the Stephen Poloz led working group targeted how to increase domestic investments by Canadian pensions). Read more

    Implementing climate-related financial disclosure frameworks, policies, and other measures for public and private companies. Working with various government representatives and entities to understand and implement measures to overcome barriers to increasing the level of climate-related financial disclosures. This includes defining what constitutes a small company and other work to identify appropriate levels of disclosure.

    Implementing the Sustainable Finance Action Council's recommendations, including the development and implementation of a Canadian Green and Transition Taxonomy. Taxonomies help in addressing the climate change funding issue by making clear opportunities for climate-related investment.

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Zvan · In-house (organization)

    • Caroline Lee · Chief of Staff, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Natalie Woodland · Ontario Regional Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    Implementing the Sustainable Finance Action Council's recommendations, including the development and implementation of a Canadian Green and Transition Taxonomy. Taxonomies help in addressing the climate change funding issue by making clear opportunities for climate-related investment. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Zvan · In-house (organization)

    • Jessica Fullerton · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Implementing the Sustainable Finance Action Council's recommendations, including the development and implementation of a Canadian Green and Transition Taxonomy. Taxonomies help in addressing the climate change funding issue by making clear opportunities for climate-related investment. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Zvan · In-house (organization)

    • Alan Cliff · Legal Counsel, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    Implementing climate-related financial disclosure frameworks, policies, and other measures for public and private companies. Working with various government representatives and entities to understand and implement measures to overcome barriers to increasing the level of climate-related financial disclosures. This includes defining what constitutes a small company and other work to identify appropriate levels of disclosure. Read more

    Implementing the Sustainable Finance Action Council's recommendations, including the development and implementation of a Canadian Green and Transition Taxonomy. Taxonomies help in addressing the climate change funding issue by making clear opportunities for climate-related investment.

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Zvan · In-house (organization)

    • Karina Gould · Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
    Implementing the Sustainable Finance Action Council's recommendations, including the development and implementation of a Canadian Green and Transition Taxonomy. Taxonomies help in addressing the climate change funding issue by making clear opportunities for climate-related investment. Read more

    Implementing climate-related financial disclosure frameworks, policies, and other measures for public and private companies. Working with various government representatives and entities to understand and implement measures to overcome barriers to increasing the level of climate-related financial disclosures. This includes defining what constitutes a small company and other work to identify appropriate levels of disclosure.

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Zvan · In-house (organization)

    • Marc-Andre Blanchard · Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    Implementing the Sustainable Finance Action Council's recommendations, including the development and implementation of a Canadian Green and Transition Taxonomy. Taxonomies help in addressing the climate change funding issue by making clear opportunities for climate-related investment. Read more

    Implementing climate-related financial disclosure frameworks, policies, and other measures for public and private companies. Working with various government representatives and entities to understand and implement measures to overcome barriers to increasing the level of climate-related financial disclosures. This includes defining what constitutes a small company and other work to identify appropriate levels of disclosure.

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Zvan · In-house (organization)

    General discussions on investments, including possible investments in Canadian infrastructure projects and linking investments with federal priorities and announcements (e.g., the latest Fall Economic Statement includes pension-related investment programs and the Stephen Poloz led working group targeted how to increase domestic investments by Canadian pensions). Read more

    Implementing climate-related financial disclosure frameworks, policies, and other measures for public and private companies. Working with various government representatives and entities to understand and implement measures to overcome barriers to increasing the level of climate-related financial disclosures. This includes defining what constitutes a small company and other work to identify appropriate levels of disclosure.

    Implementing the Sustainable Finance Action Council's recommendations, including the development and implementation of a Canadian Green and Transition Taxonomy. Taxonomies help in addressing the climate change funding issue by making clear opportunities for climate-related investment.

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Zvan · In-house (organization)

    • Kurtis Layden · Director of Policy, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    Implementing climate-related financial disclosure frameworks, policies, and other measures for public and private companies. Working with various government representatives and entities to understand and implement measures to overcome barriers to increasing the level of climate-related financial disclosures. This includes defining what constitutes a small company and other work to identify appropriate levels of disclosure. Read more

    Implementing the Sustainable Finance Action Council's recommendations, including the development and implementation of a Canadian Green and Transition Taxonomy. Taxonomies help in addressing the climate change funding issue by making clear opportunities for climate-related investment.

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Zvan · In-house (organization)

    • Tim Logan · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Implementing climate-related financial disclosure frameworks, policies, and other measures for public and private companies. Working with various government representatives and entities to understand and implement measures to overcome barriers to increasing the level of climate-related financial disclosures. This includes defining what constitutes a small company and other work to identify appropriate levels of disclosure. Read more

    General discussions on investments, including possible investments in Canadian infrastructure projects and linking investments with federal priorities and announcements (e.g., the latest Fall Economic Statement includes pension-related investment programs and the Stephen Poloz led working group targeted how to increase domestic investments by Canadian pensions).

    Implementing the Sustainable Finance Action Council's recommendations, including the development and implementation of a Canadian Green and Transition Taxonomy. Taxonomies help in addressing the climate change funding issue by making clear opportunities for climate-related investment.

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Zvan · In-house (organization)

    • Andrea Clements · Senior Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Jonathan Jasmin-Benoit · Counsellor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    General discussions on investments, including possible investments in Canadian infrastructure projects and linking investments with federal priorities and announcements (e.g., the latest Fall Economic Statement includes pension-related investment programs and the Stephen Poloz led working group targeted how to increase domestic investments by Canadian pensions). Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Zvan · In-house (organization)

    • Joanna Dafoe · Deputy Chief of Staff, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    ClimateEnvironmentTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Zvan · In-house (organization)

    ClimateEconomic DevelopmentEnvironmentPensions

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Zvan · In-house (organization)

    ClimateEconomic DevelopmentEnvironmentTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Zvan · In-house (organization)

    • Tony Maas · Senior Policy Advsior, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

    ClimateEconomic DevelopmentEnvironmentFinancial Institutions

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Zvan · In-house (organization)

    • Laurel Collins · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    ClimateEconomic DevelopmentEnvironmentFinancial InstitutionsMiningTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Zvan · In-house (organization)

    • Kyle Harrietha · Director of Parliamentary Affairs / Deputy Chief of Staff, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Jan Gorksi · Senior Policy and Praries Advisor to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    ClimateEconomic DevelopmentEnvironmentFinancial Institutions

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Zvan · In-house (organization)

    ClimateEnvironmentInternational TradeMining

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Zvan · In-house (organization)

    • Douglas Wong · Special Advisor on Social Policy to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Economic DevelopmentFinancial Institutions

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Zvan · In-house (organization)

    • Andrew Bevan · Chief of Staff to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Finance Canada (FIN)

    ClimateEconomic DevelopmentEnvironmentFinancial Institutions

    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.