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Lobbying by MacEwan 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

MacEwan University

Meetings this Parliament
2
With MPs
0
Since Nov 2021
2
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 16, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Sep 18, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Annette Trimbee, President and Vice-Chancellor

Lobbyists

  • Annette Trimbee · President and Vice-Chancellor
  • Cindie LeBlanc · Associate Vice-President, Government and Community Relations
  • Craig Kuziemsky · Associate Vice-President, Research
  • Helen Frost · Chief of Staff
  • Lara McClelland · Vice-President University Relations

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada Council for the Arts, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Canada School of Public Service (CSPS), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian High Arctic Research Station Campus (CHARS), 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), 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), Justice Canada (JC), National Defence (DND), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada (OIC), Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), Parks Canada (PC), 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), Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office), 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 (16)
  • Advocacy to advance regional economic growth through strategic investment and programming delivered by Prairies Economic Development Canada, including support for innovation, workforce development, industry partnerships, and infrastructure.
  • Advocacy to secure support in the budget for post-secondary education, research, innovation, and science and technology, including sustained funding and grant programs.
  • Advocacy to enhance support for applied research, community-based research, and knowledge mobilization activities, including partnerships with small- and medium-sized enterprises and community organizations, including consideration of potential grants and other funding that strengthen these collaborations.
  • Advocacy to enhance student supports, including but not limited to Canada Student Grants and Loans, the Canada Graduate Scholarship Program, supports for Indigenous students, and work-integrated learning programs, including broader funding and grant mechanisms that support student access and success.
  • Advocacy to advance Canadian leadership in priority areas through applied research, teaching-focused institutions, talent development, and community-engaged knowledge mobilization, including consideration of potential grants and other funding aligned with these objectives.
  • Advocacy related to university engagement in Canadian priorities in artificial intelligence, data systems and related computing science and energy subjects, including but not limited to specific calls for proposals, and associated funding and grant opportunities.
  • Advocacy related to reconciliation efforts, including but not limited to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action, including consideration of potential grants and other funding that advance Indigenous priorities and partnerships.
  • Advocacy related to equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives, including supports for 2SLGBTQ+ students and communities, gender-based violence prevention, and inclusive campus and community programming, including consideration of potential grants and other funding that enable inclusive participation and outcomes.
  • Advocacy for university initiatives supporting Canadian defence and security priorities through talent development, leadership training, applied learning, and workforce readiness (including continuing education, public safety, and applied program pathways), including consideration of potential grants and other funding that may support these efforts.
  • Research security, with respect to international research partnerships
  • Discussions with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada and other relevant departments and agencies regarding the role of universities in supporting federal innovation initiatives, policies and programs.
  • Discussions about the Copyright Act and details of its implementation in a post-secondary setting.
  • Advocacy to secure federal support to develop and upgrade university infrastructure, including teaching and learning spaces, student housing, digital infrastructure, and urban-serving campus environments.
  • Advocacy to increase support for university research, including research funding and granting programs administered by the tri-agencies (SSHRC, NSERC, CIHR) and other departments and agencies.
  • Advocacy to improve immigration policies and programs for prospective and current university students, faculty, and staff.
  • Advocacy to ensure that proposals to develop or amend federal legislation, regulations, policies or programs that directly or indirectly impact the post-secondary system reflect the needs of undergraduate-focused and teaching-intensive universities, including student success, access, and community impact.

Registration 899821-385383-5. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Annette Trimbee · In-house (organization)

    • Diane Gray · President, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
    Advocacy to secure federal support to develop and upgrade university infrastructure, including teaching and learning spaces, student housing, digital infrastructure, and urban-serving campus environments. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Annette Trimbee · In-house (organization)

    • Diane Gray · President, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
    Advocacy to advance regional economic growth through strategic investment and programming delivered by Prairies Economic Development Canada, including support for innovation, workforce development, industry partnerships, and infrastructure. Read more

    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.