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Lobbying by Women's Shelters Canada: 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

Women's Shelters Canada

Meetings this Parliament
14
With MPs
6
Since Nov 2021
14
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Oct 8, 2026.

Who they meet

Since the current Parliament opened.

MPs

Institutions

  • House of Commons5
  • Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)2
  • Senate of Canada2
  • Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)2
  • Public Safety Canada (PS)1
  • Justice Canada (JC)1
  • Build Canada Homes1

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Oct 5, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Anuradha Dugal, Executive Director

Lobbyists

  • Anuradha Dugal · Executive Director
  • Kaitlin Geiger-Bardswich · Director, Communications and Advocacy
  • Robyn Hoogendam · Manager Research and Policy

Institutions they may lobby: Build Canada Homes, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Justice Canada (JC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Senate of Canada, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

What they're lobbying on (3)
  • Renewal of funding, recommendations for the implementation and measurement of the impact of Canada's National Action Plan on Gender Based Violence
  • Highlighting national women's rights organizations roles to defend and advance the rights of women and gender diverse people and requesting funds and support to increase capacity
  • Supportive and transitional housing for women and gender diverse people fleeing violence

Registration 957032-387653-3. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Anuradha Dugal · In-house (organization)

    • Fabian Manning · Senator, Senate of Canada
    Renewal of funding, recommendations for the implementation and measurement of the impact of Canada's National Action Plan on Gender Based Violence

    Official report

  • Reported by Anuradha Dugal · In-house (organization)

    • Kyle Leonard · Director Stakeholder Relations, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    Renewal of funding, recommendations for the implementation and measurement of the impact of Canada's National Action Plan on Gender Based Violence

    Official report

  • Reported by Anuradha Dugal · In-house (organization)

    Renewal of funding, recommendations for the implementation and measurement of the impact of Canada's National Action Plan on Gender Based Violence Read more

    Supportive and transitional housing for women and gender diverse people fleeing violence

    Official report

  • Reported by Anuradha Dugal · In-house (organization)

    • Owen Ripley · ADM, Justice, Justice Canada (JC)
    Renewal of funding, recommendations for the implementation and measurement of the impact of Canada's National Action Plan on Gender Based Violence

    Official report

  • Reported by Anuradha Dugal · In-house (organization)

    • Janet Goulding · ADM, Housing and Homelessness, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    Supportive and transitional housing for women and gender diverse people fleeing violence

    Official report

  • Reported by Anuradha Dugal · In-house (organization)

    • Paulette Senior · Senator, Senate of Canada
    Renewal of funding, recommendations for the implementation and measurement of the impact of Canada's National Action Plan on Gender Based Violence

    Official report

  • Reported by Anuradha Dugal · In-house (organization)

    • Rechie Valdez · Member of Parliament, Minister of Women and Gender Equality
    Highlighting national women's rights organizations roles to defend and advance the rights of women and gender diverse people and requesting funds and support to increase capacity Read more

    Renewal of funding, recommendations for the implementation and measurement of the impact of Canada's National Action Plan on Gender Based Violence

    Official report

  • Reported by Anuradha Dugal · In-house (organization)

    Supportive and transitional housing for women and gender diverse people fleeing violence Read more

    Renewal of funding, recommendations for the implementation and measurement of the impact of Canada's National Action Plan on Gender Based Violence

    Official report

  • Reported by Anuradha Dugal · In-house (organization)

    Renewal of funding, recommendations for the implementation and measurement of the impact of Canada's National Action Plan on Gender Based Violence

    Official report

  • Reported by Anuradha Dugal · In-house (organization)

    Renewal of funding, recommendations for the implementation and measurement of the impact of Canada's National Action Plan on Gender Based Violence Read more

    Supportive and transitional housing for women and gender diverse people fleeing violence

    Official report

  • Reported by Anuradha Dugal · In-house (organization)

    Highlighting national women's rights organizations roles to defend and advance the rights of women and gender diverse people and requesting funds and support to increase capacity Read more

    Renewal of funding, recommendations for the implementation and measurement of the impact of Canada's National Action Plan on Gender Based Violence

    Supportive and transitional housing for women and gender diverse people fleeing violence

    Official report

  • Reported by Anuradha Dugal · In-house (organization)

    • Alice Zheng · Deputy Director Policy, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
    • Carina Gabriele · Director of Policy, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
    Renewal of funding, recommendations for the implementation and measurement of the impact of Canada's National Action Plan on Gender Based Violence

    Official report

  • Reported by Anuradha Dugal · In-house (organization)

    • Braden Root-McCaig · Director, Strategic Partnerships and Pipeline Management |, Build Canada Homes
    Supportive and transitional housing for women and gender diverse people fleeing violence

    Official report

  • Reported by Anuradha Dugal · In-house (organization)

    • Eamonn Schwartz · Senior Policy Advisor, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    Supportive and transitional housing for women and gender diverse people fleeing violence

    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.