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Lobbying by University of Calgary: 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 of Calgary

Meetings this Parliament
183
With MPs
61
Since Nov 2021
611
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 25, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Sep 10, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Edward McCauley, President & Vice-Chancellor

Lobbyists

  • Althea Adams · Executive Assistant, Government Relations
  • Barbara Wright · Associate Director, Government Relations
  • Edward McCauley · President & Vice-Chancellor
  • Gabriela Gonzalez · Director, Government Relations Former public office holder

    Formerly Constituency Assistant, MP Gerard Kennedy, House of Commons (2010–2011)

  • Kate Hamilton · Vice-President, External Relations
  • Ken Barker · Director, ISPIA; Professor, Computer Science
  • Marcus Plottel · Government Relations Specialist (Provincial Affairs)
  • Megan Lee · Director, Quantum City
  • Robert Thompson · Deputy Vice-President (Research)
  • Stephanie Raddatz · Government Relations Specialist (Municipal Affairs)
  • Susan Skone · Associate Vice President, Research
  • Taylor Brown · Senior Policy Analyst
  • William Ghali · Vice-President (Research)

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canada School of Public Service (CSPS), Canadian Coast Guard (CCG), Canadian Energy Regulator (CER), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor), Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Canadian Space Agency (CSA), 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 Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL), Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan), 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 Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Senate of Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

What they're lobbying on (7)
  • Support for new research and campus infrastructure.
  • Increased funding and program design for various programs administered by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
  • Funding or support with respect to international development cooperation (student and academic mobility, internships, research collaboration, exchanges, technical assistance).
  • Discussions regarding possible research and development initiatives for, and investments in, partnerships with the University of Calgary.
  • Discussions concerning potential research and development initiatives and investments related to clean energy, environmental research and climate change policy.
  • Discussions about policy implementation regarding the academic visa process in support of international faculty recruitment with respect to changes to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations.
  • Budget bills in support of federal funding for post-secondary education, research, innovation, science and technology.

Registration 942415-5009-82. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Edward McCauley · In-house (organization)

    • Maha Jawass · Prairies Regional Advisor, Justice Canada (JC)

    Budget

    Official report

  • Reported by Edward McCauley · In-house (organization)

    • Maha Jawass · Prairies Regional Advisor, Justice Canada (JC)

    Budget

    Official report

  • Reported by Edward McCauley · In-house (organization)

    • Courtney Keith · Regional Affairs Director, Privy Council Office (PCO)

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Edward McCauley · In-house (organization)

    • David Nanang · Vice-President, Science, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Michael Waud · Director, Calgary Laboratory, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

    Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Edward McCauley · In-house (organization)

    • Hillary Morgan · Policy Advisor, Health Canada (HC)

    Budget

    Official report

  • Reported by Edward McCauley · In-house (organization)

    • Natalia Zhou · Regional Advisor, West and North, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    BudgetResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Edward McCauley · In-house (organization)

    • Cassandra Millar · Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)

    BudgetInfrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by Edward McCauley · In-house (organization)

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Edward McCauley · In-house (organization)

    • Marisa Creatore · Assistant Scientific Director, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
    • Masha Cemma · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Health

    Official report

  • Reported by Edward McCauley · In-house (organization)

    • Marisa Creatore · Assistant Scientific Director, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
    • Masha Cemma · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Health

    Official report

  • Reported by Edward McCauley · In-house (organization)

    • Valerie Laflamme · Associate Vice-President, TIPS, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
    • Dominique Lalonde · Director, Programs, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
    • Oana Vasuta · Policy Analyst, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
    • Jenny Chau · Program Assistant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
    and 4 more
    • Amine Boudil · Manager, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
    • Laurie Laird · Senior Program Officer, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
    • Charlene Elsby · Senior Data Analyst, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
    • Edwige Affaa · Program Officer, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Edward McCauley · In-house (organization)

    • Brian Major · A/Science Authority, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Laurence Dionne-Wilson · National Manager, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

    Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Edward McCauley · In-house (organization)

    EducationResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Edward McCauley · In-house (organization)

    • Shelagh Hayes · Director General, Business Innovation & Community Development, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)

    Economic Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Edward McCauley · In-house (organization)

    • Rhonda Kropp · Associate Vice-President, Research - Strategy, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
    • Masha Cemma · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Marisa Creatore · Assistant Scientific Director, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    HealthResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Edward McCauley · In-house (organization)

    • Alec Nicholls · Chief of Staff, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    Education

    Official report

  • Reported by Edward McCauley · In-house (organization)

    • Harpreet Kochhar · President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

    Economic DevelopmentEducationImmigration

    Official report

  • Reported by Edward McCauley · In-house (organization)

    • Rhonda Kropp · Associate Vice-President, Research - Strategy, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
    • Masha Cemma · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    HealthResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Edward McCauley · In-house (organization)

    • Dan Vandal · Minister, Northern Affairs, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
    • Diane Gray · President, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
    • Anna Bodnar · Senior Policy Advisor, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)

    EducationImmigration

    Official report

  • Reported by Edward McCauley · In-house (organization)

    • François-Philippe Champagne · Minister of Innovation, Sciences and Economic Development, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • George Chahal · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Science and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Edward McCauley · In-house (organization)

    • Mike Burton · Chief of Staff to the Minister, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Youmy Han · Deputy Chief of Staff, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Isabelle Buchanan · Special Assistant, Policy, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    Immigration

    Official report

  • Reported by Edward McCauley · In-house (organization)

    • Derek Armstrong · Manager, Innovation Ecosystems (South), Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
    • Sydney Kjellander · Senior Business Officer, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
    • Oba Harding · Business Officer, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
    • Joya Sauder · Senior Business Officer, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
    and 1 more
    • Kelly Shaw · Business Officer, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Edward McCauley · In-house (organization)

    • Oba Harding · Senior Business Officer, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Edward McCauley · In-house (organization)

    • Julie Lefebvre · VP Emerging Technologies, National Research Council (NRC)

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Edward McCauley · In-house (organization)

    • Shelagh Hayes · Director General, Business Innovation & Community Development, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)

    Economic 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.