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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)

    • Ted Hewitt · President, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

    Research and Development

    Official report

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

    • Genevieve Tanguay · Vice-President, Emerging Technologies, National Research Council (NRC)

    Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

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

    • Nikki Hipkin · Director of Operations, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
    • Andy Dhillon · Communications Assistant, House of Commons
    • Justin Riemer · Assistant Deputy Minister, Alberta, Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
    • Dylan Jones · Deputy Minister, Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
    and 4 more
    • George Chahal · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Dan Vandal · Minister, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
    • Ryan Cotter · Communications Director, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
    • Shelagh Hayes · Director General, Business Innovation & Community Development, Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)

    Research and Development

    Official report

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

    • Dan Vandal · Minister, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
    • George Chahal · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Justin Riemer · Assistant Deputy Minister, Alberta, Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
    • Shelagh Hayes · Director General, Business Innovation & Community Development, Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
    and 3 more
    • Dylan Jones · Deputy Minister, Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
    • Nikki Hipkin · Director of Operations, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
    • Ryan Cotter · Communications Director, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)

    Research and Development

    Official report

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

    • Len Webber · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Immigration

    Official report

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

    • Justin Riemer · Assistant Deputy Minister, Alberta, Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)

    Research and Development

    Official report

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

    • Celine Yegani · Senior Special Advisor, Alberta (Edmonton), Finance Canada (FIN)

    Budget

    Official report

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

    • Shelagh Hayes · Director General, Business Innovation & Community Development, Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)

    Research and Development

    Official report

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

    • Michael Strong · President, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
    • george collier · A/Manager, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    HealthResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

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

    • Randy Boissonnault · Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Budget

    Official report

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

    • Nipun Vats · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Research and Development

    Official report

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

    • Shelagh Hayes · Senior Business Officer, Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)

    Economic Development

    Official report

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

    • Nipun Vats · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Research and Development

    Official report

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

    • Alejandro Adem · President, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)

    BudgetResearch and Development

    Official report

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

    • Dorine Soundranayagam · Policy Advisor, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    Education

    Official report

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

    • George Chahal · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Economic DevelopmentResearch and Development

    Official report

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

    EnergyResearch and Development

    Official report

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

    • Pascale St-Onge · Minister of Sport and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, Canadian Heritage (PCH)

    BudgetInfrastructure

    Official report

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

    • Dan Vandal · Minister, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
    • Dylan Jones · Deputy Minister, Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
    • Justin Riemer · Assistant Deputy Minister, Alberta, Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
    • Galen Richardson · Officer, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    and 2 more
    • Nikki Hipkin · Director of Operations, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
    • Hillary Morgan · Policy Advisor, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)

    EnergyResearch and Development

    Official report

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

    Research and Development

    Official report

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

    • Shelagh Hayes · Senior Business Officer, Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)

    Research and Development

    Official report

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

    • George Chahal · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Infrastructure

    Official report

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

    • Stephanie Priest · Executive Director, Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)

    Health

    Official report

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

    • Jocelyne Voisin · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Canada (HC)
    • Kendal Webber · Assistant Deputy minister, Health Canada (HC)
    • Eric Belair · Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Canada (HC)

    HealthResearch and Development

    Official report

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

    InfrastructureResearch 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.