Organization
University of Alberta
- Meetings this Parliament
- 166
- With MPs
- 47
- Since Nov 2021
- 615
- Active registrations
- 1
Most recent reported meeting: Sep 25, 2026.
Lobbying by University of Alberta: its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.
← LobbyingRegistrations in effect
In-house (organization) In effect since Sep 15, 2026 Receives government funding
Filed by Bill Flanagan, President and Vice-Chancellor
Lobbyists
- Adam Gaudry · Interim Dean, Faculty of Native Studies
- Alexis Ksiazkiewicz · Associate Vice-President, Government and Community Relations
- Aminah Robinson Fayek · Vice-President (Research)
- Anastasia Lim · Director, Engagement and Strategic Partnerships
- Ashwin Iyer · Professor
- Brenda Hemmelgarn · Dean, College of Health Sciences and Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
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Brent Francis · Director, Government Relations
Former public office holder
Formerly House of Commons Page, Page Program, House of Commons (2003–2004)
- Chris Andersen · Dean, College of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Christine Hughes · Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Cristian Gonzalez-Paez · Associate Vice President, International and Enterprise
- Dale Askey · Vice-Provost & Chief Librarian
- David Bressler · Vice-President (International and Enterprise)
- Declan Ali · Dean, Faculty of Science
- Doug Weir · Acting Vice-Provost and Associate Vice President International Education and Enrolment
- Elan MacDonald · Vice-President (External Relations)
- Elizabeth Nanak · Executive Director
- Eric Flaim · Director
- Esther Kim · Interim Dean, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
- Fiona Kelly · Dean, Faculty of Law
- Ian Smith · Director, Business Development - Research
- Ian Winship · Associate Vice-President (Research Development and Services)
- James Hogan · Professor
- Jason Acker · Associate Vice-President (Research Integrity Support)
- Jason Carey · Dean and Executive Officer, Campus Saint Jean
- Jennifer Tupper · Dean, Faculty of Education
- John Parkins · Dean and Executive Officer, Augustana Campus
- Kyra Pyke · Dean, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport and Recreation
- Laura McDougall · Dean, School of Public Health
- Margaret McPherson · Government Relations Associate
- Matina Kalcounis-Rueppell · Dean, College of Natural & Applied Sciences
- Mostafa Yakout · Assistant Professor
- Nicole Roy · Senior Partner
- Ravina Sanghera · Vice-Provost and Dean of Students
- Richard (Todd) Gilchrist · Vice-President, University Services, Operations and Finance
- Rickey Yada · Dean, Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences
- Robert Wood · Dean, Faculty of Arts
- Shannon Scott · Dean, Faculty of Nursing
- Simaan AbouRizk · Dean, Faculty of Engineering
- Suzette Bremault-Phillips · Professor
- Verna Yiu · Provost and Vice President Academic
- Vikas Mehrotra · Dean, School of Business
Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada Council for the Arts, Canada Foundation for Innovation, 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), 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), 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), Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office), Senate of Canada, Shared Services Canada (SSC), 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)Hide details
- 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.
- Advocacy for university initiatives related to Canadian priorities across the defence spectrum, including initiatives relevant to both Defence and Veterans' Affairs, among other federal departments.
- Advocacy to enhance support for university research mobilization and commercialization activities.
- 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 regarding research and development initiatives and federal support related to energy and environment, and climate change research, innovation, commercialization, talent and knowledge mobilization.
- Discussions regarding official language funding amounts and mechanisms.
- Discussions about the Copyright Act and details of its implementation in a post-secondary setting.
- Advocacy to secure support in the budget for post-secondary education, research, innovation, and science and technology.
- Advocacy to secure federal support to develop and upgrade university infrastructure, including but not limited to research and learning facilities, digital infrastructure, and transit infrastructure.
- 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 universities and support our research and education mission.
- Advocacy to enhance student supports, including but no limited to Canada Student Grants and Loans, the Canada Graduate Scholarship Program, supports for Indigenous students, and work-integrated learning programs.
- Advocacy to advance Canadian leadership in priority areas to support world class research, talent attraction and retention, and knowledge mobilization.
- Advocacy related to reconciliation efforts, including but not limited to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action
Registration 946425-5145-144. Look it up in the official Registry
Reported meetings
Spreadsheet-
Reported by Bill Flanagan · In-house (organization)
- Carolyn Bennett · Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, Health Canada (HC)
- Hilary Morgan · Senior Policy Advisor, Health Canada (HC)
Health
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Reported by Bill Flanagan · In-house (organization)
- Ke Zhang · Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
- Sarah Gross · Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
AgricultureClimateEconomic DevelopmentEducationEnergyEnvironmentHealthIndustryScience and Technology
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Reported by Bill Flanagan · In-house (organization)
- Nipun Vats · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Daniel Quinn · Director, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
ClimateEconomic DevelopmentEducationEmployment and TrainingEnergyEnvironmentHealthIndustryIntellectual PropertyRegional DevelopmentResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Bill Flanagan · In-house (organization)
- Keith Banerjee · Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
EducationEmployment and Training
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Reported by Bill Flanagan · In-house (organization)
- Simon Kennedy · Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Economic DevelopmentHealthRegional DevelopmentResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Bill Flanagan · In-house (organization)
- Dylan Jones · Deputy Minister, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
Economic DevelopmentHealthRegional DevelopmentResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Bill Flanagan · In-house (organization)
- Stephen Lucas · Deputy Minister, Health Canada (HC)
Economic DevelopmentHealthIndustryRegional DevelopmentResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Bill Flanagan · In-house (organization)
- Carolyn Bennett · Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, Health Canada (HC)
HealthResearch and Development
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Reported by Bill Flanagan · In-house (organization)
- Carolyn Bennett · Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, Health Canada (HC)
Education
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Reported by Bill Flanagan · In-house (organization)
- George Chahal · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
Education
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Reported by Bill Flanagan · In-house (organization)
- Heather McPherson · Member of Parliament
- Gale Davy · Constituency Assistant, House of Commons
Employment and TrainingResearch and Development
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Reported by Bill Flanagan · In-house (organization)
- Randy Boissonnault · Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Bilingualism/Official LanguagesEducationEmployment and TrainingInfrastructureResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Bill Flanagan · In-house (organization)
- Daniel Quan-Watson · Deputy Minister, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Bill Flanagan · In-house (organization)
- Ana Fisher · Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Employment and TrainingEnergyResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Bill Flanagan · In-house (organization)
- Sandra Shaddick · Consul General, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Bill Flanagan · In-house (organization)
- Mabelle Sawaqed · Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
EducationEmployment and TrainingHealthResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Bill Flanagan · In-house (organization)
- Javier Davila Torres · Director General, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Research and Development
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Reported by Bill Flanagan · In-house (organization)
- Iain Stewart · President, National Research Council (NRC)
Research and Development
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Reported by Bill Flanagan · In-house (organization)
- Joanne Pawluk · Director General Operations, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
Economic DevelopmentEducationEmployment and TrainingRegional DevelopmentResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Bill Flanagan · In-house (organization)
- François-Philippe Champagne · Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Science and Technology
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Reported by Bill Flanagan · In-house (organization)
- Michael Vandergrift · Deputy Minister, Privy Council Office (PCO)
BudgetScience and Technology
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Reported by Bill Flanagan · In-house (organization)
- Maher Doleh · Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
EducationEmployment and TrainingResearch and Development
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Reported by Bill Flanagan · In-house (organization)
- Lena Metlege Diab · Member of Parliament
- Stéphane Lauzon · Member of Parliament
- Fayçal El-Khoury · Member of Parliament
- Maxime Blanchette-Joncas · Member of Parliament
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- Marilyn Gladu · Member of Parliament
- Corey Tochor · Member of Parliament
- Chad Collins · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
- Kirsty Duncan · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
- Richard Cannings · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
- Gerald Soroka · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
- Ryan Williams · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
- Valerie Bradford · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
Employment and TrainingHealthIndustryIntellectual PropertyResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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Reported by Bill Flanagan · In-house (organization)
- Gudie Hutchings · Minister of Rural Economic Development, Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office)
- Melanie Hill · Director, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Paul Larrivee · Manager, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Brittany Morison · Policy Analyst, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Telecommunications
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Reported by Bill Flanagan · In-house (organization)
- Dan Vandal · Minister, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
- Anna Bodnar · Executive Assistant, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
- Celine Yegani · Senior Special Advisor, Alberta (Edmonton), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
- Ryan Cotter · Communications Director, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
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- Dylan Jones · Deputy Minister, Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
- Justin Riemer · Assistant Deputy Minister, Alberta, Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
- Joanne Pawluk · Director General Operations, Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
ClimateEconomic DevelopmentEnergyEnvironmentHealthRegional DevelopmentResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology
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.