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Lobbying by University of Saskatchewan: 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 Saskatchewan

Meetings this Parliament
89
With MPs
19
Since Nov 2021
466
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 24, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Oct 2, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Vince Bruni-Bossio, President and Vice-Chancellor

Lobbyists

  • Alexandra Foster · Chief of Staff
  • Amaranta Sokol · A/Vice-Provost, Indigenous Engagement
  • Angela Bedard-Haughn · Dean, College of Agriculture and Bioresources
  • Baljit Singh · Vice-President Research
  • Brooke Milne · Dean, College of Arts and Science
  • Dani Brittain · Dean, College of Kinesiology
  • Daniel Hallen · Senior Advisor, Government Relations
  • Dawn Wallin · Associate Vice-President Research - Community Engagement
  • Debby Burshtyn · Dean, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
  • Deidre (Dee) Henne · Chief Financial Officer
  • Ed Krol · Interim Dean, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition
  • George Mutwiri · Executive Director, School of Public Health
  • Gillian Muir · Dean, Western College of Veterinary Medicine
  • Greg Fowler · Vice-President, Administration & Chief Operating Officer
  • Gregory Poelzer · Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability
  • Ibironke Odumosu-Ayanu · Dean, College of Law
  • Janet Tootoosis · Vice-Dean, Indigenous Health, College of Medicine
  • Jason Reinheimer · Executive Director and CEO, Global Institute for Food Security
  • John Pomeroy · Canada Research Chair in Water Resources and Climate Change; Director, Global Water Futures Former public office holder

    Formerly Research Scientist, National Water Research Institute, Environment Canada (1989–2000)

  • Julia Paulson · Dean, College of Education
  • Karsten Liber · Executive Director, School of Environment and Sustainability
  • Kim Kroll-Goodwin · A/Vice-President, University Relations
  • Linda Lewis · Senior Advisor, Government Relations
  • Loleen Berdahl · A/Deputy Provost
  • Lori Birrell · Dean, University Library
  • Louise Racine · A/Dean, College of Nursing
  • Marjorie Delbaere · A/Vice-Provost, Students and Learning
  • Meghna Ramaswamy · Director, International Office
  • Michael Bradley · Dean, College of Engineering
  • Patti McDougall · Provost & VP Academic
  • Paul Hodgson · Director, Business Development, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-InterVac
  • Sara Daniels · Associate Vice President Government Relations Former public office holder

    Formerly Scheduling Assistant, Edmonton, Minister's Regional Office (2005–2006)

  • Sarah Forgie · Dean, College of Medicine
  • Scott Walsworth · Vice-Provost, Faculty Relations
  • Shelley Kirychuk · Director, Canadian Centre for Rural and Agricultural Health, University of Saskatchewan
  • Stephen Manning · Acting Dean, Western College of Veterinary Medicine
  • Terry Fonstad · Associate Vice-President Research - Ethics & Infrastructure
  • Vince Bruni-Bossio · President and Vice-Chancellor
  • Volker Gerdts · Director and CEO, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-InterVac
  • Walter Siqueira · Dean, College of Dentistry

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Bank of Canada, Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev), 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), International Development Research Centre (IDRC), International Joint Commission (IJC), Library and Archives Canada (LAC), National Defence (DND), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying (OCL), 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), Senate of Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

What they're lobbying on (20)
  • Seek funding and support for the institution’s teaching, and research and development enterprise in life sciences, basic and applied sciences, social sciences, humanities and fine arts and mental health.
  • Support for the implementation and operation of the Canada Water Agency
  • Support for institutional compliance with federal research security requirements.
  • Seek program development and support for Indigenous-led research
  • Seeking program development for career opportunities for Indigenous post-secondary graduates
  • Seeking greater efficiencies and continued funding of the Canada Student Loan Program
  • Seek funding for international opportunities in student experience through academic exchanges, study abroad and international student visits to Canada
  • Secure funding for Major Science Infrastructure
  • Policy development and research funding for knowledge transfer and the commercialization of research
  • Increase federal funding to the Canada Graduate Scholarship Program and other national initiatives in support of graduate students
  • Funding for research and campus infrastructure
  • Funding for internships, fellowships and student work-integrated learning
  • Facilitation of improved policies that impact international students and other highly qualified personnel
  • Discuss post-secondary institutions' role in securing Canada's water future through education and research.
  • Discuss post-secondary institutions' role in securing Canada's energy future through research and teaching.
  • Development of a national program for the provision of long-term operating funding for major science initiatives like the Canadian Light Source (CLS) and the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO)
  • Continue and increase funding to the Tri-Agency (CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC) in order to maintain an internationally competitive research and development infrastructure.
  • Continue and increase funding to the Indirect Costs of Research Program in order to maintain an internationally competitive research and development infrastructure
  • Continue and increase funding to the Canada Foundation for Innovation in order to maintain an internationally competitive research and development infrastructure.
  • Budget bills in support of the federal role in post-secondary education, research and the science and technology framework

Registration 963145-5262-71. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Peter Stoicheff (401), Vince Bruni-Bossio (65).

  • Reported by Peter Stoicheff · In-house (organization)

    • Vida Ebadi · Regional Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

    Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Peter Stoicheff · In-house (organization)

    • Harrison Andruschak · Special Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

    AgricultureScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Peter Stoicheff · In-house (organization)

    • Nikki Hipkin · Directorof Operations, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)

    Agriculture

    Official report

  • Reported by Peter Stoicheff · In-house (organization)

    • Mathew Sajkunovic · Director General, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Peter Stoicheff · In-house (organization)

    • Geneviève Moineau · Chief Medical Workforce Advisor, Health Canada (HC)

    EducationHealth

    Official report

  • Reported by Peter Stoicheff · In-house (organization)

    • David Nanang · Vice-President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Marc Sabourin · Executive Director, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

    AgricultureScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Peter Stoicheff · In-house (organization)

    • David Nanang · Vice-President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Marc Sabourin · Executive Director, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

    Science and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Peter Stoicheff · In-house (organization)

    • David Nanang · Vice-President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Marc Sabourin · Executive Director, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

    Science and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Peter Stoicheff · In-house (organization)

    • Shawn Tupper · Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada (PS)

    Constitutional IssuesInternational Relations

    Official report

  • Reported by Peter Stoicheff · In-house (organization)

    • Harrison Andruschak · Special Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    • Courtney Keith · National Director for West/North, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

    Regional Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Peter Stoicheff · In-house (organization)

    • Alastair MacFadden · Assistant Deputy Minister, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)

    Employment and TrainingResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Peter Stoicheff · In-house (organization)

    • Stephen Lucas · Deputy Minister, Health Canada (HC)
    • Chris Johnstone · Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Canada (HC)

    HealthResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Peter Stoicheff · In-house (organization)

    • Alastair MacFadden · Assistant Deputy Minister, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)

    Agriculture

    Official report

  • Reported by Peter Stoicheff · In-house (organization)

    • Daniel Quinn · Director, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    AgricultureResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Peter Stoicheff · In-house (organization)

    • Pamela Wallin · Senator, Senate of Canada

    Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Peter Stoicheff · In-house (organization)

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

    Economic DevelopmentResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Peter Stoicheff · In-house (organization)

    • Robynn Plumb · Assistant Vice President, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
    • Alejandro Adem · President, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
    • Manal Bahubeshi · Vice-President, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)

    Economic DevelopmentResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Peter Stoicheff · In-house (organization)

    • Michael Vandergrift · Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Jeff Labonté · Associate Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Peter Stoicheff · In-house (organization)

    • Marc D'Iorio · Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Kerry Robinson · Director General, Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)

    HealthResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Peter Stoicheff · In-house (organization)

    • Bud Sambasivam · Deputy Director, Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Economic DevelopmentEducationResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Peter Stoicheff · In-house (organization)

    • Dominique Blanchard · Associate Secretary, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
    • Nathalie G. Drouin · Deputy Clerk & Associate Secretary to Cabinet, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Jean-Francois Fortin · Associate Deputy Minister, Justice Canada (JC)
    • Jeff Labonté · Associate Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    and 10 more
    • Annette Gibbons · Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Frances McRae · Deputy Minister, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
    • Valerie Gideon · Associate Deputy Minister, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
    • Michael Vandergrift · Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Suzy McDonald · Associate Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Kimberly Lavoie · Director General, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Paula Isaak · Associate Deputy Minister, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
    • Mala Khanna · Associate Deputy Minister, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    • Kaili Levesque · Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Brenda Dogbey · Chief Diversity Officer, Privy Council Office (PCO)

    Aboriginal Affairs

    Official report

  • Reported by Peter Stoicheff · In-house (organization)

    • Mona Nemer · Chief Science Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Economic DevelopmentResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Peter Stoicheff · In-house (organization)

    • Alexis Conrad · Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office (PCO)

    Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Peter Stoicheff · In-house (organization)

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

    Economic DevelopmentResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Peter Stoicheff · In-house (organization)

    • Ashley Mulroney · Deputy Director, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    Economic DevelopmentHealth

    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.