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Lobbying by Genome 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

Genome Canada

Meetings this Parliament
35
With MPs
10
Since Nov 2021
226
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 9, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Apr 1, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Robert Annan, President and CEO

Lobbyists

  • Dalia Morcos Fraser · Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Corporate Services
  • Naveed Aziz · Chief Data Officer
  • Rob Annan · President and CEO
  • Sapna Mahajan · Vice-President, Policy & Public Affairs

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), 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, 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), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Public Safety Canada (PS), Senate of Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

What they're lobbying on (1)
  • Seeking funding support for genomics and related sciences research in Canada through the financing of Genome Canada's activities.

Registration 898859-5381-53. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet
  • Reported by Robert Annan · In-house (organization)

    • Vanessa Peart · Senior Director, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Robert Annan · In-house (organization)

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

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Robert Annan · In-house (organization)

    • Matthew Peters · Head of Investment, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Robert Annan · In-house (organization)

    • Alexis Conrad · ADM, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Robert Annan · In-house (organization)

    • Hallan Jasraj Singh · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Robert Annan · In-house (organization)

    • Mathew Sajkunovic · Senior Director, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Julie Nero · Advisor/Economist, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Robert Annan · In-house (organization)

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

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Robert Annan · In-house (organization)

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

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Robert Annan · In-house (organization)

    • Danika Goosney · Vice-President, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Robert Annan · In-house (organization)

    • Leslie Church · Director of Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Blake Oliver · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Robert Annan · In-house (organization)

    • Tim Wilson · Associate Vice President, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Robert Annan · In-house (organization)

    • Gilles Saindon · ADM, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Pascal Michel · Director General, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Alana Yuill · Director General, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Celine Beaupre · Deputy Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Robert Annan · In-house (organization)

    • Rick Perkins · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Robert Annan · In-house (organization)

    • Manal Bahubeshi · Associate Vice-President, Research Partnerships, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Robert Annan · In-house (organization)

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Robert Annan · In-house (organization)

    • Christian Baron · Vice President, Life Sciences, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
    • Melanie Werely · Senior Advisor, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Robert Annan · In-house (organization)

    • Valerie Latraverse · Vice President, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Robert Annan · 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)
    • Vanessa Peart · A/SR Director, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Robert Annan · In-house (organization)

    • Iain Stewart · President, National Research Council (NRC)

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Robert Annan · In-house (organization)

    • Nathalie Gahimbare · Policy Advisor, Privy Council Office (PCO)

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Robert Annan · In-house (organization)

    • Krishnan Lakshmi · Vice-President, Life Sciences, ISED, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Robert Annan · In-house (organization)

    • Michelle Gravelle · Director General, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Robert Annan · In-house (organization)

    • Blake Oliver · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Robert Annan · In-house (organization)

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

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Robert Annan · In-house (organization)

    • John Burnett · Director, National Research Council (NRC)

    Research 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.