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Lobbying by OXFAM 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

OXFAM CANADA

Meetings this Parliament
46
With MPs
27
Since Nov 2021
148
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: May 29, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Sep 18, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Lauren Ravon, Executive Director

Lobbyists

  • Daniel Komesch · Manager Policy & Advocacy
  • Diana Sarosi · Director of Policy, Campaigns & Communications
  • Lauren Ravon · Executive Director
  • Nirvana Mujtaba · Women's Rights Policy and Advocacy Specialist
  • Shireen Salti · Women’s Rights Policy & Advocacy Specialist

Institutions they may lobby: Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), International Development Research Centre (IDRC), National Defence (DND), Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Senate of Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

What they're lobbying on (13)
  • Advocating for Canada to continue to invest in ODA at scale, while ensuring that the promotion of gender equality remains central to Canada’s development objectives
  • Gender Equality programs, with regard to women's leadership and support to feminist movements in Canada.
  • Advocacy related to tackling inequality in Canada and globally, including taxation to address extreme wealth inequality.
  • Advocacy related to Canada’s national Early Learning and Child Care system.
  • Canada’s policies and programs on humanitarian assistance and crisis response, emphasizing the need for feminist, locally led, and principled humanitarian action. This includes urging Canada to uphold international humanitarian law, ensure unimpeded humanitarian access, and provide equitable, flexible, and multi-year funding for humanitarian response in conflict and climate-affected contexts
  • Advocacy on Canada’s international policies and programs related to immigration, refugees, and humanitarian response, ensuring gender-responsive approaches that uphold human rights and protection for displaced women, girls, and marginalized communities.
  • Obtain contributions from Global Affairs Canada programs with respect to Oxfam international development projects and the delivery of humanitarian assistance.
  • Obtain contributions from GAC, ESDC, IDRC, IAAC and WAGE to fight poverty and promote women's rights and gender equality.
  • Federal legislation on corporate due diligence for human rights and the environment.
  • Federal budget regarding international development assistance and provision of funding for gender equality initiatives.
  • Canada’s policies and programs on sexual and reproductive health and rights.
  • Canada’s laws, policies and programs in relationship with First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples, especially women, girls, trans and Two-spirit people.
  • Canada's policies on climate change, with regard to gender-responsive mitigation and adaptation commitments, and funding for adaptation, mitigation and loss and damage in low- and middle-income countries.

Registration 945446-5396-53. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet
  • Reported by Lauren Ravon · In-house (organization)

    • Seamus O'Regan · Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Julia Van Drie · Director of Policy, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    International Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Lauren Ravon · In-house (organization)

    • Matthew Stenson · Senior Policy Advisor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Laura Gamez · Policy Advisor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    International Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Lauren Ravon · In-house (organization)

    • Patricia Pena · Assistant Deputy Minister, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    International Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Lauren Ravon · In-house (organization)

    • Jacqueline O'Neill · Ambassador for Women, Peace and Security, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    International Relations

    Official report

  • Reported by Lauren Ravon · In-house (organization)

    • Julia Van Drie · Director of Policy, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Labour

    Official report

  • Reported by Lauren Ravon · In-house (organization)

    • John McKay · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    International Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Lauren Ravon · In-house (organization)

    • Patricia Pena · Assistant Deputy Minister, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    International Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Lauren Ravon · In-house (organization)

    • Kate Bezanson · Special Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

    Employment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Lauren Ravon · In-house (organization)

    • Shannon Zimmerman · Director of Operations, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Douglas Wong · Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Employment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Lauren Ravon · In-house (organization)

    • Daniel Saad · Senior Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

    Employment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Lauren Ravon · In-house (organization)

    Employment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Lauren Ravon · In-house (organization)

    International Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Lauren Ravon · In-house (organization)

    and 3 more
    • Denis Trudel · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Leah Taylor Roy · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Louise Chabot · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    International Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Lauren Ravon · In-house (organization)

    International Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Lauren Ravon · In-house (organization)

    • Randall Garrison · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    International Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Lauren Ravon · In-house (organization)

    International Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Lauren Ravon · In-house (organization)

    • Seamus O'Regan · Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    International Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Lauren Ravon · In-house (organization)

    • Harjit Sajjan · Minister of International Development, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    International Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Lauren Ravon · In-house (organization)

    International Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Lauren Ravon · In-house (organization)

    • Nathalie Gahimbare · Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

    International Relations

    Official report

  • Reported by Lauren Ravon · In-house (organization)

    • Peter MacDougall · Assistant Deputy Minister, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    International Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Lauren Ravon · In-house (organization)

    • Heather McPherson · Member of Parliament
    • Peter Julian · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    International TradeLabour

    Official report

  • Reported by Lauren Ravon · In-house (organization)

    International Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Lauren Ravon · In-house (organization)

    International Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Lauren Ravon · In-house (organization)

    • Julia Van Drie · Policy Director, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    International TradeLabour

    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.