Lobbying organisation

Digital Research Alliance of Canada

64 meetings with public office holders, May 16, 2025 to Jul 13, 2026.

107 meetings on record since 2023, their first on record.

Meetings over time

  • May 2025: 1 meeting, with Francis Bilodeau, Nipun Vats, Charles Vincent
  • Jun 2025: 5 meetings, with Nipun Vats, Ian Cameron, Tim Logan, Benjamin Ebadi
  • Jul 2025: 5 meetings, with Tim Logan, Karim Bardeesy, Schaan Mark, Jordan Zed, Charles Vincent
  • Aug 2025: 2 meetings, with Nipun Vats, Benjamin Ebadi
  • Sep 2025: 3 meetings, with Nipun Vats, Patrick Hébert
  • Oct 2025: 8 meetings, with Wendy Hadwen, Joseph Waugh, Matthew O'Connell, Elizabeth Wong, Hosai-Zurmati Halim
  • Nov 2025: 7 meetings, with Evan Solomon, Sofia Ouslis, Nipun Vats, David Mulhall, Darcy Pierlot
  • Dec 2025: 8 meetings, with Paul Hébert, Sylvie Lamoureux, Mark Schaan, Ritu Banerjee, Jocelyne Voisin
  • Jan 2026: 4 meetings, with Paul Hebert, Paul Hébert, Ritu Banerjee, Mark Schaan, Natasha Crowcroft
  • Feb 2026: 4 meetings, with Mark Schaan, James Burns, Andrea Rousseau, Nipun Vats, Michael Paramathasan
  • Mar 2026: 5 meetings, with Lisa Hepfner, Kristina Tesser Derksen, Sima Acan, Claude Guay, Jacques Ramsay
  • Apr 2026: 2 meetings, with Nipun Vats, Anushka Kurian
  • May 2026: 1 meeting, with Nipun Vats
  • Jun 2026: 5 meetings, with Nipun Vats, Evan Solomon, Anson Duran, John-Paul Danko, Mark Schaan
  • Jul 2026: 4 meetings, with John-Paul Danko, Antioco Puddu, Lisa Hepfner
May 2025peak 8 in a monthJul 2026

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What they lobby about

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Who they met

Not in Arena's member list30 met · 77 meetings
  • Nipun Vats
  • Mark Schaan
  • Paul Hébert
  • Anushka Kurian
  • Charles Vincent
  • James Burns
  • Jocelyne Voisin
  • Andrea Smith
  • Anson Duran
  • Benjamin Ebadi
  • Elizabeth Wong
  • Jordan Zed
  • Matthew O'Connell
  • Natasha Crowcroft
  • Paul Hebert
  • Ritu Banerjee
  • Tim Logan
  • Wendy Hadwen
  • Adem Alejandro
  • Andrea Rousseau
  • Antioco Puddu
  • Darcy Pierlot
  • David Mulhall
  • Francis Bilodeau
  • Hosai Halim
  • Hosai-Zurmati Halim
  • Ian Cameron
  • Joseph Waugh
  • Kelly MacDonald
  • Mark Schaan

The 40 most-met of 48 people named in these filings.

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) (53) · House of Commons (23) · Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) (6) · National Defence (DND) (5) · Privy Council Office (PCO) (4) · Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS) (4)

In their own words

  • Engagement with the federal government regarding policies, programs and strategic investments related to artificial intelligence, sovereign computing capacity, digital research infrastructure, advanced computing, innovation, and Canada's long-term technology and economic competitiveness.
  • Providing input to the Government of Canada’s Digital Research Infrastructure Strategy, in relation to federal research funding priorities and government prioritization of artificial intelligence and advanced compute capability to support Canadian researchers and institutes.
  • Providing input to the Government of Canada’s Artificial Intelligence and Digital Research Infrastructure Strategy, in relation to federal research funding priorities.

Meetings from the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada. Canada does not require lobbyists to disclose what they spend, so there is no lobbying budget to report here — only the meetings they filed.