Lobbying organisation

Grand Challenges Canada

13 meetings with public office holders, Jun 12, 2025 to Feb 17, 2026.

254 meetings on record since 2012, their first on record.

Meetings over time

  • Jun 2025: 2 meetings, with Randeep Sarai, Leslie Norton, Olga Radchenko
  • Jul 2025: 4 meetings, with Randeep Sarai, Leslie Norton, Jean-Bernard Parenteau, Christopher MacLennan
  • Aug 2025: 1 meeting, with Michael Bonser
  • Sep 2025: 0 meetings
  • Oct 2025: 0 meetings
  • Nov 2025: 3 meetings, with Olga Radchenko, Jean-Bernard Parenteau, Leslie Norton
  • Dec 2025: 1 meeting, with Carina Gabriele
  • Jan 2026: 1 meeting, with Francois Gauvreau
  • Feb 2026: 1 meeting, with Athusha Puvanendran
Jun 2025peak 4 in a monthFeb 2026

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What they lobby about

The registry's own subject categories, chosen by the lobbyist on each filing. Each one opens its own page.

Who they met

Liberal1 met · 3 meetings
Not in Arena's member list8 met · 12 meetings
  • Leslie Norton
  • Jean-Bernard Parenteau
  • Olga Radchenko
  • Athusha Puvanendran
  • Carina Gabriele
  • Christopher MacLennan
  • Francois Gauvreau
  • Michael Bonser

Global Affairs Canada (GAC) (12) · Women and Gender Equality (WAGE) (2) · Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) (1)

In their own words

  • Seeking renewal of funding for an Institutional Support Grant for a Development Innovation Pillar and a Humanitarian Innovation Pillar from Global Affairs Canada (DFATD)
  • Seeking funding for the Indigenous Innovation Initiative from the Department for Women and Gender Equality and possibly others to be determined.

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.