Lobbying organisation

The University of British Columbia

www.ubc.ca ↗

100 meetings with public office holders, May 28, 2025 to Jul 24, 2026.

642 meetings on record since the registry opened in 2008, and 1 sponsored trip since 2022.

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Also sponsors members' travel

Paid for 1 trip by 1 member, worth $500.

Declared to the Ethics Commissioner, a separate registry. This is what the sponsor spent on travel, not money any member received, and it is not a lobbying budget.

Meetings over time

  • May 2025: 3 meetings, with Paul Hébert, Jaspinder Komal, Ibrahim Yimer
  • Jun 2025: 5 meetings, with Lawrence Hanson, Don Davies, Jaspinder Komal, Soyoung Park, Francis Bilodeau
  • Jul 2025: 8 meetings, with Julie Dabrusin, Jake Sawatzky, Wade Grant, Will Greaves, Zoe Royer
  • Aug 2025: 7 meetings, with Naina Sloan, Mona Nemer, Stephen Fuhr, Baltej Dhillon, Paul Hébert
  • Sep 2025: 5 meetings, with Naina Sloan, Trevor Todd, Shanley Matthews, Nipun Vats, Gregor Robertson
  • Oct 2025: 14 meetings, with Hilary Hendriks, Yash Nanda, Alyth Roos, Matthew O'Connell, Samuel Millar
  • Nov 2025: 4 meetings, with Tako Van Popta, Jake Sawatzky, Mark Schaan, Evan Solomon
  • Dec 2025: 1 meeting, with Wendy Hadwen, Nipun Vats, Alejandro Adem, Jaspinder Komal, Shannon Quinn
  • Jan 2026: 6 meetings, with Manal Bahubeshi, Marcel Turcot, Paul Halucha, Stephen Fuhr, Sylvie Lamoureux
  • Feb 2026: 3 meetings, with Mark Carney, Anita Anand, Jenna Sudds, Alejandro Adem
  • Mar 2026: 26 meetings, with Taleeb Noormohamed, Matt Jeneroux, Nipun Vats, Quinn Ferris, Marjorie Michel
  • Apr 2026: 9 meetings, with Isabella Chan, Nancy Hamzawi, Frank Des Rosiers, Samuel Millar, Tim Krupa
  • May 2026: 1 meeting, with Brad Vis
  • Jun 2026: 3 meetings, with Nipun Vats, Sylvie Lamoureux, Mitch Davies, Lakshmi Krishnan
  • Jul 2026: 5 meetings, with Wade Grant, Alejandro Adem, Stephen Fuhr, Tom Osborne, Yonah Martin
May 2025peak 26 in a monthJul 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

Had travel paid for by this organisation
Met only
Conservative1 met · 2 meetings
Not in Arena's member list27 met · 65 meetings
  • Nipun Vats
  • Alejandro Adem
  • Alyth Roos
  • Jaspinder Komal
  • Mark Schaan
  • Naina Sloan
  • Samuel Millar
  • Shannon Quinn
  • Benjamin Ebadi
  • Francis Bilodeau
  • Hilary Hendriks
  • Lakshmi Krishnan
  • Lawrence Hanson
  • Mitch Davies
  • Nancy Hamzawi
  • Paul Halucha
  • Paul Hébert
  • Philip Jennings
  • Sylvie Lamoureux
  • Trevor Todd
  • Wendy Hadwen
  • Yash Nanda
  • Alexis Conrad
  • Anne-Marie Thompson
  • Anushka Kurian
  • Arash Rahmani
  • Baltej Dhillon

The 40 most-met of 93 people named in these filings.

House of Commons (39) · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) (27) · National Defence (DND) (12) · National Research Council (NRC) (10) · Prime Minister's Office (PMO) (10) · Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) (8)

In their own words

  • Advocacy to ensure that proposals to develop or amend federal legislation, regulations, policies or programs that directly or indirectly impact the post-secondary system reflect the needs of universities and support our research and education mission.
  • Discussions with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada and other relevant departments and agencies regarding the role of universities in supporting federal innovation initiatives, policies and programs.
  • Advocacy to secure federal support to develop and upgrade university infrastructure, including but not limited to research and learning facilities, digital infrastructure, and transit infrastructure.

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.