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.
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, Francis Bilodeau, Soyoung Park
- Jul 2025: 8 meetings, with Wade Grant, Gregor Robertson, Mélanie Joly, Jill McKnight, Jonathan Wilkinson
- Aug 2025: 7 meetings, with Paul Hébert, Alejandro Adem, Yuen Pau Woo, Michael Wright, Naina Sloan
- 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 Paul Halucha, Stephen Fuhr, Sylvie Lamoureux, Alejandro Adem, Mark Schaan
- 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, Mitch Davies, Lakshmi Krishnan, Sylvie Lamoureux
- Jul 2026: 5 meetings, with Stephen Fuhr, Tom Osborne, Wade Grant, Alejandro Adem, Yonah Martin
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What they lobby about
- Research and Development95
- Science and Technology89
- Intellectual Property88
- Economic Development80
- Regional Development80
- Education77
- Infrastructure27
- Immigration13
The registry's own subject categories, chosen by the lobbyist on each filing. Each one opens its own page.
Who they met
- 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.