Lobbying organisation

U15-Group of Canadian Research Universities

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132 meetings with public office holders, May 1, 2025 to Jul 22, 2026.

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

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Meetings over time

  • May 2025: 9 meetings, with Nipun Vats, Isabelle Buchanan, Yash Nanda, Mona Nemer, Ted Hewitt
  • Jun 2025: 9 meetings, with Paul Moen, Ted Hewitt, Soyoung Park, Peter M. Boehm, Jeff Moore
  • Jul 2025: 10 meetings, with Paul Moen, Andrew Green, Quinn Rinke, Hilary Hendriks, Valerie La Traverse
  • Aug 2025: 10 meetings, with Jeff Moore, Valerie La Traverse, David McGuinty, Jaspinder Komal, Rajiv Gupta
  • Sep 2025: 8 meetings, with Matthew O'Connell, Shahad Khalladi, Mitch Davies, Valerie La Traverse, Nipun Vats
  • Oct 2025: 12 meetings, with Arash Rahmani, Alejandro Adem, Carlos Leitão, Valerie La Traverse, Manuela Tomic
  • Nov 2025: 10 meetings, with Ian Foucher, Matthew O'Connell, Marcel Turcot, Paul Hébert, Karim Bardeesy
  • Dec 2025: 9 meetings, with Varun Srivatsan, Samuel Millar, Shahad Khalladi, Conor Lewis, Hilary Hendriks
  • Jan 2026: 4 meetings, with Gibby Armstrong, Marcel Turcot, Alejandro Adem, Matthew Hall, Mona Nemer
  • Feb 2026: 7 meetings, with David McFarlane, Christiane Fox, Valerie La Traverse, Tara Lapointe, Mackenzy Metcalfe
  • Mar 2026: 10 meetings, with Nipun Vats, Valerie La Traverse, Manuela Tomic, Jeannot Boucher, Wendy Hadwen
  • Apr 2026: 11 meetings, with Marcel Turcot, Christiane Fox, Angus Topshee, Mark Schaan, Alejandro Adem
  • May 2026: 11 meetings, with Sylvie Lamoureux, Jeff Moore, Christiane Fox, Raquel Dancho, Mona Nemer
  • Jun 2026: 8 meetings, with Glenn Purves, Matthew O'Connell, Sébastien Aubertin-Giguère, Kabisan Thanendran, Jenna Sudds
  • Jul 2026: 4 meetings, with Tara Lapointe, Christiane Fox, Manuela Tomic, Wendy Hadwen, Darcy Molstad
May 2025peak 12 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

Liberal2 met · 6 meetings
Not in Arena's member list38 met · 162 meetings
  • Nipun Vats
  • Alejandro Adem
  • Valerie La Traverse
  • Wendy Hadwen
  • Manuela Tomic
  • Marcel Turcot
  • Mona Nemer
  • Paul Hébert
  • Ted Hewitt
  • Christiane Fox
  • Jaspinder Komal
  • Matthew O'Connell
  • Sylvie Lamoureux
  • Tara Lapointe
  • Jeff Moore
  • Paul Moen
  • Samuel Millar
  • Shahad Khalladi
  • Arash Rahmani
  • Conor Lewis
  • David McFarlane
  • Isabelle Mondou
  • Manal Bahubeshi
  • Quinn Rinke
  • Samantha McDonald
  • Yash Nanda
  • Angus Topshee
  • Gibby Armstrong
  • Hilary Hendriks
  • Ian Foucher
  • Isabelle Buchanan
  • Jeannot Boucher
  • Mark Schaan
  • Robbyn Plumb
  • Soyoung Park
  • Varun Srivatsan
  • Adam Carroll
  • Adrian Mota

The 40 most-met of 87 people named in these filings.

National Defence (DND) (50) · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) (43) · Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) (26) · Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) (24) · Finance Canada (FIN) (16) · Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) (11)

In their own words

  • Advocacy regarding the Government of Canada’s defence and research agenda, including policies, programs and regulations developed by the Department of National Defence, Defence Research and Development Canada and other relevant departments and agencies that directly or indirectly impact the post-secondary education sector.
  • Advocacy regarding immigration policies, programs and regulations related to international students, faculty, and highly qualified research personnel developed by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and other relevant departments and agencies that directly or indirectly impact the post-secondary education sector.
  • Advocacy regarding the Government of Canada’s innovation and economic development agenda, including policies, programs and regulations developed by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada and other relevant departments and agencies that directly or indirectly impact the post-secondary education sector.

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.