12-Month Lobbying Summary - In-house Organization

University of Waterloo / Vivek Goel, President and Vice-Chancellor

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Active - Last Updated: 2024-04-08

Who is lobbying?

University of Waterloo (Address, activities & membership)

Vivek Goel, President and Vice-Chancellor

Received government funding or funding expected in current financial year

Yes

What is being lobbied?

Subject Matter Details

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter
Subject matters	Details	Categories
Budget, Economic Development, Education, Employment and Training, Federal-Provincial Relations, Housing, Immigration, Infrastructure, Intellectual Property, International Relations, Labour, Municipalities, National Security/Security, Privacy and Access to Information, Regional Development, Research and Development, Science and Technology, Taxation and Finance, Transportation	Annual Budget Bill with respect to the federal role in post-secondary education.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Budget, Climate, Environment, Research and Development	Application for funding to support Environmental and Green Energy research.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Budget, Climate, Consumer Issues, Economic Development, Employment and Training, Environment, Industry, Infrastructure, Research and Development, Science and Technology, Transportation	Exploring opportunities for capital/operational funding for automotive research	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Budget, Research and Development, Science and Technology	Funding growth to Federal granting councils and allocation of funds for indirect costs of research.	Policies or Program
Budget, Research and Development, Science and Technology	Funding university science and technology research.	Policies or Program
Intellectual Property, National Security/Security, Privacy and Access to Information, Research and Development, Science and Technology	Identifying opportunities for commercialization and tech transfer of university research results.	Policies or Program
Education, Employment and Training, Federal-Provincial Relations, Housing, Immigration, International Relations, Labour	Issues surrounding foreign students, visas and immigration.	Policies or Program

Subject matter details in previous versions

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter
Subject matters	Details	Categories
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Annual Budget Bill with respect to the federal role in post-secondary education.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Application for funding to support Environmental and Green Energy research.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Capital funding for Digital Media proposal	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Exploring opportunities for capital/operational funding for automotive research	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Funding growth to Federal granting councils and allocation of funds for indirect costs of research.	Policies or Program
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Funding university science and technology research.	Policies or Program
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Identifying opportunities for commercialization and tech transfer of university research results.	Policies or Program
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Issues surrounding foreign students, visas and immigration.	Policies or Program
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	School of Public Service Seek funding to support School of Public Service	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Seeking an increase of support for graduate education.	Policies or Program
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Seeking funding from Centres of Excellence for Commercialization of Research (CECR) for Digital Media activities.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

Subject matters in previous versions

Aboriginal Affairs
Budget
Climate
Economic Development
Education
Employment and Training
Energy
Environment
Financial Institutions
Government Procurement
Health
Housing
Immigration
Industry
Infrastructure
Intellectual Property
Internal Trade
International Relations
International Trade
Justice and Law Enforcement
Labour
National Security/Security
Regional Development
Research and Development
Science and Technology
Small Business
Taxation and Finance
Telecommunications
Transportation

Who is being lobbied?

Government Institutions

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Export Development Canada (EDC)
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Health Canada (HC)
House of Commons
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
National Defence (DND)
National Research Council (NRC)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Senate of Canada
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Transport Canada (TC)
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

Communication techniques

Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:

Written communication
Oral communication
Arrange one or more meetings

Who are the lobbyists?

Vivek Goel, President and Vice-Chancellor | No public offices held
Sheila Ager, Dean, Faculty of Arts | No public offices held
Kerri Behling, Senior Manager, Government Relations | No public offices held
Andrea Carthew, Assoc. Director, Advancement, School of Optometry & Vision Science | No public offices held
Adrien Côté, Executive Director, Velocity | No public offices held
Charmaine Dean, Vice-President, Research | No public offices held
Guy Bruce Frayne, Dean of Environment | No public offices held
Mark Giesbrecht, Dean, Faculty of Mathematics | No public offices held
Chris Houser, Dean of Science | No public offices held
Lili Liu, Dean, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences | No public offices held
Norbert Luetkenhaus, Executive Director, IQC | No public offices held
Ross McKenzie, Managing Director, WatCAR | No public offices held
Ian McKillop, Executive Director, University Health Research | No public offices held
Eleanor McMahon, Vice-President, University Relations | Public offices held
William (Bill) Munson, Research Associate | No public offices held
James Rush, Vice-President Academic & Provost | No public offices held
Anindya Sen, Associate Director, CPI | No public offices held
Siobhan Stables, Director, Communications and Strategic Initiatives, IQC | Public offices held
Graeme Stewart, Associate Vice President, Government Relations | No public offices held
Mary Wells, Dean, Faculty of Engineering | No public offices held
Stanley Woo, Director, School of Optometry & Vision Science | No public offices held

Lobbyists in previous versions
- Sandra Banks, Vice-President, University Relations | No public offices held
- David Edwards, Hallman Director and Professor, School of Pharmacy | No public offices held
- Robert Lemieux, Dean, Faculty of Science | No public offices held

Registration number: 949617-5311
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Monthly Communication Reports

What oral and arranged communications have taken place?

What oral and arranged communications have taken place?
Date	DPOH, Position Title \| Government Institution	Subject Matters
2024-02-22	Mike Morrice, Member of Parliament House of Commons	International Relations, Research and Development, Housing
2024-02-08	Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Finance Finance Canada (FIN)	Budget, Research and Development, Housing
2024-01-12	Valerie Bradford, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Budget, Research and Development, Housing
2023-12-21	Tim Louis, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Budget, Research and Development, Housing
2023-12-04	Francis Bilodeau, Associate Deputy Minister \| Office of the Associate Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)	Employment and Training
2023-12-04	Jessie Pierre, Director of Policy Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)	Research and Development, Economic Development
2023-11-24	Francis Bilodeau, Associate Deputy Minister \| Office of the Associate Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)	Employment and Training
2023-11-23	Adam Chambers, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Budget, Research and Development, Economic Development
2023-11-09	Francis Bilodeau, Associate Deputy Minister \| Office of the Associate Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) Nipun Vats, Assistant Deputy Minister Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)	Employment and Training
2023-11-03	Michael Rosenblatt, Director Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) Nipun Vats, Assistant Deputy Minister Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)	Science and Technology, Research and Development
2023-09-15	Bardish Chagger, MP House of Commons	Education, Science and Technology, Research and Development
2023-08-30	Nipun Vats, Assistant Deputy Minister Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)	Education, Research and Development
2023-07-31	Nipun Vats, Assistant Deputy Minister Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)	Education, Science and Technology
2023-07-06	Blake Oliver, Senior Policy Advisor \| Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Canada, Finance Canada (FIN)	Education, Research and Development

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University of Waterloo - Address, activities & membership

Address:

200 University Ave. West
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1
Canada

Telephone number: 519-888-4567 Ext. 32203

Contact information in previous versions
- 200 University Ave. West
  Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 519-888-4567 Ext. 84400
- 200 University Ave. West
  Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 519-888-4567 Ext. 84400
- 200 University Ave. West
  Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 519-888-4567 Ext. 32002
- 200 University Ave. West
  Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 519-888-4567 Ext. 2002
  
  Fax number:
- 200 University Ave. West
  Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 519-888-4567 Ext. 2202

Description of the organization's activities:
The University of Waterloo's mission is to advance learning and knowledge through teaching, research, and scholarship, nationally and internationally, in an environment of free expression and inquiry. The university fulfils this mission by offering undergraduate and graduate students the best possible education experience in selected regular, co-operative education, and professional programs; by engaging in basic and applied research and scholarly activity that is recognized nationally and internationally; and by providing service to society through the transfer of knowledge and cultural enrichment. What makes UW distinctive is the innovative approach it takes to achieving its mission, through co-operative education, distance education, technology transfer, and research partnerships at the local, national, and international levels. An outward-looking perspective orients UW to the challenges that face our society and economy, including strengths in entrepreneurship and the commercialization of research results.

Descriptions of the organization's activity in previous versions:
- The University of Waterloo's mission is to advance learning and knowledge through teaching, research, and scholarship, nationally and internationally, in an environment of free inquiry and expression. The university fulfils this mission by offering undergraduate and graduate students the best possible education experience in selected regular, co-operative education, and professional programs; by engaging in basic and applied research and scholarly activity that is recognized nationally and internationally; and by providing service to society through the transfer of knowledge and cultural enrichment.What makes UW distinctive is the innovative approach it takes to achieving its mission, through co-operative education, distance education, technology transfer, and research partnerships at the local, national, and international levels. An outward-looking perspective orients UW to the challenges that face our society and economy, including strengths in entrepreneurship and the commercialization of research results.

Organization's membership or classes of membership:
UW's bicameral form of governance was enshrined by provincial statute in 1972 when the University of Waterloo Act came into effect. The Act assigns overall responsibility for the affairs of the University to the Board of Governors and empowers the Senate to establish the University's educational policies.Both the 87-member Senate and the 40-member Board of Governors have a broad membership, including students, faculty and staff members, alumni, business leaders and community leaders.The following are members of the University of Waterloo community: 34,500 full-time and part-time undergraduate students; 6,100 full-time and part-time graduate students; 1,355 full-time and part-time faculty members; 2,627 staff members; and over 220,000 alumni in 151 countries.

Organization's memberships or classes of memberships in previous versions:
- UW's bicameral form of governance was enshrined by provincial statute in 1972 when the University of Waterloo Act came into effect. The Act assigns overall responsibility for the affairs of the University to the Board of Governors and empowers the Senate to establish the University's educational policies.Both the 87-member Senate and the 40-member Board of Governors have a broad membership, including students, faculty and staff members, alumni, business leaders and community leaders.The following are members of the University of Waterloo community: 30,000 full-time and part-time undergraduate students; 5,100 full-time and part-time graduate students; 1,115 full-time and part-time faculty members; 2,008 staff members; and 169,000 alumni in 145 countries.
- UW's bicameral form of governance was enshrined by provincial statute in 1972 when the University of Waterloo Act came into effect. The Act assigns overall responsibility for the affairs of the University to the Board of Governors and empowers the Senate to establish the University's educational policies.Both the 87-member Senate and the 40-member Board of Governors have a broad membership, including students, faculty and staff members, alumni, business leaders and community leaders.The following are members of the University of Waterloo community: 29,000 full-time and part-time undergraduate students; 4,800 full-time and part-time graduate students; 1,100 full-time and part-time faculty members; 2,008 staff members; and 160,900 alumni in 144 countries.
- UW's bicameral form of governance was enshrined by provincial statute in 1972 when the University of Waterloo Act came into effect. The Act assigns overall responsibility for the affairs of the University to the Board of Governors and empowers the Senate to establish the University's educational policies.Both the 87-member Senate and the 40-member Board of Governors have a broad membership, including students, faculty and staff members, alumni, business leaders and community leaders.The following are members of the University of Waterloo community: 29,000 full-time and part-time undergraduate students; 4,800 full-time and part-time graduate students; 1,100 full-time faculty members; 2,008 staff members; and 156,263 alumni in 142 countries.
- UW's bicameral form of governance was enshrined by provincial statute in 1972 when the University of Waterloo Act came into effect. The Act assigns overall responsibility for the affairs of the University to the Board of Governors and empowers the Senate to establish the University's educational policies.Both the 88-member Senate and the 36-member Board of Governors have a broad membership, including students, faculty and staff members, alumni, business leaders and community leaders.The following are members of the University of Waterloo community: 20,047 full-time undergraduate students 2,194 part-time undergraduate students 2,187 full-time graduate students 479 part-time graduate students 818 faculty members 2,008 staff members 115,000 alumni
- UW's bicameral form of governance was enshrined by provincial statute in 1972 when the University of Waterloo Act came into effect. The Act assigns overall responsibility for the affairs of the University to the Board of Governors and empowers the Senate to establish the University's educational policies.Both the 88-member Senate and the 36-member Board of Governors have a broad membership, including students, faculty and staff members, alumni, business leaders and community leaders.The following are members of the University of Waterloo community:20,047 full-time undergraduate students2,194 part-time undergraduate students2,187 full-time graduate students479 part-time graduate students818 faculty members2,008 staff members115,000 alumni

End date of the last completed financial year: 2023-04-30

List of Government Funding
Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
Canada First Research Excellence Fund	$13,859,000.00	Yes
Canada Foundation for Innovation	$19,947,000.00	Yes
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)	$7,557,000.00	Yes
Canadian Space Agency (CSA)	$1,124,000.00	Yes
Correctional Service of Canada (CSC)	$104,000.00	Yes
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)	$49,000.00	Yes
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)	$184,000.00	Yes
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)	$2,723,000.00	Yes
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)	$142,000.00	Yes
Foreign	$2,725,000.00	Yes
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)	$1,683,000.00	Yes
Health Canada (HC)	$1,741,000.00	Yes
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)	$191,000.00	Yes
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)	$796,000.00	Yes
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)	$5,400,000.00	Yes
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)	$628,000.00	Yes
Municipal government	$1,871,000.00	Yes
National Defence (DND)	$2,222,000.00	Yes
National Research Council (NRC)	$2,385,000.00	Yes
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)	$491,000.00	Yes
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)	$52,954,000.00	Yes
Networks of Centres of Excellence	$265,000.00	Yes
Parks Canada (PC)	$151,000.00	Yes
Provincial (not Ontario)	$341,000.00	Yes
Provincial Government	$257,194,000.00	Yes
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)	$1,728,000.00	Yes
Public Safety Canada (PS)	$645,000.00	Yes
Research Support Fund	$13,317,000.00	Yes
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)	$7,503,000.00	Yes
Transport Canada (TC)	$239,000.00	Yes
Tri - Agency (Other)	$13,169,000.00	Yes
Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)	$20,000.00	Yes

Government funding in previous versions

List of Government Funding
End date of the last completed financial year	Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
2022-04-30	Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)	$161,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Canada Council for the Arts	$120,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Canada First Research Excellence Fund	$12,768,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Canada Foundation for Innovation	$8,366,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Canadian Heritage (PCH)	$95,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)	$9,139,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor)	$110,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)	$48,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Canadian Space Agency (CSA)	$1,272,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Correctional Service of Canada (CSC)	$13,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)	$971,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)	$386,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)	$2,659,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)	$573,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Foreign	$2,417,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Global Affairs Canada (GAC)	$655,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Health Canada (HC)	$1,980,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)	$282,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)	$676,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)	$5,121,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	International Development Research Centre (IDRC)	$337,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Municipal government	$1,267,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	National Defence (DND)	$2,285,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	National Research Council (NRC)	$3,444,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)	$609,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)	$55,469,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Networks of Centres of Excellence	$605,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Parks Canada (PC)	$40,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Polar Knowledge Canada	$25,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Provincial (not Ontario)	$909,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Provincial Government	$257,194,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)	$159,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Public Safety Canada (PS)	$49,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Research Support Fund	$12,807,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)	$8,561,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Transport Canada (TC)	$446,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB)	$446,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Tri - Agency (Other)	$13,593,000.00	Yes
2022-04-30	Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)	$20,000.00	Yes
2020-04-30	Canada First Research Excellence Fund	$16,068,000.00	Yes
2020-04-30	Canada Foundation for Innovation	$11,119,000.00	Yes
2020-04-30	Canada Research Chairs	$9,850,000.00	Yes
2020-04-30	Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)	$6,256,000.00	Yes
2020-04-30	Canadian Space Agency (CSA)	$2,315,000.00	Yes
2020-04-30	Defence Research and Development Canada	$1,316,000.00	Yes
2020-04-30	Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)	$283,000.00	Yes
2020-04-30	Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)	$379,000.00	Yes
2020-04-30	Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)	$294,000.00	Yes
2020-04-30	Global Affairs Canada (GAC)	$3,994,000.00	Yes
2020-04-30	Health Canada (HC)	$796,000.00	Yes
2020-04-30	Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada	$686,000.00	No
2020-04-30	Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)	$6,674,000.00	Yes
2020-04-30	International Development Research Centre (IDRC)	$654,000.00	Yes
2020-04-30	National Defence (DND)	$1,035,000.00	No
2020-04-30	National Research Council (NRC)	$2,861,000.00	Yes
2020-04-30	Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)	$526,000.00	Yes
2020-04-30	Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)	$54,221,000.00	Yes
2020-04-30	Networks of Centres of Excellence	$1,191,000.00	No
2020-04-30	Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)	$879,000.00	Yes
2020-04-30	Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)	$10,241,000.00	Yes

Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Consultant Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade	1989 to 1990	Not a designated office
Political Staff Parliament of Canada, Parliament	1985 to 1992	Not a designated office

Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Research Assistant/Contractor Department of National Defence, na	1996 to 1998	Not a designated office
Research Assistant Department of National Defence, na	May 1995 to August 1995	Not a designated office
Research Assistant Department of National Defence, na	May 1994 to August 1994	Not a designated office

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