Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Arts and Culture
- Broadcasting
- Constitutional Issues
- Consumer Issues
- Defence
- Education
- Employment and Training
- Energy
- Environment
- Financial Institutions
- Forestry
- Government Procurement
- Health
- Immigration
- Industry
- Infrastructure
- Intellectual Property
- Internal Trade
- International Relations
- International Trade
- Justice and Law Enforcement
- Labour
- Regional Development
- Science and Technology
- Sports
- Taxation and Finance
- Telecommunications
- Tourism
- Transportation
Subject matters added through a monthly communication report
Subject Matter Details
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
- Canada Research Chairs
- National Research Centre funding
- commercialization
- copyright reform
- funding for health and science initiatives
- immigration policy as it affects students,
- increases in funding for Federal granting councils
- indirect funds for research
- intellectual property issues
- international development projects and related research
- student assistance and financial support for higher education
- tax reform as it relates to capital gains treatment of charitable donations
Communication Techniques
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Written communication
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Oral communication
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Grass-roots communication
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joint representation with other groups
Government Institutions
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Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
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Bank of Canada
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Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
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Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
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Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA)
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Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
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Canadian Foundation for Innovation
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Canadian Heritage (PCH)
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Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC)
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Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT)
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Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
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Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
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Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
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Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)
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Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
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Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
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Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA)
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada
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Competition Tribunal (CT)
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Correctional Service of Canada (CSC)
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Environment Canada
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Export Development Canada (EDC)
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Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office (FEARO)
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Finance Canada (FIN)
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Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC)
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Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)
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Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
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Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC)
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Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission (HMIRC)
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Health Canada (HC)
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House of Commons
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Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC)
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Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC)
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Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB)
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Industry Canada
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Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
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Justice Canada (JC)
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Members of the House of Commons
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National Defence (DND)
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National Energy Board (NEB)
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National Film Board (NFB)
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National Research Council (NRC)
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
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Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
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Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying (OCL)
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Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL)
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Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner (CIEC)
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Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada (OIC)
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Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)
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Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI)
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Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB)
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Pension Appeals Board (PAB)
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Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
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Privy Council Office (PCO)
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Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
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Public Safety Canada (PS)
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Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC)
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Public Works and Government Services Canada
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Revenue Canada (RC)
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
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Senate of Canada
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Service Canada (ServCan)
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Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
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Solicitor General Canada (SGC)
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Statistics Canada (StatCan)
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Status of Women Canada (SWC)
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Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative (SADI)
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Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB)
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Transport Canada (TC)
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Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
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Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)
In-house Organization Details
Description of the organization's activities
York University is one of Canada's leading interdisciplinary teaching and research institutions. The hallmark of York's programs has been excellence in interdisciplinary research and teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. The third largest university in Canada, York students pursue full and part-time studies across York's 11 Faculties. York has three professional Faculties in business, law and education, plus other professional programs ranging from engineering to nursing, social work and urban and regional planning, in addition to a wide range of programs in the social sciences, the humanities, fine arts, science and environmental studies. Through York's Faculties and our 23 interdisciplinary research centres we conduct ambitious, innovative research cutting across traditional academic boundaries.
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration
Mamdouh Shoukri,
President and Vice-Chancellor
Organization's membership or classes of membership
York is the third largest university in Canada, with an academic community of more than 50,000 students, 7,000 faculty and staff and 200,000 alumni worldwide. York is governed pursuant to the York University Act (S.O. 1965), through a bicameral governance structure which gives jurisdiction over academic policy to the Senate and jurisdiction over the government, conduct, management and control of the University and its business affairs to the Board of Governors. The President also has distinct authority over the formulation and implementation of regulations governing the conduct of students and student activities. The Board is autonomous and self appointing, and its size is set by the legislation at 30 plus the President and the Chancellor. The Chancellor is the titular head of the university and confers its degrees. The composition of the Senate is also set out in the York University Act and including specified ex officio members as well as others chosen by the Senate , the full time teaching staff always constituting a majority of the membership.
Government funding
End date of the last completed financial year:
2007-04-30
List of Government Funding
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Government Institution
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Funding Received in Last Financial Year
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Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
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Canada Research Chairs
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$7,523,000.00
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Yes
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Canadian Foundation for Innovation
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$2,823,000.00
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Yes
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Canadian Institutes for Health Research
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$2,966,000.00
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Yes
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CIDA
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$1,146,000.00
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Yes
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Environment Canada
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$123,000.00
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Yes
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Human Resources and Social Development
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$143,000.00
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Yes
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Indirect Costs of University Research
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$4,555,000.00
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Yes
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Industry Canada
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$822,000.00
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Yes
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Infrastructure Canada
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$471,000.00
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Yes
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Municipal
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$1,012,000.00
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Yes
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Natural Science & Engineering Research Council
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$6,628,000.00
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Yes
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Ontario
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$332,530,000.00
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Yes
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Public Works & Government Services
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$2,172,000.00
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Yes
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Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council
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$9,520,000.00
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Yes
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In-house Organization Contact Information
Address:
S949 Ross Humanities Bldg.
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Canada
Telephone number:
416-736-5200
Fax number:
416-736-5641
Lobbyists Details
Employees who lobby for the organization
- Cynthia Archer,
University Librarian |
No public offices held
- Gary Brewer,
VP Finance & Administration |
No public offices held
- Barbara Burrowes,
Government Relations Officer |
No public offices held
- Nick Cercone,
Dean Science and Engineering |
No public offices held
- David B. Dewitt,
AVP Research, Social Sciences and Humanities |
No public offices held
- Robert Drummond,
Dean Arts |
No public offices held
- Sheila Embleton,
VP Academic |
No public offices held
- Dezso Horvath,
Dean Schulich School of Business |
No public offices held
- Rhonda Lenton,
Dean Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies |
No public offices held
- Harriet Lewis,
University Secretary & General Counsel |
No public offices held
- Kenneth McRoberts,
Principal Glendon College |
No public offices held
- Patrick Monahan,
Dean Osgoode Hall Law School |
No public offices held
- Douglas Peers,
Dean Graduate Studies |
No public offices held
- David Phipps,
Director, Office of Research Services |
No public offices held
- Alice Pitt,
Dean Education |
No public offices held
- Barbara Rahder,
Dean, Faculty of Environmental Studies |
No public offices held
- Peter Sadlier-Brown,
Special Advisor to the President |
No public offices held
- Barbara Sellers-Young,
Dean Fine Arts |
No public offices held
- Stan Shapson,
VP Research & Innovation |
No public offices held
- Mamdouh Shoukri,
President & Vice-Chancellor |
No public offices held
- K.W. Michael Siu,
AVP Research, Science and Technology |
No public offices held
- Harvey Skiner,
Dean Health |
No public offices held
- Robert Tiffin,
VP Students |
No public offices held
