Registration - In-house Organization

York University / Rhonda Lenton, President and Vice-Chancellor

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: York University
Responsible Officer Name: Rhonda Lenton, President and Vice-Chancellor
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2007-07-12
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 932646-15647

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 302

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 5

Version 4 of 59 (2009-06-29 to 2010-02-16)

Registration versions:

Version 4 of 59 (2009-06-29 to 2010-02-16)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matters

Education
Employment and Training
Fed Dev
Health
Industry
Infrastructure
International Relations
Regional Development
Research
Science and Technology
Student Affairs
Transportation
University Funding

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

Communications with various designated public office holders to advocate for subway infrastructure funds for the Spadina Subway Extension project
Communications with various designated public office holders to lobby for institutional infrastructure investments from the Federal Knowledge Infrastructure Program.
Communications with various designated public office holders to lobby for investments in regional development projects
Federal Research Granting Councils (NSERC, SSHRC, CIHR)- Communications with various designated public office holders to inquire on the stastus of grants and to propose a wide variety of academic research projects. Communications to various designated public office holders to advocate for continued and increased granting council funding.

Policies or Program

Communications with various designated public office holders on immigration policy as it affects students
Communications with various designated public office holders to lobby for an increased federal investment in Canada Graduate Scholarships
Communications with various designated public office holders to lobby for increased investment in student assistance with the Canada Student Loan Program.
Communications with various designated public office holders to lobby for increases in funding for research and innovation, as well as funding to the Indirect Costs Program of SSHRC, NSERC, CIHR

Communication Techniques

Written communication
Oral communication
Grass-roots communication
joint representation with other groups

Government Institutions

Canadian Foundation for Innovation
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
Environment Canada
Finance Canada (FIN)
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC)
Health Canada (HC)
House of Commons
Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC)
Industry Canada
Members of the House of Commons
National Research Council (NRC)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Senate of Canada
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

Government institutions added through a monthly communication report

Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL)

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

Allan Hutchinson, 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: 2008-04-30

List of Government Funding
Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
Canada Research Chairs	$3,667,000.00	Yes
Canadian Foundation for Innovation	$2,691,000.00	Yes
Canadian Institutes for Health Research	$4,574,000.00	Yes
CIDA	$1,103,000.00	Yes
Environment Canada	$29,000.00	Yes
Human Resources and Social Development	$79,000.00	Yes
Indirect Costs of University Research	$4,666,000.00	Yes
Industry Canada	$63,000.00	Yes
Infrastructure Canada	$65,000.00	Yes
Municipal	$1,413,000.00	Yes
Natural Science & Engineering Research Council	$8,816,000.00	Yes
Network Centres of Excellence	$320,000.00	Yes
Ontario	$331,136,000.00	Yes
Other Federal	$9,595,000.00	Yes
Public Works & Government Services	$1,896,000.00	Yes
Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council	$11,636,000.00	Yes

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
David B. Dewitt, AVP Research, Social Sciences and Humanities | No public offices held
Sheila Embleton, Special Advisor to the President | No public offices held
Dezso Horvath, Dean Schulich School of Business | No public offices held
Harriet Lewis, University Secretary & General Counsel | No public offices held
Jinyan Li, Dean Osgoode Hall Law School (Acting) | No public offices held
Kenneth McRoberts, Principal Glendon College | No public offices held
Patrick Monahan, VP Academic & Provost | 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
Martin Singer, Dean Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies | 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
Walter Tholen, Dean Science and Engineering (Acting) | No public offices held
Robert Tiffin, VP Students | No public offices held

York University

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008
Name	From	To
York University	2008-08-12	current

The following names have been used before July 2, 2008

York University

York University

Responsible Officer History
Responsible Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)
Rhonda Lenton	2017-07-01	Current
Mamdouh Shoukri	2007-07-12	2017-07-01

Date Modified:: 2025-03-07

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Registration - In-house Organization

York University / Rhonda Lenton, President and Vice-Chancellor

Registration Information

Associated Communications

Version 4 of 59 (2009-06-29 to 2010-02-16)

Version 4 of 59 (2009-06-29 to 2010-02-16)

Subject Matters

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

Policies or Program

Communication Techniques

Government Institutions

Government institutions added through a monthly communication report

Description of the organization's activities

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Organization's membership or classes of membership

Government funding

In-house Organization Contact Information

Employees who lobby for the organization