Registration - In-house Organization

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO / Meric Gertler, President

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
Responsible Officer Name: Meric Gertler, President
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2005-09-28
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 880813-5522

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 517

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 14

Version 6 of 121 (2009-02-23 to 2009-07-22)

Registration versions:

Version 6 of 121 (2009-02-23 to 2009-07-22)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matters

Academic endeavors in all the above subject areas.
Education
Research, Innovation and Commercialization

Subject matters added through a monthly communication report

Employment and Training
Infrastructure
Infrastructure, Research, and Regional Development
Infrastructure and Research
Innovation
International Development and the role of universities and higher education
Internationalization efforts
International Relations
Regional Development
Research Awards and Scholarships
Science and Technology
Science and Technology, Infrastructure
Science and Technology Agenda, and Infrastructure
Southern Ontario Development Agency
Talent Recruitment
University Funding

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

Federal Research Granting Councils (NSERC, SSHRC, CIHR): 1) Communication with various designated public office holders to inquire on the status of grants and to propose a wide array of academic research projects; and 2) 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 to lobby for an increased federal investment in Canada Graduate Scholarships
Communications with various designated public office holders to lobby for increased Canada Student Loan Program funding.
Communications with various designated public office holders to lobby for increased funding to the Indirect Costs Prorgram of SSHRC, NSERC and CIHR.

Communication Techniques

Written communication
Joint partnerships with other institutions and groups

Government Institutions

Canada Foundation for Innovation
Canada Research Chairs
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Environment Canada
Finance Canada (FIN)
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC)
Health Canada (HC)
Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC)
Industry Canada
Justice Canada (JC)
Members of the House of Commons
National Research Council (NRC)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC)

Government institutions added through a monthly communication report

Senate of Canada
Transport Canada (TC)

In-house Organization Details

Description of the organization's activities

The University of Toronto is committed to being an internationally significant research university, with undergraduate, graduate and professional programs of excellent quality.

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

David Naylor, President

Organization's membership or classes of membership

With campuses in downtown Toronto, Mississauga and Scarborough, U of T has over 9,000 faculty and staff, nearly 70,000 graduate and undergraduate students, and more than 300,000 alumni who have earned their degrees from U of T. The University of Toronto has a unicameral system of governance, with an elected 50-member body known as the Governing Council. Twenty-five members of the Governing Council are from within the University: 12 teaching staff, 8 students, 2 administrative staff, the President and 2 senior officers appointed by the President. The other 25 members consist of 16 appointees of the provincial government, 8 elected alumni and the chancellor, who is also elected by the alumni. The Governing Council annually elects a Chair and Vice-Chair from among the members appointed by the province.The University of Toronto is a member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada.

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 Council for the Arts	$100,000.00	Yes
Canada Foundation for Innovation	$28,543,000.00	Yes
Canada Research Chairs	$29,976,000.00	Yes
Canadian Heritage (PCH)	$1,079,000.00	Yes
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)	$55,601,000.00	Yes
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)	$278,000.00	Yes
Canadian Space Agency (CSA)	$936,000.00	Yes
Centre for Excellence: Canadian Arthritis Network	$93,000.00	Yes
Centre for Excellence: Canadian Institute for Photonic Innovation	$572,000.00	Yes
Centre for Excellence: Canadian Language and Literacy	$115,000.00	Yes
Centre for Excellence: Canadian Stroke Network	$9,000.00	Yes
Centre for Excellence: Canadian Water Network	$218,000.00	Yes
Centre for Excellence: CANVAC	$29,000.00	Yes
Centre for Excellence: Mathematics of Information Technology and Computer Science	$258,000.00	Yes
Centre for Excellence: PrioNet	$250,000.00	Yes
Centre for Excellence: Stem Cell Network	$537,000.00	Yes
Centre for Excellence: Sustainable Forest Management	$445,000.00	Yes
Centre of Excellence: Advance Foods and Materials	$402,000.00	Yes
Centre of Excellence: Allery, Genes and Environmental Network	$149,000.00	Yes
Centre of Excellence: Automobile of the 21st Century	$388,000.00	Yes
Citizenship and Immigration Canada	$277,000.00	Yes
Defense Research and Development Canada	$949,000.00	Yes
Environment Canada	$257,000.00	Yes
Health Canada (HC)	$1,458,000.00	Yes
Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC)	$488,000.00	Yes
Infrastructure Canada (INFC)	$128,000.00	Yes
International Development Research Centre	$497,000.00	Yes
National Defence (DND)	$1,723,000.00	Yes
National Research Council (NRC)	$175,000.00	Yes
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)	$852,000.00	Yes
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)	$65,614.00	Yes
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)	$783,000.00	Yes
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)	$22,258,000.00	Yes

In-house Organization Contact Information

Address:
Simcoe Hall
27 King's College Circle
Toronto, ON M5S 1A1
Canada

Telephone number: 416-978-3225
Fax number: 416-978-8903

Lobbyists Details

Employees who lobby for the organization

Cristina Amon, Dean, Applied Science and Engineering | No public offices held
Daniel Atlin, Assistant Vice-President, Government, Institutional and Community Relations | No public offices held
Gage Averill, Dean and Vice-Principal, Academic, University of Toronto Mississauga | No public offices held
George Baird, Dean, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape & Design | No public offices held
Sylvia Bashevkin, Principal, University College | No public offices held
Marilynn Booth, Director, School of Continuing studies | No public offices held
Sheila Brown, Chief Financial Officer | No public offices held
Ragnar Buchweitz, Vice-Principal, Academic and Dean University of Toronto Scarborough | No public offices held
Louis Charpentier, Secretary of the Governing Council | No public offices held
Chris Cheh, Director, Centre for Emerging Energy Technologies | Public offices held
Joseph Desloges, Principal, Woodsworth College | No public offices held
Lorna Jean Edmonds, Assistant Vice-President, International Relations | No public offices held
Jonathan Freedman, Deputy Provost | No public offices held
Lucy Fromowitz, Assistant Vice-President, Student Life | No public offices held
Meric Gertler, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science | No public offices held
Rick Halpern, Principal, New College | No public offices held
Russell Hartenberger, Dean, Faculty of Music | No public offices held
Edith Hillan, Vice-Provost, Academic | No public offices held
Wayne Hindmarsh, Dean, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy | No public offices held
Glen Jones, Acting Dean, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) | Public offices held
Rhonda Love, Director, Transitional Year Programme | No public offices held
Roger Martin, Dean, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management | No public offices held
Jill Matus, Vice-Provost, Students | No public offices held
Mark McGowan, Principal, St. Michael's College | No public offices held
Tim McTiernan, Assistant Vice-President, Research and Executive Director, Innovations at UofT | Public offices held
Cheryl Misak, Vice-President and Provost | No public offices held
Steve Moate, Senior Legal Counsel | No public offices held
David Mock, Dean, Faculty of Dentistry | No public offices held
Carole Moore, Chief Librarian | No public offices held
Mayo Moran, Dean, Faculty of Law | No public offices held
C. David Naylor, President | No public offices held
Sioban Nelson, Dean, Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing | No public offices held
Ian Orchard, Vice-President and Principal, University of Toronto Mississauga | No public offices held
David Palmer, Vice-President and Chief Advancement Officer | No public offices held
Janet Paterson, Principal, Innis College | No public offices held
Susan Pfeiffer, Dean, School of Graduate Studies and Vice-Provost Education | No public offices held
Cheryl Regehr, Dean, Factor-Iwentash Faculty of Social Work | No public offices held
Cathy Riggall, Vice-President, Business Affairs | No public offices held
William Robins, Acting Principal, Victoria University | No public offices held
Christina Sass-Kortsak, Assistant Vice-President, Human Resources | No public offices held
Elizabeth Sisam, Assistant Vice-President, Campus and Facilities Planning | No public offices held
Tattersall Smith, Dean, Faculty of Forestry | No public offices held
Robert Steiner, Assistant Vice-President, Strategic Communications | No public offices held
Ron Swail, Assistant Vice-President, Facilities and Services | No public offices held
Franco Vaccarino, Principal, University of Toronto Scarborough, and Vice-President, U of T | No public offices held
Cathy Whiteside, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Vice-Provost, Relations with Health Care Institutions | No public offices held
Don Wiebe, Acting Dean of Arts, Trinity College | No public offices held
Judith Wolfson, Vice-President, University Relations | No public offices held
Paul Young, Vice-President, Research | No public offices held
Safwat Zaky, Vice-Provost, Planning and Budget | No public offices held

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

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
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO	2024-04-24	current
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO	2008-08-11	2024-04-24

The following names have been used before July 2, 2008

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

Responsible Officer History
Responsible Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)
Meric Gertler	2013-11-12	Current
David Naylor	2005-09-28	2013-11-12

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Student Intern National Research Council, National Research Council	June 1967 to September 1968	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Council Member Social Science and Humanities Research Council, Social Science and Humanities Research Council	1995 to 1998	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Yukon Dispute Resolution Board Member Yukon Dispute Resolution Board, Indian and Northern Affairs	1996 to 1997	Not a designated office
Inuvialuit Environmental Screening Committee Member Indian and Northern Affairs, Inuvialuit Environmental Screening Committee	1987 to 1989	Not a designated office

Date Modified:: 2024-11-13

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Registration - In-house Organization

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO / Meric Gertler, President

Registration Information

Associated Communications

Version 6 of 121 (2009-02-23 to 2009-07-22)

Version 6 of 121 (2009-02-23 to 2009-07-22)

Subject Matters

Subject matters added through a monthly communication report

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