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: 533

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 20

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Registration versions:

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Lobbying Information

Subject Matters

Budget
Economic Development
Education
Employment and Training
Health
Immigration
Infrastructure
International Relations
Regional Development
Research and Development
Science and Technology

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 research funding programs; and 2) Communications to various designated public office holders to advocate for continued and increased granting council funding for the sector.

Policies or Program

Communications with various designated public office holders for an increased federal investment in Canada Graduate Scholarships
Communications with various designated public office holders for increased funding to the Research Support Program of SSHRC, NSERC and CIHR.
Communications with various designated public office holders for increased investment in sector infrastructure.

Policies or Program, Regulation

Communications with various designated public office holders regarding international education and to discuss policy changes to immigration that impact students and faculty.

Communication Techniques

Written communication
Oral communication

Government Institutions

Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Finance Canada (FIN)
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)
Justice Canada (JC)
National Defence (DND)
National Research Council (NRC)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Senate of Canada
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Transport Canada (TC)
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

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

Meric Gertler, President

Organization's membership or classes of membership

The University of Toronto has one of the strongest research and teaching faculties in North America, presenting top students at all levels with intellectual environment unmatched in depth and breadth by any other Canadian institution. Established in 1827, the University of Toronto today operates in downtown Toronto, Mississauga and Scarborough, as well as in nine renowned academic hospitals. Offering 280 graduate programs, including 60 professional programs, and over 700 undergraduate programs across three campuses, with over 90,000 students, over 20,000 faculty and staff, and 570,000 alumni active in every region of the world, U of T's influence is felt in every area of human endeavour. 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 Universities Canada and U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities.

Government funding

End date of the last completed financial year: 2017-04-30

List of Government Funding
Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
Canada Foundation for Innovation	$86,781,000.00	Yes
Canada Research Chairs	$38,231,000.00	Yes
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)	$179,602,000.00	Yes
Foreign	$21,672,000.00	Yes
Health and Welfare Canada	$1,487,000.00	Yes
Municipal	$553,000.00	Yes
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)	$70,914,000.00	Yes
Other Federal	$76,306,000.00	Yes
Other Provinces	$434,000.00	Yes
Provincial	$112,725,000.00	Yes
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)	$28,969,000.00	Yes

In-house Organization Contact Information

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

Telephone number: 416-978-4163
Fax number: 416-971-1360

Lobbyists Details

Employees who lobby for the organization

Ajay Agrawal, Founder, Creative Destruction Lab; Professor; Rotman School of Management | No public offices held
Donald Ainslie, Principal, University College | No public offices held
Larry Alford, Chief Librarian | No public offices held
Cristina Amon, Dean, Applied Science and Engineering | No public offices held
Joshua Barker, Dean, School of Graduate Studies and Vice-Provost Graduate Education | No public offices held
Heather Booth, Dean, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy | No public offices held
Sheila Brown, Chief Financial Officer | No public offices held
David Cameron, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science | No public offices held
Judith Chadwick, Assistant Vice-President, Research Services Services | No public offices held
Joseph Desloges, Principal, Woodsworth College | No public offices held
Sheree Drummond, Secretary of the Governing Council | No public offices held
Wendy Duff, Dean, Faculty of Information | No public offices held
Angela Esterhammer, Principal, Victoria University | No public offices held
David Estok, Vice-President, Communications | No public offices held
Meric Gertler, President | No public offices held
Vivek Goel, Vice-President, Research and Innovation | No public offices held
Cynthia Goh, Academic Director, Banting & Best Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship | No public offices held
Daniel Haas, Dean, Faculty of Dentistry | No public offices held
Kelly Hannah-Moffat, Vice-President, Human Resources and Equity | No public offices held
Alex Irving, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Government, Institutional, and Community Relations | No public offices held
Ira Jacobs, Dean, Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education | Public offices held
Linda Johnston, Dean, Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing | No public offices held
Glen Jones, Dean, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) | No public offices held
Charles Keil, Principal, Innis College | No public offices held
Ulrich (Ulli) Krull, Vice-President, University of Toronto and Principal, University of Toronto Mississauga | No public offices held
Peter Loewen, Director, School of Public Policy and Governance | No public offices held
Mary Lyne, Chief Administrative Officer, Rotman School of Management | No public offices held
Scott Mabury, Vice-President, Operations and Real Estate Partnerships | No public offices held
Tiff Macklem, Dean, Rotman School of Management | Designated public offices held
Don McLean, Dean, Faculty of Music | No public offices held
Faye Mishna, Dean, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work | No public offices held
Steve Moate, Senior Legal Counsel | No public offices held
Derek Newton, Assistant Vice-President, AVP Innovations, Partnerships and Entrepreneurships | No public offices held
David Palmer, Vice-President and Chief Advancement Officer | No public offices held
Forrest Parlee, Director of Government Relations and Public Policy | Public offices held
Michael Ratcliffe, Dean of Arts, Trinity College | No public offices held
Cheryl Regehr, Vice-President and Provost | No public offices held
Mohini Sain, Dean, Faculty of Forestry | No public offices held
Edward (Ted) Sargent, Vice-President, International | No public offices held
Matthew Siemiatycki, Interim Director, School of Cities, University of Toronto | No public offices held
Richard Sommer, Dean, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape & Design | No public offices held
Wisdom Tettey, Vice President and Principal University of Toronto Scarborough | No public offices held
Andrew Thomson, Chief of Government Relations | No public offices held
Bo Wainschneider, Chief Information Officer | No public offices held
Sandy Welsh, Vice-Provost, Students and First-Entry Divisions | No public offices held
Lynn Wilson, Vice-Dean Partnerships, Faculty of Medicine | No public offices held
Joseph (Joe) Wong, Vice-Provost, and Associate Vice-President, International, University of Toronto | No public offices held
Trevor Young, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Vice-Provost, Relations with Health Care Institutions | 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	2008-08-11	current

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
Associate Deputy Minister and G7 Deputy for Canada Department of Finance, Finance	November 2007 to June 2010	June 30, 2010
General Director Department of Finance, Financial Sector Policy Branch	November 2003 to December 2004	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Senior Policy Advisor Senate of Canada, Office of the Leader of the Government	January 2005 to December 2006	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Defence Scientist Department of National Defence, Defence Research and Development Canada	January 1982 to January 2007	Not a designated office

Date Modified:: 2025-03-07

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Registration - In-house Organization

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO / Meric Gertler, President

Registration Information

Associated Communications

Version 71 of 126 (2019-02-27 to 2019-10-29)

Version 71 of 126 (2019-02-27 to 2019-10-29)

Subject Matters

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

Policies or Program

Policies or Program, Regulation

Communication Techniques

Government Institutions

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