Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Education
- Employment and Training
- Energy
- Environment
- Health
- Industry
- Labour
- Science and Technology
Subject Matter Details
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
- NSERC approval for ongoing applied research grants
- Western Economic Diversification (WD) grant for funding for SAIT's Trades and Technology Complex (TTC). The TTC is a series of facilities that SAIT will be constructing commencing fall 2009 on main campus that will result in the addition of 3,600 new students to the school.
Policies or Program
- Presentation to Rick Casson, Member of Parliament about Afghanistan-SAIT Trades School initiative and plans to bring Afghan graduates to participate in 2009 graduation at SAIT.
Communication Techniques
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Written communication
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Oral communication
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Grass-roots communication
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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Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB)
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Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada
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Finance Canada (FIN)
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Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC)
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Industry Canada
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Members of the House of Commons
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National Research Council (NRC)
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Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
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Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
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Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
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Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
In-house Organization Details
Description of the organization's activities
SAIT Polytechnic (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology) is a public, board-based polytechnic operating as a technical institute in accordance with the Post Secondary Learning Act. Located in Calgary, SAIT is Canada's oldest publicly funded technical institute and offers upgrading, apprenticeship, certificate, diploma, applied degrees and bacculaureate degrees.
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration
Irene Lewis,
President & Chief Executive Officer
Organization's membership or classes of membership
70,000 students and 2,000 faculty and staff
Government funding
End date of the last completed financial year:
2008-06-30
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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Government of Alberta
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$151,300,000.00
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Yes
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Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
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$280,000.00
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Yes
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In-house Organization Contact Information
Address:
1301 - 16 Avenue N.W.
Calgary, AB T2M 0L4
Canada
Telephone number:
403-284-7055
Fax number:
403-284-8940
Lobbyists Details
Employees who lobby for the organization
- Priya Batchelor,
Applied Research and Innovation Services |
No public offices held
- Guy Mallabone,
Vice President, External Relations |
No public offices held
- Glenn Shepherd,
Director, Government and Community Relations |
No public offices held
- Alex Zahavich,
Director, Applied Research & Innovation Sciences |
No public offices held
