Registry of Lobbyists
Version 4 of 14 (1997-10-02 to 1998-05-04) was submitted prior to the Lobbying Act coming into force on July 2, 2008. Due to different information requirements at that time, the registration is presented in the following format.
| Organization: |
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES OF CANADA (AUCC)
600 - 350 ALBERT STREET OTTAWA, ON K1R 1B1 Canada |
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| Telephone number: | 613-563-1236 | ||||
| Fax number: | 613-563-9745 | ||||
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | ROBERT J GIROUX, PRESIDENT | ||||
| Description of the organization's activities: | THE ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES OF CANADA REPRESENTS CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES AT HOME AND ABROAD. AUCC`S MANDATE IS TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH. AUCC IS A NATIONAL NOT-FOR-PROFIT, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ASSOCIATION ESTABLISHED IN 1911. AUCC MEMBER UNIVERSITIES FUND THE CORE ACTIVITIES -- GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, RESEARCH, INFORMATION SERVICES & INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION -- AND ARE REPRESENTED WITHIN THE MEMBERSHIP AND ON THE ASSOCIATION`S GOVERNING BODIES BY THEIR PRESIDENTS. WITH A SECRETARIAT LOCATED IN OTTAWA, THE ASSOCIATION:-ADVANCES THE INTERESTS OF CANADA`S UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND BEYOND-PROVIDES A FORUM THROUGH WHICH NEW & EMERGING ISSUES CAN BE IDENTIFIED, DEBATED & DEALT WITH-OFFERS A RANGE OF SERVICES TO MEMBERS, HELPING THEM MEET THEIR GOALS-FOSTERS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC COOPERATION-MANAGES AWARDS PROGRAMS & INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES-BUILDS BRIDGES, LINKING CANADA`S UNIVERSITIES WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH THEIR STRATEGIC PARTNERS | ||||
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | 3 CATEGORES: INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS (88); REGIONAL & PROVINCIAL MEMBERS (4) & ASSOCIATE MEMBERS (24).INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS SHALL BE UNIVERSITIES & COLLEGES NAMED IN THE SCHEDULE TO THE ACT OF PARLIAMENT INCORPORATING THE ASSOCIATION & SUCH OTHER CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES & COLLEGES RECOMMENDED FOR INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS & ARE APPROVED BY VOTE OF THE ASSOCIATION, PROVIDED THAT EACH OF SUCH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES, INCLUDING THOSE FEDERATED WITH, AFFILATED TO, OR A CONSTITUENT PORTION OF A UNIVERSITY, SATISFIES A NUMBER OF CONDITIONS.REGIONAL & PROVINCIAL MEMBERS AR THE ASSOCIATION OF ATLANTIC UNIVERSITIES, THE CONFERENCE OF RECTORS & PRINCIPALS OF QUEBEC UNIVERSITIES, THE COUNCIL OF ONTARIO UNIVERSITIES, THE COUNCIL OF WESTERN CANADIAN UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS, AND SUCH OTHER REGIONAL & PROVINCIAL ORGANIZATION THAT ARE RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORSASSOCIATE MEMBERS ARE NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OF UNIVERSITY & COLLEGE PERSONNEL RECOMMENDED FOR ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTOR | ||||
| Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? | Yes | ||||
| End date of the organization's last completed financial year: | 1997-03-31 | ||||
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| Name: | FRANCOIS BELISLE |
| Position title: | DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL & CANADIAN PROGRAMS |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | ROBERT BEST |
| Position title: | DIRECTOR, GOV. RELATIONS & PUBLIC AFF. |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | SALLY BROWN |
| Position title: | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, EXTERNAL RELATIONS |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | ROBERT DAVIDSON |
| Position title: | DIRECTOR, RESEARCH & POLICY ANALYSIS |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | ROBERT GIROUX |
| Position title: | PRESIDENT |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | VALDEMAR LARSON |
| Position title: | MANAGER, PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS, INTN'L & CDN PROG. |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | KAREN MCBRIDE |
| Position title: | DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | BEVERLEE STEVENSON |
| Position title: | GOVT RELATIONS OFFICER, GOVT RELATIONS & PUB. AFFA |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | ALEX USHER |
| Position title: | POLICY ANALYST, GOVT RELATIONS & PUBLIC AFFAIRS |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | STEPHEN WILLS |
| Position title: | SENIOR POLICY ANALYST, GOVT RELATIONS & PUBLIC AFF |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY ESTABLISHMENT, Environment Canada, Federal Office of Regional Development – Quebec (FORD[Q]), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Industry Canada, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA, National Defence (DND), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Revenue Canada (RC), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) |
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Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
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Grass-roots communication, Informal communications, Meetings, Other types: JOINT REPRESENTATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format |
| Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: | Arts and Culture, Education, Employment and Training, Immigration, Infrastructure, Intellectual Property, Internal Trade, International Relations, International Trade, Science and Technology, Taxation and Finance, Telecommunications |
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | BILLC-32, COPYRIGHT ACT AND REGS; WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO) POLICY; PROPOSALS FOR STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT (RENEWING STUDENT ASSISTANCE IN CANADA); FEDERAL BUDGET - STUDENT ASSISTANCE, TUITION TAX CREDITS, TAX TREATMENT OF CHARITABLE DONATIONS; FUNDING FOR ONLINE VERSION OF DIRECTORY OF CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES; RETENTION OF MASH SECTOR REBATE OR REPLACEMENT OF GST (REBATE ON ACADEMIC JOURNALS); FUNDING OF UNIVERSITY RESEARCH: PROMOTING RESEARCH CAREERS, ENHANCING PARTNERSHIPS AND INTL RESEARCH; RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE - CANADA FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION; RESEARCH ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICIES; POLICY ON 2-TIER ADVERTISING (RESTRICTIONS ON HIRING OF FOREIGN ACADEMICS); FUNDING FOR 1998 CONFERENCE OF ASSN OF COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITIES; POLICY FRAMEWORK ON INTERNATIONALIZATION OF ADVANCED EDUCATION; STUDENT VISAS; INCREASE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES; GOVERNMENT POLICY ON INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION; STRENGTHEN CIDA'S RELATIONS WITH CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES; CONTRIBUTIONS/CONTRACTS: ORGANIZATION OF WORKSHOPS ON EUROPEAN CREDIT TRANSFER SYSTEM; PROGRAMME CANADIEN DE BOURSES DE LA FRANCOPHONIE; STUDENT CONNECTION PROGRAM; STUDENT MOBILITY PROGRAMS IN TAIWAN & MALAYSIA; YOUTH INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM; CIVIL SOCIETY LINKAGES PROGRAM IN UKRAINE. |
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | REGULATIONS TO COPYRIGHT ACT; WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION; FEDERAL BUDGET - STUDENT LOANS REPAYMENT OPTIONS; STUDENT ASSISTANCE; TUITION TAX CREDIT; TAX TREATMENT OF CHARITABLE DONATIONS; RETENTION OF MASH SECTOR REBATE OR REPLACEMENT OF GST (REBATE ON ACADEMIC JOURNALS); MASH SECTOR PROCUREMENT PROVISIONS WITHIN THE AGREEMENT ON INTERNAL TRADE; FUNDING OF UNIVERSITY RESEARCH; IMPROVED FUNDING FOR CORE BUDGETS OF GRANTING COUNCILS (ESP. SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH); RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE; RESEARCH ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICIES; POLICY ON 2-TIER ADVERTISING (REMOVE RESTRICTIONS ON HIRING OF FOREIGN ACADEMICS); GOVERNMENT APPROACH TO MARKETING HIGHER EDUCATION ABROAD; GOVERNMENT POLICY ON INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION; INCREASE OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS INVOLVING CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES; INCREASE FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR PROCUREMENT OF CONTRACTS WITH INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BY UNIVERSITIES; CONTRACTS - PROGRAMME CANADIEN DE BOURSE DE LA FRANCOPHONIE (CIDA); REFORM THROUGH KNOWLEDGE (HRDC); STUDENT MOBILITY PROGRAM (HRDC); CIVIL MILITARY RELATIONS PROGRAM (DND); YOUTH INITIATIVES (CIDA); CARIBBEAN HRD PROGRAM FOR ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS (CIDA); PROFESSIONAL PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM (CIDA); BALTIC LEGAL AND JUDICIAL REFORM PROGRAM (CIDA). |