Registry of Lobbyists
Version 2 of 33 (2007-07-13 to 2008-01-28) 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.
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CANADIAN FEDERATION FOR THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES / FÉDÉRATION CANADIENNE DES SCIENCES HUMAINES
151 Slater Street, # 415 Ottawa, ON K1P 5H3 Canada |
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| Telephone number: | 613-238-6112 Ext.: 306 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fax number: | 613-239-6114 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | Jody Ciufo, Executive Director | ||||||||||||||||||
| Description of the organization's activities: | THE CANADIAN FEDERATION FOR THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES PROMOTES RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, AND A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF SUCH WORK FOR CANADA AND THE WORLD. THE FEDERATION ADVOCATES THE CONCERNS OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNITIES; ASSISTS IN THE FORMULATION OF RESEARCH POLICIES IN THESE AREAS; FOSTERS TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES AT ALL LEVELS OF EDUCATION; FACILITATES THE WORK OF GROUPS OF SCHOLARS; ACTS AS A FEDERATION OF LEARNED SOCIETIES; AND ENCOURAGES AND PROMOTES RESEARCH AND THE PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF SCHOLARSHIP IN HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | FULL MEMBERS INCLUDE LEARNED SOCIETIES IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIPS ENCOMPASS OTHER NATIONAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH RELATED ORGANIZATIONS | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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: | 2006-09-30 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Name: | JODY CIUFO |
| Position title: | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Denise Rudnicki |
| Position title: | Director of Public Affairs |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: | Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Finance Canada (FIN), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Industry Canada, National Research Council (NRC), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Privy Council Office (PCO), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Statistics Canada (StatCan) | ||||||||
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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, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format | ||||||||
| Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: | Arts and Culture, Education, Employment and Training, Health, Industry, Infrastructure, Intellectual Property, Science and Technology, Taxation and Finance | ||||||||
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | The federation is the permanent secretariat for the annual congress of the social sciences and humanities which is the largest gathering of scholars in North America. The Federation also manages tha aid to scholarly publications programme which disburses funds to scholarly works. The Federation promotes and defends the interest of social sciences and humanists, specifically on issues such as increasing the budget of social sciences and humanities research council (SSHRC), increasing core funding to post-secondary education by increasing provincial transfers, and establishing a dedicated post-secondary education transfer. The federation is also active on issues of copyright and commercializing research. | ||||||||
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | Federation will work on Bill C-60 (Copyright Bill), establishing a post-secondary education transfer, increasing federal block transfers to the provinces, increasing the budget of the social sciences and humanities research council and research commercialization. | ||||||||
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