Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

Colleges Ontario / Linda Franklin, President & Chief Executive Officer

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Colleges Ontario
Responsible Officer Name: Linda Franklin, President & Chief Executive Officer 
Initial registration start date: 2007-12-19
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 783252-16389

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 2

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0

Version 2 of 7 (2008-06-09 to 2008-11-12)

Version 2 of 7 (2008-06-09 to 2008-11-12) 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.

A. Organization Information

Organization: Colleges Ontario
655 Bay Street, Suite 1010
Toronto, ON  M5G 2K4
Canada
Telephone number: 416-596-0744  Ext.: 226
Fax number: 416-596-2364  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: Linda Franklin, President & CEO  
 
Description of the organization's activities: Colleges Ontario is an advocacy organization representing Ontario's 24 colleges of applied arts and technology.Colleges Ontario advocates for policy improvements and measures that will help produce the skilled workforce that is needed to strengthen Ontario's competitive advantage.Colleges Ontario provides strategic counsel and services to advance Ontario's colleges as a learning resource of choice and a key gateway to both Ontario's and Canada's success.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: Our membership includes Ontario's 24 colleges of applied arts and technology. The college Presidents are:Algonquin College - Bob Gillet, Cambrian College - Sylivia Barnard, Canadore College - Barbara Taylor, Centennial College - Ann Buller, College Boreal - Denis Hubert, Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning - John Tibbits, Confederation College - Pat Lang, Durham College - Don Lovisa, Fanshawe College - Howard Rundle, Fleming College - Tony Tilly, George Brown College - Ann Sado, Georgian College - Brian Tamblyn, Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning - John Davies, La Cite Collegiale - Andree Lortie, Lambton College - Tony Hanlon, Loyalist College - Maureen Piercy, Mohawk College - MaryLynn West-Moynes, Niagara College - Dan Patterson, Northern College - Michael Hill, Sault College - Ron Common, Seneca College - Rick Miner, Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning - Rob Turner, St. Clair College - John Strasser, St. Lawrence College - Chris Whitaker
 
Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? No
 

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: Marsha Josephs
Position title: Manager, Government Relations
Public offices held: No
 

C. Lobbying Activity Information

Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Finance Canada (FIN), Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC), Industry Canada, Members of the House of Commons, Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO)
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
Grass-roots communication, Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format
 
Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: Education, Employment and Training
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: All policies and programs that impact on the quality of post secondary education and training
Subject Matter: Prospective: All policies and programs that impact on the quality of post secondary education and training
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Policy or Program The quality of college education and training and its relationship to the labour market




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