Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

National Cancer Institute of Canada / BARBARA WHYLIE, Chief Executive Officer

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: National Cancer Institute of Canada
Previous in-house organization names
Responsible Officer Name: BARBARA WHYLIE, Chief Executive Officer 
Initial registration start date: 2003-11-17
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 778425-242

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 0

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0

Version 11 of 13 (2008-04-10 to 2008-08-13)

Version 11 of 13 (2008-04-10 to 2008-08-13) 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: National Cancer Institute of Canada
200- 10 Alcorn Avenue
Toronto, ON  M4V 3B1
Canada
Telephone number: 416-934-5630
Fax number: 416-961-4189  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: BARBARA WHYLIE, Chief Executive Officer  
 
Description of the organization's activities: Mission Statement of the National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC): To undertake and support research and related programs in Canada that will lead to a reduction of the incidence, morbidity and mortality of cancer. The NCIC receives funds from the Canadian Cancer Society and the Terry Fox Foundation. The majority of funds are distributed to scientists across Canada based on rigorous peer review of applications submitted to the NCIC. There are support programs for a broad spectrum of reserach, for training, for career development and for regional development. The NCIC is the administrative home of the Canadian Breast Cancer Research Alliance (CBCRA), a parternship between CCS, NCIC, Health Canada, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Avon Flame Foundation, Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and the Canadian Breast Cancer Network. It is also the home of the Canadian Prostate Cancer Research Initiative (CPCRI), a partnership between NCIC, CCS, Health Canada and the Canadian Prostate Cancer Network; and the Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative (CTCRI), a partnership between NCIC, CCS, SSHRC and Health Canada.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: Membership in the Corporation shall be limited to the Directors of the Corporation who will automatically become Members upon being elected to the Board. The Board is comprised of: A) the President and Chair of the Board; B) the Vice-President and President-Elect; c) Immediate Past-President or Vice-President Elect; D) Three representatives from the Canadian Cancer Society; E) One Representative from the Terry Fox Foundation; F) One Representative from the Canadian Association of Provincial Cancer Agencies; G) One Representative from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research; H) Ten Directors at larege, three of whom will be the Chairs of the Reserach, Cancer Control and Finance and Audit Standing Committees, and if a Chair is unable to serve on the Board, the Directors may appoint another member of the Chair's Committee to serve as Director, provided however, that not less than ten directors shall be qualified members of the Health Profession or otherwise qualified in disciplines related or allied thereto.
 
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: 2006-04-01
 
List of Government Funding
Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year
Canadian Institute of Health Research $187,935.00

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: Gillian Bromfield
Position title: Senior Health Policy Analyst
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Erika Brown
Position title: Administrator, CPCRI
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Allan J. Roy Cameron
Position title: Director, CBRPE
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Heather Chappell
Position title: Senior Health Policy Analyst
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Daniel Demers
Position title: Director, Public Issues Canadian Cancer Society
Public offices held: Yes
 
Name: Stuart Edmonds
Position title: Assistant Director, Research Programs
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Carmen Kinniburgh
Position title: Communications Officer
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Paul LaPierre
Position title: Group Director, Public Affairs
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Nicola Lewis
Position title: Executive Director, CBCRA
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Heather Logan
Position title: Director, Cancer Control Policy
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Ross Marchildon
Position title: Accounting Manager
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Pat McAulay
Position title: Program Administrator, CBCRA
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Judy Noordermeer
Position title: Director, Communications
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Monique Porlier
Position title: Chief Financial Officer
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Kerstin RIng
Position title: Senior Management, Communications
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Anne Vezina
Position title: National Director, Information Services
Public offices held: No
 
Name: BARBARA WHYLIE
Position title: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Michael Wosnick
Position title: Executive Director
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: Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB), Canada Labour Relations Board (CLRB), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Canadian Pension Commission (CPC), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Competition Tribunal (CT), Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), Environment Canada, Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC), Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office (FEARO), Federal Office of Regional Development – Quebec (FORD[Q]), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Grain Transportation Agency (GTA), Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission (HMIRC), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), Industry Canada, Justice Canada (JC), Members of the House of Commons, National Defence (DND), National Energy Board (NEB), National Film Board (NFB), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL), Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB), Pension Appeals Board (PAB), Privy Council Office (PCO), Procurement Review Board of Canada (PRB), Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC), Public Service Staff Relations Board (PSSRB), Public Works and Government Services Canada, Revenue Canada (RC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Senate, Labratory Centre for Disease Control, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Solicitor General Canada (SGC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC), Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
Grass-roots communication, Informal communications, Meetings, Other types: website, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format
 
Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: Consumer Issues, Education, Employment and Training, Environment, Health, Industry, Infrastructure, Intellectual Property, Science and Technology, Taxation and Finance
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: Support of Tobacco Legislation; Campaign for increased government support of health research; support for breast and prostate cancer research; increased support for cancer control; support for Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control
Subject Matter: Prospective: Issues relating to cancer control; increased support for health research; issues relating to stem cell research; issues relating to gene patenting; support for Canadian Partnership Against Cancer.
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Policy or Program Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control
Policy or Program More funding for health research




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