Registry of Lobbyists
Total Number of Communication Reports: 47
Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0
Version 6 of 31 (2008-01-15 to 2008-08-14) 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: |
Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
275 Slater Street Ottawa, ON K1P 5H9 Canada |
||||||||||
| Telephone number: | 613-521-6277 | ||||||||||
| Fax number: | 613-521-7845 | ||||||||||
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | Rick Miner, President | ||||||||||
| Description of the organization's activities: | Seneca College was established in 1966 to provide a post-secondary education alternative to university study in Ontario. Seneca is the largest college in Canada with more than 100,000 full- and part-time students on campuses across the Greater Toronto Area. Seneca provides internationally and nationally recognized career education and training key to graduate success in the global economy. Every Seneca Diploma, certificate and bachelor's degree program is developed to a high academic standard, in consultation with industry, integrated with information technology, combined with technical and transferable skills, and reinforced by opportunities for ongoing education and re-training.Seneca College is also a member of the following associations:- Polytechnics Canada- Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario- Association of Community Colleges of Canada | ||||||||||
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | Seneca College is not a membership-based institution. It is a publicly-funded institution of higher education and training. | ||||||||||
| 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: | 2007-03-31 | ||||||||||
|
|||||||||||
| Name: | Jean Bilodeau |
| Position title: | Professor, Urban Sustainability Management |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Eileen Burns |
| Position title: | Registrar |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Peter Constantinou |
| Position title: | Director, Government Relations |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Shirlene Courtis |
| Position title: | Vice-President, Resource Development |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Henry Decock |
| Position title: | Associate Vice President Academic |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Maureen Dey |
| Position title: | Dean, Faculty of Business - Arts and Commerce |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Tina DiSimone |
| Position title: | Dean, Faculty of Applied Arts and Health Sciences |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Laura Jo Gunter |
| Position title: | Dean, Faculty of Information Arts and Technology |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Cindy Hazell |
| Position title: | Senior Vice President |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Katharine Janzen |
| Position title: | Associate Vice President, Research and Innovation |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Rick Miner |
| Position title: | President |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Nobina Robinson |
| Position title: | Senior Government Relations Advisor |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Susan Savoie |
| Position title: | Acting Dean, Faculty of Continuing Education |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Laurel Schollen |
| Position title: | Dean, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering Technology |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Stan Talesnick |
| Position title: | Dean, Faculty of Workplace Skills Development |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Susan Zimmerman |
| Position title: | Dean, Faculty of Business - Management and Administrative Studies |
| Public offices held: | No |
| 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), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Environment Canada, Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC), Industry Canada, Justice Canada (JC), Members of the House of Commons, National Defence (DND), National Film Board (NFB), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC), Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC), Public Works and Government Services Canada, Revenue Canada (RC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Senate of Canada, Service Canada (ServCan), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
|
Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: | Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Defence, Education, Employment and Training, Energy, Environment, Financial Institutions, Fisheries, Forestry, Government Procurement, Health, Immigration, Industry, Infrastructure, Intellectual Property, Internal Trade, International Relations, International Trade, Justice and Law Enforcement, Labour, Mining, Science and Technology, Small Business, Taxation and Finance, Telecommunications, Tourism, Transportation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | Made represenations, sought public policy changes and/or federal support with respect to the following: Post-Secondary Education policy and programs; Consultations on Canada Student Loan Policy; Natural Resources Canada/Federal Buildings Initiative; Assistance to the research capacity of the College Sector in general; Industry Canada/Innovation, Science and Technology Strategies and policies in support of applied research by colleges; Citizenship and Immigration/programs and policies to support immigrant integration and settlement through the College sector/language training and workplace skills training. Also pursue employability of college graduates in the Federal Public Service. Specific representations to Heritage Canada for New Media Research Networks Fund. Frequent discussions in support of Polytechnics Canada. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | Make representations, seek public policy changes and/or federal support with respect to the following areas: Post-Secondary Education in Canada,support for youth at risk and first generation learners, Science and Technology Strategy, Applied Research funding and inclusion of the college sector, Commercialization of Research; Indirect Costs of Research, Immigration Settlement and Assistance, Foreign Credential Recognition, Environment and Sustainable Development. Recruitment of college graduates into the Federal Public Service. Advocacy in support of renewal of mandate of Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||