Registration - In-house Organization

University of Alberta / Bill Flanagan, President and Vice-Chancellor

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: University of Alberta
Responsible Officer Name: Bill Flanagan, President and Vice-Chancellor
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2005-08-19
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 946425-5145

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 1239

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 17

Version 6 of 136 (2008-03-12 to 2008-08-15)

Registration versions:

Version 6 of 136 (2008-03-12 to 2008-08-15) 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:

University of Alberta
3-1 University Hall
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB T6G 2J9
Canada

Telephone number:

780-492-6590

Fax number:

780-492-9453

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration:

Indira Samarasekera, President

Description of the organization's activities:

The University of Alberta is one of Canada's premiere research-intensive universities, engaging in teaching, research, innovation and community service. The University of Alberta's undergraduate and graduate student enrollment totals over 34,000. The University employs over 8800 academic and non-academic staff.

Organization's membership or classes of membership:

Students, faculty, administrative and support staff.

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

List of Government Funding
Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year
Agriculture and Agi-Food Canada	$9,315,000.00
Canada Research Chairs	$13,634,000.00
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)	$38,178,000.00
Western Economic Diversification	$3,816,000.00
Canadian Foundation for Innovation	$28,616,000.00
Tri University Meson Facility (TRIUMF) Federal Government	$8,429,000.00
Social Science and Humanities Research Council	$23,846,000.00
Canadian International Development Agency	$1,163,000.00
Canadian Space Agency	$704,000.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research	$36,032,000.00
National Centres of Excellence - PrioNet Canada	$3,206,000.00

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name:	Carl Amrhein
Position title:	Provost & Vice President (Academic)
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Marc Arnal
Position title:	Dean, Faculte Saint-Jean
Public offices held:	Yes

Name:	Lorne Babiuk
Position title:	Vice-President (Research)
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Monica Barclay
Position title:	Assistant Director, China Institute
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Britta Baron
Position title:	Vice-Provost and Associate Vice President
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Ellen Bielawski
Position title:	Dean, Native Studies
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Katy Campbell
Position title:	Interim Dean, Extension
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Phyllis Clark
Position title:	Vice-President (Finance & Administration)
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Sandra Conn
Position title:	Vice-President (External Relations)
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Mark Dale
Position title:	Dean, Graduate Studies and Research
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Sara Daniels
Position title:	Government Relations Associate
Public offices held:	Yes

Name:	Joseph Doucet
Position title:	Director, School of Energy and the Environment
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Marieke Dube
Position title:	Government Relations Associate
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Roger Epp
Position title:	Dean, Augustana
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Martin Ferguson-Pell
Position title:	Dean, Rehabilitation Medicine
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Jody Ginsberg
Position title:	Vice Dean, Medicine & Dentistry
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Andrew Greenshaw
Position title:	Associate Vice-President (Research)
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Brad Hamdon
Position title:	General Counsel
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Donald Hickey
Position title:	Vice-President (Facilities & Operations)
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Ernie Ingles
Position title:	Vice-Provost & Chief Librarian
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Jack Jhamandas
Position title:	Assiciate Dean, Research, Medicine & Dentistry
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Wenran Jiang
Position title:	Director, China Institute
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Tania Kajner
Position title:	Manager, City-Region Studies Centre, Faculty of Extension
Public offices held:	No

Name:	John Kennelly
Position title:	Dean, Agriculture, Forestry, and Home Economics
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Douglas Knight
Position title:	Director, City-Region Studies Centre, Faculty of Extension
Public offices held:	No

Name:	David Lynch
Position title:	Dean of Engineering
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Terry Mackey
Position title:	Director, International Project
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Michael Mahon
Position title:	Dean, Physical Education & Recreation
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Thomas Marrie
Position title:	Dean, Medicine & Dentistry
Public offices held:	No

Name:	June Dru Marshall
Position title:	Deputy Provost
Public offices held:	No

Name:	William McBlain
Position title:	Senior Associate Vice-President (Research)
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Rae McDonald
Position title:	Director, International Relations
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Roger Palmer
Position title:	Interim Dean, School of Public Health
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Franco Pasutto
Position title:	Dean, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Cynthia Paszkowski
Position title:	Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Alexis Pepin
Position title:	Manager, Government Relations
Public offices held:	No

Name:	David Percy
Position title:	Dean, Law
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Michael Percy
Position title:	Dean of Business
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Joanne Profetto-McGrath
Position title:	Interim Dean, Nursing
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Indira Samarasekera
Position title:	President
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Douglas Schmitt
Position title:	Professor, Physics
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Leonard Sereda
Position title:	Director, Facilities Management
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Fern Snart
Position title:	Dean, Education (CEO)
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Gregory Taylor
Position title:	Dean, Science
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Karen Wichuk
Position title:	Director, Government Relations
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Daniel Woolf
Position title:	Dean, Arts
Public offices held:	No

Name:	Kory Zwack
Position title:	Government Relations Associate
Public offices held:	Yes

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), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canadian Forest Service, Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian Wheat Board (CWB), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Energy Retrofit Assistance for Implementation, Environment Canada, Farm Credit Canada (FCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Geological Survey of Canada, Health Canada (HC), Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Industry Canada, Infrastructure Canada (INFC), Members of the House of Commons, National Defence (DND), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Parks Canada (PC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Health Agency Canada, Senate of Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Status of Women Canada (SWC), 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, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format

Subject Matter: Areas of Concern:

Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Arts and Culture, Consumer Issues, Defence, Education, Employment and Training, Energy, Environment, Fisheries, Foreign Affairs, Forestry, Health, Heritage, Immigration, Industry, Infrastructure, Intellectual Property, Internal Trade, International Development, International Relations, International Trade, Mining, Regional Development, Research & Development, Science and Technology, Sports, Transportation

Subject Matter: Retrospective:

Held meetings, made telephone calls, made representations, wrote correspondence and submitted proposals with respect to the following initiatives: the science and technology framework, graduate student funding and scholarships, international students, the role of the federal government in post-secondary education, the Canada Millennium Scholarship Fund, the commercialization of research / technology transfer infrastructure partnerships, sustainable energy and the environment proposals, Aboriginal education, agricultural research, nanotechnology, health initiatives, engineering initiatives, northern initiatives, international relationships, initiatives involving China and the China institute, institutes and development projects, minority and official languages support for programming and infrastructure, research centres and institutes, municipal and regional studies, sports initiatives, Universiade Games, foreign student accreditation and work permits. Discussions regarding indirect costs of research funding and the funding of the granting council, the Canadian Foundation for Innovation and the Canada Research Chairs Program.Advocacy related to infrastructure funding.Advocacy related to the copyright legislation.

Subject Matter: Prospective:

Communication with respect to the following initiatives: the science and technology framework, graduate student funding and scholarships, international students, the role of the federal government in post-secondary education, the commercialization of research/technology transfer infrastructure partnerships, sustainable energy and the environment proposals, Aboriginal education, agricultural research, rural health initiatives, nanotechnology, health initiatives, biomedical initiatives, health and medical technologies, engineering initiatives, northern initiatives, international relationships, initiatives involving China and the China Institute, institutes and development projects, minority and official languages support for programming and infrastructure, research centres and institutes, municipal and regional studies, sport initiatives, Universiade Games, urban studies and research and foreign student accreditation and work permits Discussions regarding indirect costs of research funding and the funding of the Granting Councils, the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, the Canada Research Chairs Program, the Vanier Scholarships and the Canada Global Excellence Research Chairs..

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories	Description
Bill or Resolution	Bill C-60 - An Act to amend the Copyright Act.
Policy or Program	Mobilizing Science and Technology to Canada's Advantage" in support of the science and technology framework.
Bill or Resolution	The next budget bill in support of the federal role in post-secondary education, research and the science and technology framework.
Policy or Program	The northern strategy.
Policy or Program	The policy overseeing foreign student accreditation and foreign student work permits.

University of Alberta

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008

Name	From	To
University of Alberta	2008-08-15	current

The following names have been used before July 2, 2008

University of Alberta