Registry of Lobbyists
Version 5 of 47 (2007-10-24 to 2008-04-23) 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: |
The University of Winnipeg
515 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, MB R3B 2E9 Canada |
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| Telephone number: | 204-786-9214 | ||||||||||||||
| Fax number: | 204-786-1693 | ||||||||||||||
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | Lloyd Axworthy, President | ||||||||||||||
| Description of the organization's activities: | The University of Winnipeg received its charter in 1967 but its roots date back more than 130 years. The founding colleges were Manitoba College (1871) and Wesley College (1888), which merged to form United College in 1938. Located in the heart of downtown, The University of Winnipeg is a compact, diverse, multicultural academic community committed to access and excellence. Ranked by our graduates in Maclean's magazine University Graduate Survey (June 19, 2006) in the Top Ten of all Canadian universities when asked about their "Entire Educational Experience". UWinnipeg is home to more than 9200 full and part-time students. | ||||||||||||||
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | The University has a bi-cameral governance structure. It has a Board of Regents and a Senate. | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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| Name: | Lloyd Axworthy |
| Position title: | President |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Bill Balan |
| Position title: | Acting VP (Finance & Administration), Associate VP (Operations) |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Robert Bend |
| Position title: | Dean of Collegiate |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Neil Besner |
| Position title: | Associate VP (International) |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Daniel Hurley |
| Position title: | Executive Director of Government, University & Alumni Affairs |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Jennifer Rattray |
| Position title: | Director of Strategic Initiatives |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Brian Stevenson |
| Position title: | VP (Academic) |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Lesley Thomson |
| Position title: | Sr. Executive Officer & Advisor to the President |
| 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, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Canadian Pension Commission (CPC), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Environment Canada, Finance Canada (FIN), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Grain Transportation Agency (GTA), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), Industry Canada, 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 Federal Interlocutor for Métis, Privy Council Office (PCO), Revenue Canada (RC), Service Canada (ServCan), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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: | Aboriginal Affairs, Arts and Culture, Constitutional Issues, Education, Employment and Training, Energy, Environment, Financial Institutions, Forestry, Health, Immigration, Industry, Infrastructure, Intellectual Property, Internal Trade, International Relations, International Trade, Justice and Law Enforcement, Labour, Regional Development, Science and Technology, Small Business, Sports, Taxation and Finance, Transportation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | Made representations, sought public policy changes and/or Federal support with respect to the following: University Funding, Aboriginal Affairs, Sustainability in the Environment, Western Economic Diversification, and other issues pertinent to post-secondary education system. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | Will make representations, seek public policy changes and/or Federal support with respect to the following: New Canadians (immigrants, refugees), University Funding, Aboriginal Affairs, Sustainability in the Environment, Western Economic Diversification, and other issues pertinent to post-secondary education system. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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