Registration - In-house Organization

University of Waterloo / Vivek Goel, President and Vice-Chancellor

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: University of Waterloo
Responsible Officer Name: Vivek Goel, President and Vice-Chancellor
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2005-08-25
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 949617-5311

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 519

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0

Version 38 of 68 (2016-11-15 to 2016-12-20)

Registration versions:

Version 38 of 68 (2016-11-15 to 2016-12-20)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matters

Aboriginal Affairs
Budget
Climate
Education
Employment and Training
Energy
Environment
Financial Institutions
Government Procurement
Health
Immigration
Industry
Infrastructure
Intellectual Property
Internal Trade
International Relations
International Trade
Justice and Law Enforcement
National Security/Security
Regional Development
Research and Development
Science and Technology
Small Business
Taxation and Finance
Telecommunications

Subject matters added through a monthly communication report

Economic Development

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

Application for funding to support Environmental and Green Energy research.
Capital funding for Digital Media proposal
Exploring opportunities for capital/operational funding for automotive research
School of Public Service Seek funding to support School of Public Service
Seeking funding from Centres of Excellence for Commercialization of Research (CECR) for Digital Media activities.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

Annual Budget Bill with respect to the federal role in post-secondary education.

Policies or Program

Funding growth to Federal granting councils and allocation of funds for indirect costs of research.
Funding university science and technology research.
Identifying opportunities for commercialization and tech transfer of university research results.
Issues surrounding foreign students, visas and immigration.
Seeking an increase of support for graduate education.

Communication Techniques

Written communication
Oral communication

Government Institutions

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Export Development Canada (EDC)
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Health Canada (HC)
House of Commons
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
National Defence (DND)
National Research Council (NRC)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying (OCL)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Senate of Canada
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Transport Canada (TC)
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)

In-house Organization Details

Description of the organization's activities

The University of Waterloo's mission is to advance learning and knowledge through teaching, research, and scholarship, nationally and internationally, in an environment of free inquiry and expression. The university fulfils this mission by offering undergraduate and graduate students the best possible education experience in selected regular, co-operative education, and professional programs; by engaging in basic and applied research and scholarly activity that is recognized nationally and internationally; and by providing service to society through the transfer of knowledge and cultural enrichment.What makes UW distinctive is the innovative approach it takes to achieving its mission, through co-operative education, distance education, technology transfer, and research partnerships at the local, national, and international levels. An outward-looking perspective orients UW to the challenges that face our society and economy, including strengths in entrepreneurship and the commercialization of research results.

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Feridun Hamdullahpur, President and Vice-Chancellor

Organization's membership or classes of membership

UW's bicameral form of governance was enshrined by provincial statute in 1972 when the University of Waterloo Act came into effect. The Act assigns overall responsibility for the affairs of the University to the Board of Governors and empowers the Senate to establish the University's educational policies.Both the 87-member Senate and the 40-member Board of Governors have a broad membership, including students, faculty and staff members, alumni, business leaders and community leaders.The following are members of the University of Waterloo community: 30,000 full-time and part-time undergraduate students; 5,100 full-time and part-time graduate students; 1,115 full-time and part-time faculty members; 2,008 staff members; and 169,000 alumni in 145 countries.

Government funding

End date of the last completed financial year: 2014-04-30

List of Government Funding
Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
Canada Research Chairs/Canada Excellence Research Chairs	$11,450,000.00	Yes
Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI)	$10,839,000.00	Yes
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)	$6,822,000.00	Yes
Foreign	$1,730,000.00	Yes
Health Canada (HC)	$24,000.00	Yes
Municipal	$1,271,000.00	Yes
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)	$45,674,000.00	Yes
Other federal	$34,751,000.00	Yes
Other provinces	$625,000.00	Yes
Provincial	$269,152,000.00	Yes
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)	$5,972,000.00	Yes

In-house Organization Contact Information

Address:
200 University Ave. West
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1
Canada

Telephone number: 519-888-4567 Ext. 84400

Lobbyists Details

Employees who lobby for the organization

Jean Andrey, Dean, Faculty of Environment | No public offices held
Sandra Banks, Vice-President, University Relations | No public offices held
Robert Crow, Executive in Residence, Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) | No public offices held
Tobi Day-Hamilton, Associate Director, Communications & External Relations | No public offices held
George Dixon, Vice-President, University Research | No public offices held
David Edwards, Hallman Director and Professor, School of Pharmacy | No public offices held
Rob Esselment, Senior Director, Government Relations | No public offices held
Feridun Hamdullahpur, President | No public offices held
Raymond Laflamme, Director, Institute for Quantum Computing | No public offices held
Martin Laforest, Senior Manager, Scientific Outreach and Government Relations | No public offices held
Robert Lemieux, Dean, Faculty of Science | No public offices held
Ross McKenzie, Managing Director, WatCAR | No public offices held
Ian McKillop, Executive Director, University Health Research | No public offices held
Douglas Peers, Dean, Faculty of Arts | Public offices held
James Rush, Dean, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences | No public offices held
Bryan Smale, Director, Canadian Index of Wellbeing and Professor, Department of Recreation & Leisure Studies | No public offices held
Pearl Sullivan, Dean, Faculty of Engineering | No public offices held
Stephen Watt, Dean, Faculty of Mathematics | No public offices held

University of Waterloo

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

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008
Name	From	To
University of Waterloo	2008-07-02	current

The following names have been used before July 2, 2008

University of Waterloo

University of Waterloo

Responsible Officer History
Responsible Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)
Vivek Goel	2021-07-01	Current
Feridun Hamdullahpur	2010-10-01	2021-07-01
David Johnston	2005-08-25	2010-10-01

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Interim Vice-President Programs Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council	January 2004 to September 2004	Not a designated office

Date Modified:: 2025-03-12

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Registration - In-house Organization

University of Waterloo / Vivek Goel, President and Vice-Chancellor

Registration Information

Associated Communications

Version 38 of 68 (2016-11-15 to 2016-12-20)

Version 38 of 68 (2016-11-15 to 2016-12-20)

Subject Matters

Subject matters added through a monthly communication report

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

Policies or Program

Communication Techniques

Government Institutions

Description of the organization's activities

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Organization's membership or classes of membership

Government funding

In-house Organization Contact Information

Employees who lobby for the organization