Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

WORLD VISION CANADA / Michael Messenger, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) AND PRESIDENT

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: WORLD VISION CANADA
Responsible Officer Name: Michael Messenger, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) AND PRESIDENT 
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 1996-11-06
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 913632-551

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 756

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 22

Version 12 of 63 (2002-12-10 to 2003-07-15)

Version 12 of 63 (2002-12-10 to 2003-07-15) 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: WORLD VISION CANADA
1 WORLD DRIVE
MISSISSAUGA, ON  L5T 2Y4
Canada
Telephone number: 905-565-6200
Fax number: 905-696-2161  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: DAVE TOYCEN, CEO AND PRESIDENT  
 
Description of the organization's activities: WORLD VISION IS AN INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN HUMANITARIAN RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION WITH OVER 50 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORKING IN MORE THAN 90 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. IT INVITES CANADIANS TO SHARE THEIR RESOURCES TO EMPOWER PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY. WORLD VISION CANADA IS COMMITTED TO FACILITATING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, PROVIDING EMERGENCY RELIEF, SEEKING JUSTICE FOR THE OPPRESSED, EDUCATING CANADIANS TO UNDERSTAND AND RESPOND TO GLOBAL ISSUES, SERVING THE CHURCH AND RESPONDING TO THE POOR IN CANADA. IT PLACES PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON PROTECTING THE WELL-BEING OF AND BUILDING A FUTURE FOR THE WORLD'S CHILDREN.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: WORLD VISION DOES NOT HAVE ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS. IT IS AN AUTONOMOUS MEMBER OF THE WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN PARTNERSHIP, THAT COMPRISES MORE THAN 90 OFFICES AROUND THE WORLD. WORLD VISION CANADA HAS 32 VOTING CORPORATION MEMBERS OF WHICH 16 ARE ALSO BOARD MEMBERS. WORLD VISION CANADA IS REGULARLY SUPPORTED BY MORE THAN 500,000 CANADIAN DONORS.
 
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: 2002-09-30
 
List of Government Funding
Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year
WORLD BANK $126,264.00
CANADIAN EMBASSY IN BOSNIA $54,627.00
UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSION ON REFUGEES $3,324,349.00
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM $294,632.00
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT $100,000.00
SIDA - SWEDEN $2,312,962.00
CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY $16,330,393.00

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: SARA AUSTIN
Position title: CHILD RIGHTS POLICY ANALYST
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: DOUG BLACKBURN
Position title: MANAGER, GLOBAL EDUCATION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: SONIA BLANEY
Position title: SENIOR NUTRITIONIST
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: DIRK BOOY
Position title: VICE PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: JIM CARRIE
Position title: VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS AND PLANNING
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: JAVIER CHAPARRO
Position title: LATIN AMERICAN PROGRAM MANAGER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: SUZANNE CHERRY
Position title: PROGRAMS OFFICER, AFRICA
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: PHIL CHESTER
Position title: REGIONAL PROGRAMS TEAM LEADER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: WARREN CLIMENHAGA
Position title: REGIONAL PROGRAM MANAGER, ASIA
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: RUPEN DAS
Position title: TEAM LEADER, HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: CHRIS DERKSEN HIEBERT
Position title: POLICY ANALYST, PEACEBUILDING & CONFLICT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: OTTO FARKAS
Position title: RELIEF PROGRAM OFFICER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: CHUCK FERGUSON
Position title: VICE PRESIDENT, NATIONAL PROGRAMS AND COMMUNICATIONS
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: CHARLIE FLUIT
Position title: VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: BOB GAZEY
Position title: DIRECTOR, NATIONAL OPERATIONS
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: ZARI GILL
Position title: HEALTH TEAM LEADER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: TERRY GRAY
Position title: GRANT ACQUISITION MANAGER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: JENNIFER HAROLD
Position title: MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT TEAM LEADER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: JOAN HILDEBRAND
Position title: NUTRITION PROGRAM MANAGER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: STEVE HUDDLE
Position title: FOOD AID/SECURITY TEAM LEADER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: WILMA JAKUS
Position title: MED PROGRAM MANAGER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: NAOMI KLAAS
Position title: NUTRITION PROGRAM MANAGER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: ELLEN KUPP
Position title: STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS, ADVOCACY AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: DANIELE LALIBERTE-BERINGAR
Position title: WEST AFRICA PROGRAM MANAGER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: TERRY LEBLANC
Position title: ABORIGINAL PROGRAMS
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: CAROLYN MACDONALD
Position title: NUTRITION TEAM LEADER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: BARBARA MAIN
Position title: SENIOR NUTRITIONIST
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: AMELIA MERRICK
Position title: HEALTH PROJECT OFFICER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: WENDY PHILLIPS
Position title: PUBLIC POLICY OFFICER, ADVOCACY AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: WILL POSTMA
Position title: REGIONAL PROGRAM MANAGER, SOUTHERN AFRICA
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: ANDRES RECALDE
Position title: LATIN AMERICA PROGRAM MANAGER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: CLAYTON ROWE
Position title: PROGRAM COORDINATOR, NEIGHBOURLINK
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: PATRICK SCOTT
Position title: ABORIGINAL PROGRAMS MANAGER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: KENDRA SIEKMANS
Position title: NUTRITION PROGRAM MANAGER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: HENRIETTE THOMPSON
Position title: EAST AFRICA PROGRAM MANAGER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: DAVE TOYCEN
Position title: CEO AND PRESIDENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: LINDA TRIPP
Position title: VICE PRESIDENT, ADVOCACY AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: ARI UOTILA
Position title: PROGRAM QUALITY SPECIALIST
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: KATHY VANDERGRIFT
Position title: SENIOR ANALYST, ADVOCACY & PUBLIC POLICY
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: HENRY WALLER
Position title: ASIA PROGRAM MANAGER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: MICHAEL WEICKERT
Position title: RELIEF PROGRAM OFFICER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: TIM WRIGHT
Position title: FOOD AID TEAM LEADER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: JANELLE ZWIER
Position title: FOOD AID PROJECT OFFICER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 

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 Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), Environment Canada, Finance Canada (FIN), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), Industry Canada, Justice Canada (JC), National Defence (DND), National Film Board (NFB), Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), Revenue Canada (RC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Statistics Canada (StatCan)
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, Defence, Education, Employment and Training, Environment, Health, Immigration, International Relations, International Trade, Justice and Law Enforcement, Labour, Taxation and Finance
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: WORLD VISION CANADA IS ACTIVE, MEETING WITH MPS ACROSS PARTY LINES, AS WELL AS OTHER GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES ON ISSUES OF GLOBAL JUSTICE. WORLD VISION CANADA PARTICIPATES IN VARIOUS GOVERNMENT POLICY CONSULTATIONS INCLUDING THE PARLIAMENTARY FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND STANDING COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE. WORLD VISION CANADA IS ALSO ACTIVE IN A NUMBER OF NGO COALITIONS, INCLUDING THE CANADIAN COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION (CCIC). ISSUES OF PARTICULAR FOCUS TO WORLD VISION CANADA INCLUDE: CHILD EXPLOITATION, CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT, FOREIGN AID, ELIMINATION OF ANTI-PERSONNEL LANDMINES, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, FOREIGN POLICY DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, FOOD SECURITY, HIV/AIDS PANDEMIC, PEACE AND RECONCILIATION, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERS (PRSP) AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY ISSUES WHICH IMPACT CHILDREN. DOMESTICALLY, WORLD VISION IS INVOLVED IN PROGRAMS AND COALITIONS WITH FOCUS ON ISSUES AFFECTING FIRST NATIONS PEOPLES, REFUGEES AND EDUCATION OF CANADIAN YOUTH. THE ACTIVITIES IN THESE COALITIONS REFLECT THE PRIORITIES LISTED ABOVE.
Subject Matter: Prospective: DIRECT RELATIONSHIPS WITH GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS THOSE THROUGH NGO COALITIONS WILL CONTINUE AS LISTED ABOVE. CRITICAL ISSUES WILL REMAIN THOSE LISTED ABOVE.




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