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: 788

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 9

Version 18 of 66 (2006-04-07 to 2006-11-01)

Registration versions:

Version 18 of 66 (2006-04-07 to 2006-11-01) 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 Ext.: 3334

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 ENTITIES AROUND THE WORLD. WORLD VISION CANADA HAS 38 VOTING CORPORATION MEMBERS OF WHICH 13 ARE ALSO BOARD MEMBERS. WORLD VISION CANADA IS REGULARLY SUPPORTED BY NEARLY 480,000 CANADIAN DONORS.WORLD VISION ORGANIZES AN ACTION NETWORK AND A YOUTH ACTION NETWORK OF SUPPORTERS INVOLVED IN ISSUES OF GLOBAL JUSTICE. AS OF MARCH 18, 2005 THERE WERE 3,500 MEMBERS.

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:

2005-09-30

List of Government Funding
Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT (MANITOBA)	$100,000.00
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE	$124,362.00

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name:	CORBIN ANDREWS
Position title:	DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC RELATIONS
Public offices held:	No

Name:	SARA AUSTIN
Position title:	CHILD RIGHTS POLICY ANALYST
Public offices held:	No

Name:	NELIDA BAILEY
Position title:	TEAM LEADER, HIV/AIDS HOPE INITIATIVE
Public offices held:	No

Name:	MARIE BETTINGS
Position title:	COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
Public offices held:	No

Name:	DOUG BLACKBURN
Position title:	MANAGER, GLOBAL EDUCATION
Public offices held:	No

Name:	LONELLA BLOXOM
Position title:	ASIA PROGRAM MANAGER
Public offices held:	No

Name:	DIRK BOOY
Position title:	VICE PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL AND CANADIAN PROGRAMS
Public offices held:	No

Name:	JULIE BRAZEAU
Position title:	COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
Public offices held:	No

Name:	JUDY BURRELL
Position title:	COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
Public offices held:	No

Name:	SARAH CARRIE
Position title:	SEEDS AND TOOLS PROGRAM
Public offices held:	No

Name:	JAVIER CHAPARRO
Position title:	SPECIALIST, MICRO-ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
Public offices held:	No

Name:	PHIL CHESTER
Position title:	DIRECTOR, REGIONAL PROGRAMS DIVISION
Public offices held:	No

Name:	WARREN CLIMENHAGA
Position title:	ASIA REGIONAL STRATEGY TEAM LEADER
Public offices held:	No

Name:	W. COUSENS
Position title:	BOARD CHAIR
Public offices held:	Yes

Name:	PAULA DAVID
Position title:	WEST AFRICA PROGRAM MANAGER
Public offices held:	No

Name:	CHRIS DERKSEN HIEBERT
Position title:	POLICY ANALYST, PEACEBUILDING & CONFLICT
Public offices held:	No

Name:	CHRISTINA DESA
Position title:	ASIA PROGRAM MANAGER
Public offices held:	No

Name:	OTTO FARKAS
Position title:	RELIEF PROGRAM MANAGER
Public offices held:	No

Name:	CHARLIE FLUIT
Position title:	CFO, VICE PRESIDENT CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Public offices held:	No

Name:	BOB GAZEY
Position title:	ACTING MANAGER GOVERNANCE RELATIONS
Public offices held:	No

Name:	ZARI GILL
Position title:	SPECIALIST HIV/AIDS & TB
Public offices held:	No

Name:	LINDSAY GLADDING
Position title:	SEEDS AND TOOLS PROGRAM
Public offices held:	No

Name:	KATHRYN GODDARD
Position title:	GROUP DIRECTOR, CUSTOMER RELATIONS AND DONOR ENGAGEMENT
Public offices held:	No

Name:	SILVIA GONZALEZ
Position title:	LATIN AMERICA PROGRAM MANAGER
Public offices held:	No

Name:	TERRY GRAY
Position title:	GRANT ACQUISITION MANAGER
Public offices held:	No

Name:	JENNIFER HAROLD
Position title:	AFRICA REGIONAL STRATEGY TEAM LEADER
Public offices held:	No

Name:	MATT HELLEMAN
Position title:	INFORMATION MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH ANALYST
Public offices held:	No

Name:	JOAN HILDEBRAND
Position title:	NUTRITION PROGRAM MANAGER
Public offices held:	No

Name:	KAREN HOMER
Position title:	MANAGER, ADVOCACY COMMUNICATIONS
Public offices held:	No

Name:	EMMANUEL ISCH
Position title:	DIRECTOR, EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND DISASTER MITIGATION
Public offices held:	No

Name:	WILMA JAKUS
Position title:	GRANT FINANCE MANAGER
Public offices held:	No

Name:	CHRIS JANZEN
Position title:	MIDDLE EAST & EASTERN EUROPE PROGRAM MANAGER
Public offices held:	No

Name:	NAOMI KLAAS
Position title:	LACRO REGIONAL STRATEGY TEAM LEADER
Public offices held:	No

Name:	KATHLEEN LAUDER
Position title:	DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS, OTTAWA
Public offices held:	No

Name:	MARILYN LEMON
Position title:	PROGRAM OFFICER LANDMINES
Public offices held:	No

Name:	PHILIP MAHER
Position title:	SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER AND EMERGENCY SPECIALIST
Public offices held:	No

Name:	BARBARA MAIN
Position title:	SENIOR NUTRITIONIST
Public offices held:	No

Name:	SHARON MARSHALL
Position title:	SENIOR MEDIA RELATIONS ADVISOR
Public offices held:	No

Name:	JULIE MATEER
Position title:	NUTRITION PROGRAM MANAGER
Public offices held:	No

Name:	LISA MELLON
Position title:	ICP FINANCE DIRECTOR
Public offices held:	No

Name:	AMELIA MERRICK
Position title:	ASIA REGIONAL STRATEGY TEAM LEADER
Public offices held:	No

Name:	WILLARD METZGER
Position title:	DIRECTOR, CHURCH RELATIONS
Public offices held:	No

Name:	ALISON MILDON
Position title:	NUTRITION TEAM LEADER
Public offices held:	No

Name:	BRUCE MILLER
Position title:	VICE PRESIDENT PLANNING AND STRATEGY
Public offices held:	No

Name:	JESSICA PARKER
Position title:	COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
Public offices held:	No

Name:	MAUREEN PEARSON
Position title:	HIV/AIDS & TB PROGRAM OFFICER
Public offices held:	No

Name:	WILL POSTMA
Position title:	DIRECTOR, TECHNICAL TEAMS DIVISION
Public offices held:	No

Name:	CLAYTON ROWE
Position title:	CANADIAN PROGRAMS TEAM LEADER
Public offices held:	No

Name:	CLAYTON ROWE
Position title:	CANADIAN PROGRAMS TEAM LEADER
Public offices held:	No

Name:	KENDRA SIEKMANS
Position title:	NUTRITION PROGRAM MANAGER
Public offices held:	No

Name:	ELAINE STAVINSKY
Position title:	REGIONAL PROGRAM MANAGER LATIN AMERICA
Public offices held:	No

Name:	REBECCA STEINMANN
Position title:	WEB &CAMPAIGNS COORDINATOR
Public offices held:	No

Name:	HENRIETTE THOMPSON
Position title:	DIRECTOR, ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION
Public offices held:	No

Name:	DAVE TOYCEN
Position title:	CEO AND PRESIDENT
Public offices held:	No

Name:	LINDA TRIPP
Position title:	VICE PRESIDENT, PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Public offices held:	No

Name:	ARI UOTILA
Position title:	EAST AFRICA PROGRAM MANAGER
Public offices held:	No

Name:	RENE VAN DER MEIJDEN
Position title:	SOUTH AFRICA PROGRAM MANAGER
Public offices held:	No

Name:	MICHAEL WEICKERT
Position title:	RELIEF PROGRAM MANAGER
Public offices held:	No

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, Other types: MASS MEDIA, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format

Subject Matter: Areas of Concern:

Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, Defence, Education, Employment and Training, Environment, Health, Immigration, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, International Relations, International Trade, Justice and Law Enforcement, Labour, Taxation and Finance

Subject Matter: Retrospective:

WORLD VISION CANADA IS ACTIVE, MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (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.

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

WORLD VISION CANADA

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
WORLD VISION CANADA	2008-08-14	current

The following names have been used before July 2, 2008

WORLD VISION CANADA
WORLD VISION CANADA