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 20 of 66 (2007-05-09 to 2007-12-17)

Registration versions:

Version 20 of 66 (2007-05-09 to 2007-12-17) 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.: 2097

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 A CHRISTIAN RELIEF, DEVELOPMENT AND ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO WORKING WITH CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES TO OVERCOME POVERTY AND INJUSTICE. WE SERVE ALL PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF RACE, RELIGION, GENDER OR ETHNICITY.

Organization's membership or classes of membership:

WORLD VISION DOES NOT HAVE ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS. IT IS AN AUTONOMOUS MEMBER OF WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL, A PARTNERSHIP THAT COMPRISES MORE THAN 90 ENTITIES. WORLD VISION CANADA HAS 36 VOTING CORPORATION MEMBERS OF WHICH 14 ARE ALSO BOARD MEMBERS. WORLD VISION CANADA IS REGULARLY SUPPORTED BY MORE THAN 500, 000 CANADIAN DONORS.WORLD VISION ORGANIZES AN ACTION NETWORK AND A YOUTH ACTION NETWORK OF SUPPORTERS INVOLVED IN ISSUES OF GLOBAL JUSTICE COMPRISED OF MORE THAN 4,000 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:

2006-09-30

List of Government Funding
Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year
CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CIDA)	$12,707,826.00
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE (DFAIT)	$224,298.00
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT (MANITOBA)	$125,000.00

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

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

Name:	ELIZABETH ARANIVA
Position title:	REGIONAL PROGRAM MANAGER, LATIN AMERICA
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, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
Public offices held:	No

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

Name:	DIRK BOOY
Position title:	EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Public offices held:	No

Name:	FELIPE CHAPARRO
Position title:	REGIONAL STRATEGY TEAM LEADER, LACRO
Public offices held:	No

Name:	JAVIER CHAPARRO
Position title:	SENIOR SECTOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Public offices held:	No

Name:	CHRIS DERKSEN-HIEBERT
Position title:	DIRECTOR, ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION
Public offices held:	No

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

Name:	Richard Décarie
Position title:	Directeur du Québec
Public offices held:	No

Name:	OTTO FARKAS
Position title:	DIRECTOR, HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY AFFAIRS
Public offices held:	No

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

Name:	ZARI GILL
Position title:	INTERIM DIRECTOR, TECHNICAL DIVISION AND SENIOR SECTOR SPECIALIST HIV & AIDS AND Tuberculosis
Public offices held:	No

Name:	LINDSAY GLADDING
Position title:	PROGRAM OFFICIER, MIDDLE EAST & EASTERN EUROPE & SPECIAL PROJECTS
Public offices held:	No

Name:	KATHRYN GODDARD
Position title:	VICE PRESIDENT, DONOR ENGAGEMENT
Public offices held:	No

Name:	TERRY GRAY
Position title:	PROGRAM MANAGER, TSUNAMI
Public offices held:	No

Name:	JENNIFER HAROLD
Position title:	DIRECTOR, REGIONAL PROGRAMS DIVISION
Public offices held:	No

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

Name:	KAREN HOMER
Position title:	DIRECTOR, PUBLIC RELATIONS
Public offices held:	No

Name:	EMMANUEL ISCH
Position title:	VICE PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL & CANADIAN PROGRAMS
Public offices held:	No

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

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

Name:	CYNTHIA JAWOKO
Position title:	AFRICA REGIONAL STRATEGY TEAM LEADER
Public offices held:	No

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

Name:	MARILYN LEMON
Position title:	PROGRAM MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTS
Public offices held:	No

Name:	David Lussier
Position title:	Regional Team Leader, Québec
Public offices held:	No

Name:	CAROLYN MACDONALD
Position title:	NUTRITION TEAM COORDINATOR
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 SPECIALIST, HEALTH
Public offices held:	No

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

Name:	JULIE MATEER
Position title:	REGIONAL PROGRAM MANAGER, ASIA
Public offices held:	No

Name:	TIMOTHY MBUGUA
Position title:	POLICY ANALYST, HIV & AIDS
Public offices held:	No

Name:	CARLEEN MCGUINTY
Position title:	POLICY OFFICER, OTTAWA
Public offices held:	No

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

Name:	MICHAEL MESSENGER
Position title:	VICE PRESIDENT, PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Public offices held:	No

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

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

Name:	AGNES MUVIRA-KIROMERA
Position title:	REGIONAL PROGRAM MANAGER, WEST AFRICA
Public offices held:	No

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

Name:	MAUREEN PEARSON
Position title:	PROGRAM SPECIALIST, Tuberculosis
Public offices held:	No

Name:	WENDY PHILLIPS
Position title:	SR. POLICY ADVISOR, ECONOMIC JUSTICE
Public offices held:	No

Name:	CLAYTON ROWE
Position title:	REGIONAL STRATEGY TEAM LEADER, MIDDLE EAST/EASTERN EUROPE REGIONAL OFFICE AND CANADIAN PROGRAMS
Public offices held:	No

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

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

Name:	LINDA TRIPP
Position title:	VICE PRESIDENT, WORLD VISION CANADA
Public offices held:	No

Name:	ARI UOTILA
Position title:	MANAGER, MINISTRY QUALITY
Public offices held:	No

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

Name:	ELLY VANDENBERG
Position title:	DIRECTOR OF OTTAWA OFFICE
Public offices held:	No

Name:	CARRIE VANDEWINT
Position title:	PROGRAM OFFICER, OTTAWA
Public offices held:	No

Name:	MICHAEL WEICKERT
Position title:	SENIOR TEAM LEADER, HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY AFFAIRS
Public offices held:	No

Name:	ASHRAF YACOUB
Position title:	INTERNATIONAL AND CANADIAN PROGRAMS FINANCE DIRECTOR
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 NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COALITIONS WILL CONTINUE AS LISTED ABOVE. CRITICAL ISSUES WILL REMAIN THOSE LISTED ABOVE.

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories	Description
Legislative Proposal	¿Predictability and Accountability in International Assistance: Submission for the Pre-Budget Hearings¿ - October 7, 2005 to the Standing Committee on Finance, House of Commons.
Bill or Resolution	Addressed Finance Committee, October 26, 2006.
Legislative Proposal	Canada's commitment to strengthening health systems and the 2006-2007 contribution to the Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria (GFATM);
Bill or Resolution	Climate Change Policy letter sent to the Prime Minister September 2006 requesting the Canadian government to meet their commitments to the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework on Climate Change), the Kyoto Protocol, and the United Nations Millennium Declaration.
Legislative Proposal	Letter to Minister for International Cooperation, Aileen Carroll, September 19, 2005, re Access to Medicines Regime.
Bill or Resolution	Met with Finance Minister Flaherty October, 2006 regarding Canada and the WB/IMF (World Bank/International Monetary Fund) as part of wider delegation from CCIC (Canadian Council for International Cooperation) and the Halifax Initiative.
Legislative Proposal	Pertaining to the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights' Order(s) of Reference for 39th Parl. 1st Session:(2006-04-27) Examine and report upon Canada's international obligations in regards to the rights and freedoms of children.
Bill or Resolution	Submission made reference to Bill C-293--the "Development Assistance Accountability Act".
Bill or Resolution	Submission on Anti-terrorism Legislation, September 2005.
Bill or Resolution	Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights Concerning Canada's International Obligations To the Rights and Freedoms of Children, October 2006.
Bill or Resolution	Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance Pre-Budget Consultations, October 2006.

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