Registry of Lobbyists
Version 1 of 121 (2005-09-28 to 2006-04-12) 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: |
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
c/o Director Government Liaison Simcoe Hall, Room 216, 27 King's College Circle Toronto, ON M5S 1A1 Canada |
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| Telephone number: | 416-946-0695 | ||||||
| Fax number: | 416-978-4431 | ||||||
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | David Naylor, President | ||||||
| Description of the organization's activities: | The University of Toronto is committed to being an internationally significant research university, with undergraduate, graduate and professional programs of excellent quality. | ||||||
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | With campuses in downtown Toronto, Mississauga and Scarborough, U of T has over 9,000 faculty and staff, nearly 70,000 graduate and undergraduate students, and more than 300,000 alumni who have earned their degrees from U of T. The University of Toronto has a unicameral system of governance, with an elected 50-member body known as the Governing Council. Twenty-five members of the Governing Council are from within the University: 12 teaching staff, 8 students, 2 administrative staff, the President and 2 senior officers appointed by the President. The other 25 members consist of 16 appointees of the provincial government, 8 elected alumni and the chancellor, who is also elected by the alumni. The Governing Council annually elects a Chair and Vice-Chair from among the members appointed by the province.The University of Toronto is a member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. | ||||||
| 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: | 2004-04-30 | ||||||
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| Name: | Sheila Brown |
| Position title: | Chief Financial Officer |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | John Challis |
| Position title: | Vice-President, Research and Associate Provost |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Elizabeth Finney |
| Position title: | Director of Government Liaison |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | C. David Naylor |
| Position title: | President |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Ian Orchard |
| Position title: | Vice-President and Principal, UTM |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Kwong-Loi Shun |
| Position title: | Vice-President and Principal, UTSC |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Pekka Sinervo |
| Position title: | Dean, Arts and Science |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: | Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canada Research Chairs, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Environment Canada, Finance Canada (FIN), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Industry Canada, National Research Council (NRC), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Privy Council Office (PCO), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) | ||||||
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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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Informal communications, Meetings, Other types: Joint partnerships with other institutions and groups, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format | ||||||
| Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: | Aboriginal Affairs, Arts and Culture, Education, Employment and Training, Environment, Health, Immigration, Industry, Intellectual Property, International Relations, Labour, Research, Innovation and Commercialization, Science and Technology | ||||||
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | Clerk of the Privy Council - federal role in postsecondary education and research;Office of the Prime Minister - federal role in postsecondary education and research;Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) - federal role in postsecondary education;Industry - support for big science. | ||||||
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | Finance Canada - federal support for postsecondary education and research; Social Sciences and Humanities research Council of Canada (SSHRC) - granting council funding;National Research Council of Canada (NRC) - proposals for new programs. | ||||||
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