Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Education
- Employment and Training
- Health
- Infrastructure
- Regional Development
- Science and Technology
Subject matters added through a monthly communication report
Subject Matter Details
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
- Federal Research Granting Councils (NSERC, SSHRC, CIHR):
1) Communication with various designated public office holders to inquire on the status of grants and to propose a wide array of academic research projects; and 2) Communications to various designated public office holders to advocate for continued and increased granting council funding.
Policies or Program
- Communications with various designated public office holders to lobby for an increased federal investment in Canada Graduate Scholarships
- Communications with various designated public office holders to lobby for increased Canada Student Loan Program funding.
- Communications with various designated public office holders to lobby for increased funding to the Indirect Costs Prorgram of SSHRC, NSERC and CIHR.
Communication Techniques
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Written communication
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Joint partnerships with other institutions and groups
Government Institutions
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Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
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Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada
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Environment Canada
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Finance Canada (FIN)
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Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC)
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Health Canada (HC)
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Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC)
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Industry Canada
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Justice Canada (JC)
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Members of the House of Commons
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National Research Council (NRC)
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Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
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Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
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Privy Council Office (PCO)
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Senate of Canada
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Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
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Statistics Canada (StatCan)
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Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC)
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Transport Canada (TC)
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Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
In-house Organization Details
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.
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration
David Naylor,
President
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.
Government funding
End date of the last completed financial year:
2010-04-30
List of Government Funding
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Government Institution
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Funding Received in Last Financial Year
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Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
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$1,358,000.00
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Yes
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Canada Council for the Arts
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$187,000.00
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Yes
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Canada Foundation for Innovation
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$18,111,000.00
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Yes
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Canada Research Chairs
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$42,448,000.00
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Yes
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Canadian Heritage (PCH)
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$429,000.00
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Yes
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Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
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$55,388,000.00
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Yes
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Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
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$598,000.00
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Yes
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Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
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$1,941,000.00
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Yes
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Centre for Excellence: Canadian Arthritis Network
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$29,000.00
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Yes
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Centre for Excellence: Canadian Institute for Photonic Innovation
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$299,000.00
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Yes
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Centre for Excellence: Canadian Stroke Network
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$90,000.00
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Yes
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Centre for Excellence: Canadian Water Network
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$146,000.00
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Yes
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Centre for Excellence: Mathematics of Information Technology and Computer Science
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$1,332,000.00
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Yes
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Centre for Excellence: PrioNet
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$296,000.00
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Yes
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Centre for Excellence: Stem Cell Network
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$510,000.00
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Yes
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Centre of Excellence: Advance Foods and Materials
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$567,000.00
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Yes
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Centre of Excellence: Allery, Genes and Environmental Network
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$629,000.00
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Yes
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Centre of Excellence: Automobile of the 21st Century
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$331,000.00
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Yes
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Defense Research and Development Canada
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$80,000.00
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Yes
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Environment Canada
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$209,000.00
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Yes
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Health and Welfare Canada
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$727,000.00
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Yes
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Indirect Costs of University Research
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$20,860,000.00
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Yes
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International Development Research Centre
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$365,000.00
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Yes
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National Defence (DND)
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$1,334,000.00
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Yes
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
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$234,000.00
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Yes
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Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
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$77,217,000.00
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Yes
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Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
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$1,513,000.00
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Yes
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Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
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$25,371,000.00
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Yes
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In-house Organization Contact Information
Address:
Simcoe Hall
27 King's College Circle
Toronto, ON M5S 1A1
Canada
Telephone number:
416-978-3225
Fax number:
416-978-8903
Lobbyists Details
Employees who lobby for the organization
- Derek Allen,
Dean of Arts, Trinity College |
No public offices held
- Cristina Amon,
Dean, Applied Science and Engineering |
No public offices held
- Gage Averill,
Dean and Vice-Principal, Academic, University of Toronto Mississauga |
No public offices held
- Sylvia Bashevkin,
Principal, University College |
No public offices held
- Marilynn Booth,
Director, School of Continuing studies |
No public offices held
- Sheila Brown,
Chief Financial Officer |
No public offices held
- Ragnar Buchweitz,
Vice-Principal, Academic and Dean University of Toronto Scarborough |
No public offices held
- Louis Charpentier,
Secretary of the Governing Council |
No public offices held
- Chris Cheh,
Director, Centre for Emerging Energy Technologies |
Public offices held
- David Cook,
Principal, Victoria University |
No public offices held
- Robert Cook,
Chief Information Officer |
No public offices held
- Brian Corman,
Dean, School of Graduate Studies and Vice-Provost Graduate Education |
No public offices held
- Joseph Desloges,
Principal, Woodsworth College |
No public offices held
- Lucy Fromowitz,
Assistant Vice-President, Student Life |
No public offices held
- Jane Gaskell,
Dean, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) |
No public offices held
- Meric Gertler,
Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science |
No public offices held
- Rick Halpern,
Vice-Principal, Academic and Dean, University of Toronto at Scarborough |
No public offices held
- Angela Hildyard,
Vice-President, Human Resources and Equity |
No public offices held
- Edith Hillan,
Vice-Provost, Academic |
No public offices held
- Ira Jacobs,
Dean, Faculty of Physical Education and Health |
Public offices held
- Scott Mabury,
Vice-Provost, Academic Operations |
No public offices held
- Henry Mann,
Dean, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy |
No public offices held
- Roger Martin,
Dean, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management |
No public offices held
- Jill Matus,
Vice-Provost, Students |
No public offices held
- Mark McGowan,
Principal, St. Michael's College |
No public offices held
- Don McLean,
Dean, Faculty of Music |
No public offices held
- Cheryl Misak,
Vice-President and Provost |
No public offices held
- Faye Mishna,
Interim Dean, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work |
No public offices held
- Steve Moate,
Senior Legal Counsel |
No public offices held
- David Mock,
Dean, Faculty of Dentistry |
No public offices held
- Carole Moore,
Chief Librarian |
No public offices held
- Mayo Moran,
Dean, Faculty of Law |
No public offices held
- C. David Naylor,
President |
No public offices held
- Sioban Nelson,
Dean, Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing |
No public offices held
- David Palmer,
Vice-President and Chief Advancement Officer |
No public offices held
- Janet Paterson,
Principal, Innis College |
No public offices held
- Cheryl Regehr,
Vice-Provost, Academic Programs |
No public offices held
- Cathy Riggall,
Vice-President, Business Affairs |
No public offices held
- Yves Roberge,
Principal, New College |
No public offices held
- Seamus Ross,
Dean, Faculty of Information |
No public offices held
- Deep Saini,
Vice-President and Principal, University of Toronto Mississauga |
No public offices held
- Christina Sass-Kortsak,
Assistant Vice-President, Human Resources |
No public offices held
- Tattersall Smith,
Dean, Faculty of Forestry |
No public offices held
- Richard Sommer,
Dean, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape & Design |
No public offices held
- Mark Stabile,
Director, School of Public Policy and Governance |
No public offices held
- Ron Swail,
Assistant Vice-President, Facilities and Services |
No public offices held
- Franco Vaccarino,
Principal, University of Toronto Scarborough, and Vice-President, U of T |
No public offices held
- Cathy Whiteside,
Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Vice-Provost, Relations with Health Care Institutions |
No public offices held
- Judith Wolfson,
Vice-President, University Relations |
No public offices held
- Paul Young,
Vice-President, Research |
No public offices held
