Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

Canadian Council for Refugees / Conseil canadien pour les réfugiés / Gauri Sreenivasan, CO - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Canadian Council for Refugees / Conseil canadien pour les réfugiés
Responsible Officer Name: Gauri Sreenivasan, CO - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 1997-05-01
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 957487-569

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 37

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 2

Version 16 of 51 (2006-04-06 to 2006-10-19)

Version 16 of 51 (2006-04-06 to 2006-10-19) 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: Canadian Council for Refugees / Conseil canadien pour les réfugiés
6839 DROLET
MONTREAL, QC  H2S 2T1
Canada
Telephone number: 514-277-7223
Fax number: 514-277-1447  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: JANET M DENCH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR  
 
Description of the organization's activities: THE CANADIAN COUNCIL FOR REFUGEES (CCR) IS AN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION OF SOME 180 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS CANADA, SERVING THE INFORMATION-EXCHANGE, NETWORKING AND ADVOCACY NEEDS OF ITS MEMBERSHIP. IT IS COMMITTED TO THE PROTECTION OF REFUGEES IN CANADA AND AROUND THE WORLD AND TO THE SETTLEMENT OF REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS IN CANADA.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: FULL VOTING MEMBERS OF THE CCR ARE CANADIAN NON-PROFIT, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS. IN ADDITION, INDIVIDUALS CAN APPLY AS ASSOCIATE MEMBERS AND NON-CANADIAN NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS CAN JOIN (BOTH THE ABOVE ARE NON-VOTING).
 
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: 2005-08-31
 
List of Government Funding
Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year
Human Resources Skills Development $85.55
Citizenship and Immigration Canada $44,320.00
Québec $11,019.75

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: JANET DENCH
Position title: EXECUTIVE 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: Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), Justice Canada (JC)
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
Grass-roots communication, Meetings, Other types: MEDIA, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format
 
Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: HUMAN RIGHTS, Immigration, Justice and Law Enforcement, REFUGEE POLICY
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: NUMEROUS ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS INCLUDING:FAMILY REUNIFICATIONRIGHTS OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE CHILDRENIMMIGRATION DETENTIONIMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE BOARD POLICIESRESETTLEMENT OF REFUGEESINTERDICTION OF REFUGEESSETTLEMENT SERVICESUS-CANADA SAFE THIRD COUNTRY AGREEMENTTEMPORARY SUSPENSIONS OF REMOVALREFUGEE DETERMINATION PROCESSPEOPLE WITHOUT STATUSRIGHTS OF NON-CITIZENSSECURITY AGENDA AND IMPACTS ON NON-CITIZENSTRAFFICKING IN WOMEN AND GIRLSPROFESSIONALIZATION OF SETTLEMENT SECTORREFUGEE APPEAL DIVISIONPROCESSING OF PRIVATELY SPONSORED REFUGEESSETTLEMENT SERVICES
Subject Matter: Prospective: IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE BOARD POLICIESFAMILY REUNIFICATIONIMMIGRATION DETENTIONREFUGEE APPEAL DIVISIONSAFE THIRD COUNTRY AGREEMENTEROSION OF RIGHTS OF NON-CITIZENSPROFESSIONALIZATION OF THE SETTLEMENT SECTORPROCESSING OF PRIVATELY SPONSORED REFUGEESPEOPLE WITHOUT STATUSTRAFFICKING IN WOMEN AND GIRLSSETTLEMENT SERVICESINTERNATIONAL REFUGEE RIGHTSCANADIAN IMMIGRATION POLICIES GENERALLY
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Regulation Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations




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