Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology / David Agnew, President

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
Responsible Officer Name: David Agnew, President 
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2005-08-19
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 778670-4836

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 47

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0

Version 1 of 31 (2005-08-19 to 2005-12-19)

Version 1 of 31 (2005-08-19 to 2005-12-19) 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: Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
275 Slater Street
Ottawa, ON  K1H 6T6
Canada
Telephone number: 613-521-6277
Fax number: 613-521-7845  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: Rick Miner, President  
 
Description of the organization's activities: Seneca College was established in 1966 to provide a post-secondary education alternative to university study in Ontario. Seneca is the largest college in Canada with more than 100,000 full- and part-time students on campuses across the Greater Toronto Area. Seneca provides internationally and nationally recognized career education and training key to graduate success in the global economy. Every Seneca Diploma, certificate and bachelor's degree program is developed to a high academic standard, in consultation with industry, integrated with information technology, combined with technical and transferable skills, and reinforced by opportunities for ongoing education and re-training.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: Seneca College is not a membership-based institution. It is a publicly-funded institution of higher education and training.
 
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: 2005-03-31
 
List of Government Funding
Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year
Province of Ontario $98,814,652.00

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: Jean Bilodeau
Position title: Environmental Manager
Public offices held: Yes
 
Name: Peter Constantinou
Position title: Director, Government Relations
Public offices held: Unknown
 
Name: Shirlene Courtis
Position title: Vice-President, Resource Development
Public offices held: Unknown
 
Name: Rick Miner
Position title: President
Public offices held: Unknown
 
Name: Nobina Robinson
Position title: Senior Government Relations Advisor
Public offices held: Yes
 

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 Heritage (PCH), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Environment Canada, Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC), Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office (FEARO), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Industry Canada, Justice Canada (JC), National Defence (DND), National Film Board (NFB), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Works and Government Services Canada, Revenue Canada (RC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format
 
Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Education, Employment and Training, Energy, Environment, Fisheries, Forestry, Government Procurement, Health, Immigration, Industry, Infrastructure, International Relations, International Trade, Justice and Law Enforcement, Mining, Science and Technology, Small Business, Telecommunications, Tourism, Transportation
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: Made represenations, sought public policy changes and/or federal support with respect to the following: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada/Learner Training Support Program; Human Resources and Skills Development Canada/Workplace Skills Strategy; Natural Resources Canada/Federal Buildings Initiative; Assistance to the research capacity of the College Sector in general; Human Resources and Skills Development Canada/Continuing Education programs
Subject Matter: Prospective: Make representations, seek public policy changes and/or federal support with respect to the following areas: Workplace Skills Strategies, Foreign Credential Recognition, Applied Research funding and inclusion of the college sector, Commercialization of Research; Indirect Costs of Research, Agriculture and Agri-Food, Veterinary issues, International Development cooperation and delivery of services, Technology Enhanced Learning, Aboriginal Issues related to Higher Education, Environment and Sustainable Development, anb on-going needs of college infrastructure renewal.
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Policy or Program Workplace Skills; Foreign Credential Recognition, Indirect Costs of Research, Urban Aboriginal Strategy, Federal Buildings Initiative, Advancing Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food,




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