Toronto Metropolitan University

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Registration: 67 of 68 (2025-12-02 to 2026-01-14)

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Subject matters	Details	Categories
Budget, Economic Development, Education, Industry, Infrastructure, Science and Technology	Building Canada Fund: Exploring opportunities to seek funding for capital projects that align with criteria	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Research and Development	Canada First Research Excellence Fund: exploring opportunities to seek funding from this new program	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Education, Employment and Training, Industry	Canadian Accelerator and Incubator Program: applying for funding for partnership with other PSE institutions	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Aboriginal Affairs	Co-developed Indigenous research and reconciliation projects	Policies or Program
Justice and Law Enforcement	Conversation about access to justice and digital legal innovation	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Research and Development	Conversation about arctic and northern community research	Policies or Program
Foreign Affairs	Conversation about attracting international talent and research partnerships	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Climate, Environment, Science and Technology	Conversation about climate data and green tech commercialization	Policies or Program, Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Economic Development	Conversation about digital service delivery and public sector modernization	Policies or Program, Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Education, Financial Institutions, Taxation and Finance	Conversation about financial literacy and tax education research	Policies or Program
Housing, Industry, Infrastructure	Conversation about innovation in housing as a follow-up to funding that was received from Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario for the Centre for Housing Innovation	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Intellectual Property	Conversation about IP Clinic Program, specifically regarding client and student experiences within the program and about Canada’s IP landscape.	Policies or Program
Housing, Infrastructure	Conversation about primary care infrastructure and student housing	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Infrastructure	Conversation about rural innovation hubs and broadband access	Policies or Program, Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Arts and Culture, Science and Technology	Conversation about support for cultural entrepreneurship and media innovation	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Research and Development, Science and Technology	Conversation about the Industrial Research Program with the new advisor to help with advice, connections, and to help with Canadian small and medium-sized businesses increase their innovation capacity.	Policies or Program
Education, Taxation and Finance	Conversation about the modernization of student financial aid and digital inclusion	Policies or Program
Budget, Economic Development, Employment and Training, Industry, Intellectual Property, Research and Development, Small Business	Conversation about TMU's Creative School and the implications of Artificial Intelligence and workforce development, SME adoption, applied research, and sector-wide innovation in the creative sector	Policies or Program
Budget, Financial Institutions, Pensions, Taxation and Finance	Conversation about TMU's National Institute on Aging's proposal for amending the Canadian Pension Plan to implement a Pension Delay Guarantee policy	Policies or Program
International Trade, Transportation	Conversation about urban mobility research and supply chair resilience	Policies or Program
Employment and Training, Health	Conversation about veteran transition and mental health initiatives that the university offers	Policies or Program
Labour	Conversation about workforce development to drive innovation and collaboration in the labour market by developing digital solutions and fostering partnerships that enhance connectivity and inclusivity and creating Northern Ontario partnerships	Policies or Program
Housing, Infrastructure	Conversation around capital funding and student housing	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Labour	Conversation around labour policy and the future of work research	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Climate, Defence, Economic Development, Employment and Training, Government Procurement, Housing, Industry, Research and Development, Science and Technology, Small Business	Conversation regarding the development and adaption dual-use technology	Regulation, Policies or Program, Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Defence, Economic Development, Small Business	Conversation with FedDev ON to discuss a funding proposal for building national defence capacity and a discussion about programming to include supporting ON based SMBs to position themselves to sell into Canadian defence supply chains	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Small Business	Discussing artificial intelligence, adoption, and impacts on workforce skills/labour market.	Policies or Program
Education, Science and Technology	Discussion about a potential project at TMU's School of Engineering	Policies or Program
Health	Discussion about school of medicine and health force expansion	Policies or Program, Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Economic Development, Industry, Science and Technology, Small Business	Discussion about the innovation economy, emerging technology, and business adoption with government leaders as part of the Innovative Economy table with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce	Policies or Program
Internal Trade, National Security/Security	Discussion of cyber capacity building in Indo-Pacific Region and Latin America	Policies or Program
Employment and Training, National Security/Security, Small Business	Discussion of National Cyber Strategy and its integration with specific needs for small and medium businesses related to workforce development	Policies or Program
Labour	Discussions related to improving work research as it's related to work policy	Policies or Program
Small Business	Discussion to introduce the Diversity Institute and it's work to the policy team at WAGE	Policies or Program
Economic Development, Employment and Training	FedDev Ontario program: discussions related to the university's eligibility for a regional diversification program	Policies or Program
Sports	Funding as it relates to sports partnership and entrepreneurship	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Research and Development	Research collaboration on responsible AI and digital transformation	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Industry, Research and Development	Research funding - research granting councils: propose a pilot program to fund industry-research chairs	Policies or Program, Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Infrastructure, Science and Technology	Rural innovation hubs and broadband access	Policies or Program
Economic Development, Education, Employment and Training, Industry, International Development	Student incubator: Providing information and seeking support and partnerships for a student centred entrepreneurial incubator to contribute to the government's innovation strategy	Policies or Program, Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

Subject matter details added through monthly communication reports

Subject matters	Details	Categories	Added date
Budget, Financial Institutions, Pensions, Taxation and Finance	Email with an endorsed letter supporting TMU's National Institute on Aging's proposal for amending the Canadian Pension Plan to implement a Pension Delay Guarantee policy	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program	2026-02-15