Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

University of Victoria / Kevin Hall, President and Vice-Chancellor

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: University of Victoria
Responsible Officer Name: Kevin Hall, President and Vice-Chancellor 
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2006-05-23
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 947796-13267

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 833

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 9

Version 1 of 56 (2006-05-23 to 2006-11-22)

Version 1 of 56 (2006-05-23 to 2006-11-22) 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: University of Victoria
Business and Economics Building
PO Box 1700 STN CSC
Victoria, BC  V8W 2Y2
Canada
Telephone number: 250-721-7002
Fax number: 250-721-8654  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: David Turpin, Dr.  
 
Description of the organization's activities: The University of Victoria has become one of Canada's leading universities. Our vision is to be a university of choice for outstanding students, faculty and staff from British Columbia, Canada and the world. We provide students and faculty with a unique learning environment, recognized for its commitment to research, scholarship and experiential learning, and for its outstanding social, cultural, artistic, environmental and athletic opportunities.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: Students, Senate, Board of Governors, Executive, Faculty Members, and Staff
 
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
Canada Research Chairs $3,424,000.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research $4,263,000.00
Other federal $14,677,000.00
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council $9,535,000.00
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council $14,064,000.00
Provincial $166,763,000.00
Health Canada $323,000.00
Other provinces $2,966,000.00
Canada Foundation for Innovation $7,195,000.00
Foreign $2,514,000.00
Municipal $582,000.00

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: Valerie Kuehne
Position title: Vice-President External Relations
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Ian Soles
Position title: Executive Director, Government Relations
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Stuart Taylor
Position title: Vice-President Research
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: Environment Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Industry Canada, National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
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, Education, Energy, Environment, Fisheries, Health, Intellectual Property, Ocean Sciences, Science and Technology
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: Promoted the university's strengths in Aboriginal education, in oceans and climate science, and in areas of strength in environmental and health research including alternative energy systems, proteomics.
Subject Matter: Prospective: Continue to promote the university's strengths in Aboriginal education, in oceans and climate science, and in areas of strength in environmental and health research including alternative energy systems, proteomics.
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Policy or Program Canada Research Chairs Program; National Research Council; Industry Canada; Western Economic Diversification Canada
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit Federal Research Granting Councils; Canadian Foundation for Innovation; Genome Canada; Western Economic Partnership Agreements




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