Version 1 of 43 (2008-02-22 to 2009-03-03) 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.
Organization: |
Frontier College / Collège Frontière
35 Jackes Avenue Toronto, ON M4T 1E2 Canada |
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Telephone number: | 416-923-3591 | ||||
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | Sherry Campbell, President | ||||
Description of the organization's activities: | Frontier College is Canada's original literacy organization founded in 1899. We recruit and train volunteers to be literacy tutors for children, youth and adults living in disadvantaged communities across the country. | ||||
Organization's membership or classes of membership: | The Frontier College membership consists of Current Members and Lifetime Members who are not less than eighteen (18) years of age. Current Members consist of current Learners, volunteers (being people recruited, screened, trained, and supported by the College, including tutors and labourer teachers), Governors, committee members, Honourary Governors and staff. Lifetime Members consist of individuals or organizations upon whom the Board may, from time to time, confer life membership in recognition of outstanding contribution to the College. Board of Governors of Frontier College: Catharine Heddle, Chair of the Board David Munro, Vice Chair of the Board Andrew Stewart, Vice Chair of the Board David Morton, Treasurer of the Board Christina Tari, Past Chair of the Board Dan Borowec, member Aleya Chattopadhyay, member Brian Clark, member Janet Cloud, member Max Cohen, member Nancy Evans, member Lynne Gregory, member Nevenka Klacar, member Yvon Laberge, member Claire McKay, member Bill Shallow, member Celine Saint-Pierre, member | ||||
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: | 2007-03-31 | ||||
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Name: | Sherry Campbell |
Position title: | President |
Public offices held: | No |
Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Industry Canada, Justice Canada (JC), Members of the House of Commons, Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Senate of Canada, Statistics Canada (StatCan) | ||||||||
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
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Grass-roots communication, Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format | ||||||||
Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: | Education, Literacy | ||||||||
Subject Matter: Retrospective: | Our lobbying activity was around the issue of literacy in the country. | ||||||||
Subject Matter: Prospective: | Our lobbying activity will be around the issue of literacy in the country. | ||||||||
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