Lobbying registration dated 2026-01-29
Registrant: Vivek Goel
Client: University of Waterloo
Targeted institutions:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Transport Canada (TC)
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Export Development Canada (EDC)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
House of Commons
National Defence (DND)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
National Research Council (NRC)
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Senate of Canada
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Health Canada (HC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Government funding received:
Institution: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Amount: 37683000.00
Institution: National Defence (DND)
Amount: 3274000.00
Institution: Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Amount: 220000.00
Institution: Essex Region Conservation Authority
Amount: 35000.00
Institution: Fort Nelson First Nation
Amount: 61000.00
Institution: Region of Waterloo
Amount: 292000.00
Institution: Health Canada (HC)
Amount: 1151000.00
Institution: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Amount: 62787000.00
Institution: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Amount: 6479000.00
Institution: Canada Foundation for Innovation
Amount: 14777000.00
Institution: Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Amount: 617000.00
Institution: Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)
Amount: 90000.00
Institution: Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
Amount: 1838000.00
Institution: Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Amount: 3259000.00
Institution: Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
Amount: 9956000.00
Institution: Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Amount: 62000.00
Institution: Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Amount: 2801000.00
Institution: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Amount: 275000.00
Institution: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
Amount: 121000.00
Institution: International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Amount: 1164000.00
Institution: National Research Council (NRC)
Amount: 4354000.00
Institution: Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Amount: 752000.00
Institution: Parks Canada (PC)
Amount: 101000.00
Institution: Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Amount: 2861000.00
Institution: Public Safety Canada (PS)
Amount: 426000.00
Institution: Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Amount: 191000.00
Institution: Transport Canada (TC)
Amount: 460000.00
Institution: Correctional Service of Canada (CSC)
Amount: 33000.00
Institution: Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)
Amount: 59000.00
Institution: Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
Amount: 25000.00
Institution: Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC)
Amount: 70000.00
Institution: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Amount: 12000.00
Institution: Government of Ontario
Amount: 264981000.00
Institution: City of Calgary
Amount: 93000.00
Institution: City of Kitchener
Amount: 2299000.00
Institution: City of Waterloo
Amount: 40000.00
Institution: County of Oxford
Amount: 58000.00
Institution: Foreign
Amount: 2544847.00
Lobbying activity details:
Annual Budget Bill with respect to the federal role in post-secondary education.
Funding growth to Federal granting councils and allocation of funds for indirect costs of research.
Identifying opportunities for commercialization and tech transfer of university research results.
Seeking funding for a Quantum Landing Spot to support innovation and commercialization. Anticipated funding through FedDev.
Seeking funding and program administration to support the national quantum ecosystem. Anticipated funding through ISED and/or Defence.
Funding university science and technology research.
Advocating to IRCC to improve the speed of study permit processing.
Seeking policy reform through IRCC to remove international graduate students from the provincial attestation letter process.