Lobbying registration dated 2026-02-13
Registrant: Pari Johnston
Client: Colleges and Institutes Canada
Targeted institutions:
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
Service Canada (ServCan)
Copyright Board of Canada (CB)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC)
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Transport Canada (TC)
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
House of Commons
National Defence (DND)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL)
Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB)
Elections Canada
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario
Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)
National Research Council (NRC)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Bank of Canada
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Senate of Canada
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Health Canada (HC)
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor)
Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Correctional Service of Canada (CSC)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
National Capital Commission (NCC)
Government funding received:
Institution: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Amount: 4060344.00
Institution: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Amount: 3011132.00
Institution: Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Amount: 4495401.00
Institution: Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Amount: 1165689.00
Institution: Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Amount: 11146543.00
Institution: Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Amount: 18861335.00
Lobbying activity details:
Share with officials the role of colleges and institutes in delivering high quality education for Canadians, and ensuring access to education for Canadians.
Advance reconciliation through partnerships with Canada’s public colleges, institutes, CEGEPs, polytechnics, and Indigenous Institutes of Education.
Increase support to developing countries and other partner countries to build technical and vocational training capacity, strengthen skills development and education systems, and enhance Canada’s global education brand.
Promote the role and expertise of colleges in deepening Canada’s relationships with other countries.
Ensure the specific needs of institutions, including French institutions and those in minority linguistic communities, are taken into account when federal policies and programs are designed and delivered.
Share with officials how colleges can support Canada’s training and workforce development needs to meet Canada’s biggest challenges.
Advocate for support for college-led research as a core component of federal research and innovation funding and policy.
Increase investments and support to address colleges’ infrastructure needs to increase Canada’s training space and access in key high-demand fields that align with federal priority areas.
Ensure Canada’s colleges and institutes have the necessary federal support to provide high-quality training for future healthcare professionals.
Advocate for place-based solutions to Canada’s biggest challenges, which support the region-specific mandates of public colleges and ensure local training needs are considered in policy development.
Promote the value of educational fair dealing in supporting colleges and institutes in their mandate to provide advanced skills and to enable them to better respond to the skills shortage.
Discuss how colleges can support immigration programs, such as foreign credential recognition or international students, to meet Canada’s labour market needs, and share with officials impacts of policy changes on the college sector.
Enable post-secondary institutions to obtain grants and loans to develop student housing projects, with additional supports for housing that supports students from vulnerable populations.