Government Relations Foci
- Public Relations – with public sector stakeholders, including government at all levels (federal, provincial, municipal, aboriginal, international), NGOs and other public organizations; augmenting existing links between government and the university; increasing two-way engagement between the university and government; providing better and regular access to and information about the university to senior government decision-makers; serving as a conduit, where necessary and appropriate, for co-ordinated government interaction with the university
- Regulatory responsibilities – co-ordination of formal reports prepared by line university departments annually to the provincial government
- Provincial legislative requirements – in areas of accountability and transparency (i.e. ATIPP, Transparency and Accountability Act)
- Federal legislation – lobbying registration, other regulatory components
- Support for senior Memorial officials – president, senior executive committee (SEC), coard chair and regents roles, deans and directors in government relations/public affairs
Constituencies
- Federal: Regional Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) minister(s) and senior political support staff; NL MPs, provincially-based senior departmental officials; and other MPs, granting agencies, NGOs (depending on topic/issue)
- Provincial: Premier; ministers; senior departmental staff (Education, Health, other departments depending on topic/issue); political staff; senior officials at Crown Corps. (e.g. NL Hydro)
- Municipal: Mayors and councilors (particularly in St. John’s and Corner Brook); other municipal politicians and senior officials
- Aboriginal: In NL senior politicians and officials in Nunatsiavut, Innu Nation, Conne River Mik’maq, Federation of Newfoundland Indians; some interaction with governments elsewhere (depending on topic/issue)