PROFILE: GOVERNMENT RELATIONS INSTITUTE OF CANADA (GRIC)

Since 1994, the Government Relations Institute of Canada (GRIC) has been the national, non-profit association, representing both government relations and public affairs professionals from all sectors. GRIC is widely recognized by governments and other stakeholders as the authoritative voice for the government relations and public affairs community in Canada and is dedicated to advancing the interests of our profession and to working to maintain the highest ethical standards.

Membership includes government and public affairs professionals operating at the national, federal, provincial, territorial and municipal levels, representing a wide-range of sectors. GRIC’s membership spans Canada’s leading corporations, trade associations, charities, NGOs, universities, and consulting and legal firms.

To strengthen the practice and conduct of government relations in Canada, GRIC’s Code of Professional Conduct defines a standard of professional conduct for members of the Government Relations Institute of Canada and applies to all members of the Institute. 

Member Organizations

1. 3Sixty Public Affairs Inc.
2. AbbVie Canada
3. ADGA Group Consultants Inc.
4. Advocacy School
5. Agrium Inc.
6. Air Canada
7. Allstate Insurance Company of Canada
8. Amgen Canada
9. Aslan Ross Consulting
10. Association of Canadian Archivists
11. Association of Consulting Engineering Companies Canada
12. Automotive Industries Association (AIA) of Canada
13. Bell Canada
14. BioteCanada
15. BlackBerry Limited
16. Bluesky Strategy Group
17. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
18. Borealis Infrastructure Management
19. Boys and Girls Club of Canada
20. Broadbent Institute
21. Canadian AIDS Society
22. Canadian Airports Council
23. Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries
24. Canadian Association of Optometrists
25. Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
26. Canadian Automobile Association
27. Canadian Bankers Association
28. Canadian Bar Association
29. Canadian Cable Systems Alliance
30. Canadian Cancer Society
31. Canadian Canola Growers Association
32. Canadian Chamber of Commerce
33. Canadian Chiropractic Association
34. Canadian Construction Association of Canada
35. Canada Consumer Specialty Products Association
36. Canadian Council of Chief Executives
37. Canadian Dental Association
38. Canadian Dental Hygienists Association
39. Canadian Electricity Association
40. Canadian Fertilizer Institute
41. Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement
42. Canadian Hearing Society
43. Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association
44. Canadian Meat Council
45. Canadian Media Production Association
46. Canadian Medical Association
47. Canadian Nuclear Association
48. Canadian Nurses Association
49. Canadian Pharmacists Association
50. Canadian Propane Association
51. Canadian Tire Corporation
52. Canadian Urban Transit Association
53. Canadian Veterinary Medical Association
54. Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association
55. Canola Council of Canada
56. CF Industries
57. Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada
58. Chemistry Industry Association of Canada
59. Chicken Farmers of Canada
60. CIBC
61. CN
62. Co-operators Group Limited
63. College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta
64. Common Sense Consulting
65. Cooperatives and Mutuals Canada
66. Counsel Public Affairs Inc.
67. Credit Union Central of Canada
68. CropLife Canada
69. CSA
70. Deloitte Management Services LP
71. Dentons Canada LLP
72. Desjardins Group
73. Ducks Unlimited Canada
74. Earnscliffe Strategy Group
75. Egg Farmers of Canada
76. Eli Lilly Canada
77. Enbridge Inc.
78. Engineers Canada
79. Ensight Canada
80. Environics Communications
81. Epcor Utilities Inc.
82. FleishmanHillard
83. Food and Consumer Products of Canada
84. George Jacoby Services
85. Global Public Affairs
86. Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
87. Hill Times Publishing
88. Hill+Knowlton Strategies
89. Hoffmann-La Roche
90. Hotel Association of Canada
91. I2 Ideas & Issues Advertising
92. Impact Public Affairs
93. Indivior Canada
94. Innovative Medicines Canada
95. Institute on Governance
96. International Union of Operating Engineers
97. Isabel Metcalfe Public Affairs Counsel
98. Janssen Inc. (Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson)
99. JTI Macdonald Corp.
100. Lakehead University
101. Lundbeck Canada
102. MDA Corporation
103. Mental Health Commission of Canada
104. Mining Association of Canada
105. Monster Worldwide Canada
106. Morin Public Affairs
107. NAIMA Canada
108. National Association of Federal Retirees
109. Pathway Group
110. Pearson Centre for Progressive Policy
111. Pfizer Canada
112. Port Metro Vancouver
113. Prospectus Associates
114. PSfocus Inc.
115. Railway Association of Canada
116. Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver
117. Retail Council of Canada
118. Rogers Communications
119. Rothwell Group
120. Royal Bank of Canada
121. Scott Thurlow LLP
122. Shaw Communications
123. Summa Strategies Canada
124. Sussex Strategy Group
125. Sustainable Development Technology Canada
126. Symantec
127. Syngenta Canada Inc.
128. Tactix Government Relations and Public Affairs
129. Telus Communications
130. Temple Scott Associates
131. Tervita Corporation
132. Toby Lennox Consulting
133. Universities Canada
134. University of Alberta
135. VIA Rail Canada Inc.