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Index of documentation covering the UVic Real Estate Club and development industry influence over it.


By Sasha Izard
April 5, 2024

The UVic Real Estate Club and its predecessor the UVic Urban Development Club (UDC) has been overwhelmingly under the influence and finance of the Urban Development Institute (UDI), a registered lobbying organization for real estate and development and of its paying member companies, as I have documented extensively in various articles and published letters on the subject.

This index will become a source of documentation of how the development industry was able to infiltrate the University of Victoria, a publicly funded institution, and use it to advance its agenda of lobbying government on behalf of its paying corporate member companies involved in development and real estate.

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Registered Organization on the BC Lobbyists Registry: Urban Development Institute (UDI) Board Directors Officiate Over ‘University of Victoria’ (“UVic”) “Student Group” – CRD Watch Homepage

UVIC Real Estate Club compelled to rename its Board of Directors the “Advisory Board” after it turned out that the board was overwhelmingly dominated by current and past Directors from the same Provincially registered development/real estate lobbying organization. 6 out of 8 of the UVIC club Board members as it turned out, were not students attending UVIC. – CRD Watch Homepage

UDI (registered lobbying organization) Newsletter from March 2023 Advertised “connecting with the University of Victoria Real Estate Club for your next public hearing” – CRD Watch Homepage

UDI Capital Region newsletter from early 2024, shines more light on the UDI advertising “Project Support” from the UVic Real Estate Club to the UDI’s corporate members. – CRD Watch Homepage

Over $10,000 given away to students: The Business of the Founder of the UVic Real Estate Club – CRD Watch Homepage

UDI Capital Region newsletter from early 2024, shines more light on the UDI advertising “Project Support” from the UVic Real Estate Club to the UDI’s corporate members. – CRD Watch Homepage

Surely, that must be the other way around? University of Victoria (UVic) paid lobbying group $500 for the group to have a tour of UVic’s facilities, and a month earlier, $577.50 for a UVic staffer to take the lobbying group’s course on “Community Relations”. – CRD Watch Homepage

Is the UVic Real Estate Club Acting as a Lobby for the Development and Real Estate Industries in Greater Victoria? – Sasha Izard

UVic Real Estate Club Seeking New Hires: Job Descriptions Appear to Describe Lobbying Activities – CRD Watch Homepage

UVic Real Estate Club 2025 Spring Industry Social once again shows how the club is inseparable from the UDI, its finances, and its agenda. – CRD Watch Homepage

LETTER: UVic club has close ties to Urban Development Institute – Saanich News

LETTER: Club’s pro-development stance weakens UVic’s reputation – Saanich News

LETTER: Local governments should distance themselves from lobbyists – Saanich News

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Additional Resources:

Urban Development Institute / Anne McMullin, President & CEO – 12-Month Lobbying Summary – Lobbyists Registry – Office of the Registrar or Lobbying of BC
(Accessed: Nov 16, 2024)

UVICRealEstate.com
(Accessed: Nov 16, 2024)

Partners — UVic Real Estate (The list of sponsors of the UVIC Real Estate Club)
(Accessed: Nov 16, 2024)

UDI.org
(Accessed: Nov 16, 2024)

Leadership | UDI – Urban Development Institute (Click on Capital Region in the blue bar under Leadership to see the Directors of the UDI Capital Region)

(Accessed: Nov 16, 2024)

Archived copy of the UDI Capital Region website, which was taken down and replaced with UDI.org in late 2023: UDI Capital Region – Your voice in the local development industry

Board of Directors – UDI Capital Region Archived copy of the UDI Capital Region Board of Directors (late 2023)

City of Victoria website: filestream.ashx