Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada administers the Funding Programs, which support individuals, non-profit organizations and Indigenous groups interested in participating in federal impact assessments and other Agency engagement initiatives and activities.

Participating in federal impact assessments or engagement initiatives and activities helps to ensure that concerns from the public and Indigenous groups are taken into consideration.

To be eligible for funding, you must demonstrate the value you will add by participating in activities and by meeting at least one of the following criteria:

• Have a direct, local interest in the project or engagement initiative, such as living or owning property in the project area;
• Have community knowledge or Indigenous traditional knowledge relevant to the impact assessment or engagement initiative;
• Plan to provide expert information relevant to the anticipated effects of the project or engagement initiative; and/or
• Have an interest in the potential impacts of the project on treaty lands, settlement lands or traditional territories and/or related claims and rights.

Application forms and additional information can be found here: https://www.canada.ca/en/impact-assessment-agency/services/public-participation/participant-funding-application-environmental-assessment.html