Participant funding for regulatory oversight reports for the 2024 calendar year

Status

This participant funding opportunity is now closed, and funding has been approved.

Participant funding notice

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) is offering participant funding to assist Indigenous Nations and communities, members of the public and interested parties in reviewing and submitting comments in writing to the Commission on CNSC staff’s 5 regulatory oversight reports (RORs) for the 2024 calendar year. Persons seeking to intervene are invited to submit 1 written intervention, which may address any or all of the RORs for 2024. In addition, in the spirit of reconciliation and in recognition of the Indigenous oral tradition of sharing knowledge, the CNSC is offering Indigenous intervenors the opportunity to make oral presentations. The facilities and activities covered by the 2024 RORs are located in the traditional and treaty territories of many Indigenous Nations and communities, as described in each report.

During the week of March 23, 2026, the CNSC will hold a public meeting to present the following 5 RORs to the Commission:

• Regulatory Oversight Report for Canadian Nuclear Power Generating Sites: 2024
• Regulatory Oversight Report for Uranium and Nuclear Substance Processing Facilities in Canada: 2024
• Regulatory Oversight Report for Uranium Mines and Mills in Canada: 2024
• Regulatory Oversight Report on the Use of Nuclear Substances in Canada: 2024
• Regulatory Oversight Report for Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Sites: 2024

In these RORs, CNSC staff provide their assessment of the safety performance of licensees in their respective sectors during the 2024 calendar year.

Participant funding decision

A funding review committee (FRC) was established to review the funding applications received by the CNSC’s Participant Funding Program administrator and to make recommendations on the allocation of funding to eligible applicants.

The CNSC carefully considered the FRC’s recommendations on the allocation of participant funding and approved the reimbursement of up to $494,467.11 to the following recipients:

Applicant	CNSC approved funding
Alderville First Nation	$27,312.50
Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation	$47,322.16
English River First Nation	$39,228.80
Hiawatha First Nation	$21,562.50
Kebaowek First Nation	$45,114.84
Kineepik Métis Local	$20,620
Métis Nation – Saskatchewan	$30,000
Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation	$25,823.25
Passamaquoddy Recognition Group Inc.	$24,064.09
Northwatch	$5,750
We the Nuclear Free North	$5,000
Nuclear Transparency Project	$25,000
Canadian Environmental Law Association	$11,500
Canadian Association of Nuclear Host Communities	$20,000
Curve Lake First Nation	$27,456.25
Ya’thi Néné Land and Resource Office	$43,930
Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility	$20,000
Algonquins of Ontario	$28,750
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation	$36,032.72
TOTAL	$494,467.11

Eligibility and funding criteria

For more information on participant funding and how it works, including details on eligibility and funding criteria, please read the Participant Funding Program Guide.

Contact information

Participant Funding Program Administrator
pfp@cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca