$1,750,000
Federal Grant to Simon Fraser University
Pre-Election Grant
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Pre-Election Timing
This grant was awarded in the lead-up to a federal election. See the full pre-election analysis →
- Recipient
- Simon Fraser University ↗
- Recipient Type
- Government
- Agreement #
- PCH-2020-14110
- Agreement Type
- Grant
- Program
- Partnership Grants
- Amount
- $1,750,000
- Dates
- 2019-02-28 to 2020-02-28
- Location
- Burnaby ↗
- Province/Territory
- British Columbia ↗
- Riding
- Burnaby South ↗
- MP
- Jagmeet SinghNDP
- Description
- Multi-institutional partnership research grant for studies on democratic participation, civic engagement technology, and electoral reform analysis.
What this means
- •Simon Fraser University has received $22,000,000 in federal grants across 98 grants since 2018.
- •This grant was awarded 8 months before the 2019 federal election.
On 2019-02-28, the Government of Canada awarded a grant of $1,750,000 to Simon Fraser University through Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada under the Partnership Grants program. The funds were directed to Burnaby, BC, in the federal riding of Burnaby South, which is represented by Jagmeet Singh (NDP). Simon Fraser University has received a total of $22.0M in federal funding across 98 grants.