Employment and Contracting
For the remainder of its current environmental assessment for the Mackenzie Valley Highway Project (the Project), the Review Board is looking to retain social, cultural, and economic experts to help it consider the impacts of the Project on the social, cultural and economic well-being of residents and communities in the Mackenzie Valley.
In this environmental assessment, this particularly relates to the following topics from the Terms of Reference:
- Key line of inquiry: Local social and economic considerations
- Subject of note: Culture and traditional land use
Please see the attached "Call for Interest" .pdf for further details on specific requirements, and how to apply as potential Expert Advisors to the Review Board and Board Staff. The Terms of Reference for the project is also linked to in the .pdf footnotes.
*Note that the Call for Interest deadline to apply has been EXTENDED for two weeks to May 19, 2023.
Thank-you for your interest.
Should you or your company wish to be considered for any or all parts of this Call for Interest, please submit an expression of interest that includes:
- your CV
- a description of your business
- a description of your expertise and the services you can provide
- a rate sheet for those services
Your submission should not exceed a total of 40 pages (excluding CVs). The Review Board may request further details if needed.
Preference will be given to applicants who have experience:
- working with Indigenous communities in the Northwest Territories
- have proven experience in at least one of the following:
- social impacts on northern communities
- impacts on Indigenous cultures of the Mackenzie Valley
- economic analysis (related to environmental assessments)
- understanding impacts of road access on communities and community members
- working with clients similar to the Review Board
- speaking and writing clearly and in plain language to people who are not experts
Submit via email by end of day on May 19, 2023 (EXTENDED) to cfairbairn@reviewboard.ca .
Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board
Box 938, #200 Scotia Centre
5102-50th Ave.
Yellowknife NT, X1A 3X7
Attn: Catherine Fairbairn, Senior Environmental Assessment Advisor
E-mail: cfairbairn@reviewboard.ca
Phone: (867) 766-7054
