Jon Yazer

Jon is an Impact Canada Challenges Fellow who will be supporting the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada in developing a MarineSpatial Planning Challenge Prize.

Prior to becoming a Challenge Prize Fellow, Jon led and assisted multiple concurrent negotiations to advance reconciliation with Indigenous groups for the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Before joining federal government, he pursued public interest work in municipal government and in the non-governmental sector. He brings over eight years of experience and applied skills in strategic research, analysis and communications to his role at Impact Canada.

Jon has a Master’s degree in Global Governance from the Balsillie School of International Affairs and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Western University.