Grants and Contributions

Tataskweyak Cree Nation is planning to build a 7.97km asphalt pathway that will have benches and be lit by solar lighting to increase safety and connect all the homes and important landmarks in our community. Building this path would allow more community members to safely use active transportation methods such as walking, cycling, rollerblading, skateboarding or other means, which will result in a much healthier community.

This pathway would connect a number of other key community landmarks that this path will connect including:

• Split Lake Nursing Station
• Band Administration Office
• The Northern Store
• Awasis Agency of Northern Manitoba
• The Kistepinanik Hotel
• Our Arena
• A Nation-owned Co-Op that is currently under construction and will be completed this Fall
• Tataskweyak Cree Nation Head Start Centre
• Chief Sam Cook Mahmuwee Education Centre
• Over 250 Community Homes with Indigenous Residents
• A Women’s Transitional Center that we’re currently planning with support from the CMHC
• A new playground that has been built next to one of our housing communities
• Our community Church at the East end of the path, near an important historical site

Building a safely lit path to connect our community will give our community greater opportunities to revitalize our language and land-based healing practices, which would help connect us back to our roots and restore our health to the standards that all Canadians deserve to have. By having this path, it will encourage more of our community members to walk, cycle, etc which will lead to more physical exercise using Active Transportation.

Protecting and restoring riparian areas by installing fencing along a brook.

This project is for the installation of a soft-armoring type of protection, set back from the existing shoreline, along approximately 608 m of the coast at Val-Comeau Provincial Park. Provincial Parks in New Brunswick fall under the Department of Tourism Heritage and Culture (DTHC). DTHC, due to increasing damage at this property, hired a consultant to conduct a review of options to mitigate future damage. This report determined the best, most environmentally sensitive way to complete this work while maintaining the sensitive natural dunes present on the property. The implementation of this shoreline protection should protect the park infrastructure for the foreseeable future and maintain the associated economic benefits it offers to the local community, while preserving the ecological importance of the beach and the sand dunes environment.

Montreal’s bike share system is one of the largest in North America, with 9,400 bicycles, including 2,330 electrically assisted bicycles, and 820 stations. However, most of the stations are not electrified as there are significant costs associated with the infrastructure and excavation work required. The City of Montreal is continuing to expand its bike share system. Over the next three years, it plans to acquire new stations that will have the potential to be electrified and will be able to charge electrically assisted bicycles. The project submitted by the City of Montreal has two parts: electrification of the stations and acquisition of new equipment (stations).

The project's objective is to renovate and reinvent the Museum and cultural center along a National Historic Site of Canada. Located at 5220 St-Laurent in Montreal, the building was constructed in 1914 as a garment factory and once housed a synagogue and Jewish school. From 1984-1996, the building was home to Le Lux, a restaurant, bar and magazine shop. The building, having not been publicly accessible in over 25 years, needs major renovations to be reinvented as an inviting space that will re-engage Montreal's diverse Jewish communities and the people who live and work nearby. Once renovated, the Museum will be accessible to the public, offering a variety of modular and multi-purpose spaces, including an event space, gathering areas, and a café on its 1st floor. The 2nd floor will host a gallery for exhibitions, installations, screenings, and events. The 3rd floor will include a food lab, classrooms, and admin spaces for the Museum, our partner organizations, and community members.

Assess the feasibility of a transit system by determining community transit needs and potential implementation models to create a public transit system for the City of Iqaluit.

The Project includes geotechnical design and site preparation for the future secondary treatment system, and upgrades to the primary treatment system at the Riverhead Wastewater Treatment Facility.

The Canada Avenue Active Transportation Corridor project will provide more than 835m of linear active transportation facilities in the form of new and accessible sidewalks, and a smooth surface multi-use path. In addition to these linear features, improved road safety and traffic calming will be included. This pathway will be a minimum width of 3.0m, while new sidewalks will be a minimum of 1.8m – the space required for two people using mobility devices to safely pass one another.

Dedicated pathway lighting and appropriate cabling has also been incorporated into this design to support other vulnerable populations. This lighting will improve personal and road safety conditions for all users dependent on active transportation for transportation – no matter the weather conditions or time. Boulevard space is also included wherever possible to increase separation between active transportation users and motor vehicle traffic, further improving conditions for more vulnerable users and strengthening the emerging all ages and abilities networks for both municipalities.

The corridor design incorporates pedestrian crossing flashers alongside two raised concrete sidewalks which will improve visibility of active transportation users, while acting as traffic calming when active transportation users are not present. These crossings will also improve transit integration by providing direct connections to transit stops and providing accessible transit waiting areas.

Traffic calming will also improve the overall safety for all road users. Traffic calming treatments along the corridor will include medians (1 – 3m widths based on available road right of way, some include pedestrian refuge areas), some curb bulging, and raised crosswalks (may function as speed tables).

The project will construct a 470m multi-use pathway (MUP) which is the second phase of the non-motorized pathway that will provide residents and visitors an accessible, separated, multi-use facility to walk, cycle, and roll safely between community destinations on Whispering Pines I.R. #4. This second phase will complete the off-road MUP on the east side of Westsyde Rd., which will be the first of its kind on I.R. #4. This MUP will help address safety concerns related to walking and cycling along Westsyde Rd. and encourage more active transportation use as the current roadway has no pedestrian or bicycle facilities or lighting.

The project will naturalize a 10 acre stormwater pond for the City of Brandon’s cemetery expansion. The pond will feature a variety of native wetland species such as willow, grasses trees and shrubs. The project’s design elements include one active transportation pathway of approximately 500m, 6 signs and 2 benches.