Grants and Contributions
About this information
In June 2016, as part of the Open Government Action Plan, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) committed to increasing the transparency and usefulness of grants and contribution data and subsequently launched the Guidelines on the Reporting of Grants and Contributions Awards, effective April 1, 2018.
The rules and principles governing government grants and contributions are outlined in the Treasury Board Policy on Transfer Payments. Transfer payments are transfers of money, goods, services or assets made from an appropriation to individuals, organizations or other levels of government, without the federal government directly receiving goods or services in return, but which may require the recipient to provide a report or other information subsequent to receiving payment. These expenditures are reported in the Public Accounts of Canada. The major types of transfer payments are grants, contributions and \'other transfer payments\'.
Included in this category, but not to be reported under proactive disclosure of awards, are (1) transfers to other levels of government such as Equalization payments as well as Canada Health and Social Transfer payments. (2) Grants and contributions reallocated or otherwise redistributed by the recipient to third parties; and (3) information that would normally be withheld under the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act.
$97,677.00
Jun 14, 2017
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Increasing Access to Irreplaceable records of Our Histories of Migration and Ethnicity
1718-0092
In Phase II of this project, the Multicultural History Society of Ontario (MHSO) will perform the intellectual and physical rearrangement and re-description of its archival holdings in accordance with current archival standards, with a focus on digital and textual records. MHSO will also finalize descriptions for its ethnic newspaper and historical photograph collections; review, appraise, arrange, process/preserve, and describe textual records; and produce administrative histories for the newspapers and custodial histories for selected images in the photograph collection based on new research. This will result in RAD-compliant descriptions at the fonds, series, sub-series, and item levels (as appropriate) for all archival holdings. These descriptions will be entered into open-source software and made available to the public through the MHSO's website and various archival information networks.
$44,771.00
Jun 13, 2017
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Contributions of Religious Communities to the Diocese of Sherbrooke
1718-0053
The Regroupement des archives du Séminaire de Sherbrooke et de l'Archdiocèse de Sherbrooke (RASSAS) is developing a virtual exhibit on the importance of the contributions of the religious communities within the Diocese of Sherbrooke. The activities planned to create this virtual exhibit will involve mainly meetings with the religious communities, research in their holdings and archival collections, the selection of records, digitization, and writing of the script for the exhibit. Some of the later steps in the design of the virtual exhibit will include editing and translation of texts and thumbnails, and the visual and technical work in partnership with the company responsible for the graphics and putting the exhibit online.
$86,020.00
Jun 6, 2016
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Computerization of Holdings and Collections and Transfer of Archival Operations to Management Software and Servers for a Better Service Offering
1617-0117
The project's main objective is to improve the professional services offered by the Centre d'archives régional, including: cataloguing and integrating the collections of the Centre d'archives régional des Îles with its data bank; installation and configuration of an intranet server dedicated to the Centre's iconographic and audiovisual archives already available for this purpose in digital format; enhancement of the dissemination materials of the Centre d'archives' institutional archives and their dissemination; purchase of presentation materials for an exhibit entitled "Les archives parlent : 150 ans d'histoire insulaire et moments marquants depuis la Confédération".
$16,940.00
May 26, 2016
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Collections Accessibility Project - Stage 2
1617-0124
Stage 2 of the Collections Accessibility Project will build upon the increased public access to the collections of the Bulkley Valley Historical & Museum Society, enabled by the digital framework achieved in Stage 1 (2015-2016). Related work will include accessioning, cleanup of existing data entry records, design and implementation of a process for digitization, digitization of high demand and significant collections, improvement of storage conditions/conservation treatments (where required), as well as development and implementation of updated policies for archival collecting, management, storage, and conservation. The Museum will also further develop the online interface to support additional digital content, including integration of an online embedded document viewer, photo commenting, and other software.
$82,554.00
May 17, 2016
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Preservation through Technology Transfer and Development of the Lanaudière Archives Multimedia Collection
1617-0038
Continuation of the project to make the multimedia collection of Lanaudières Archives more easily accessible, including descriptions and processing of materials.