Grants and Contributions

This project aims to improve the enabling environment, reduce gender-related barriers, push the nursing agenda forward and build the capacity of nursing teachers. This project supports women’s and girls’ health and enhances the voice and influence of nurses, primarily female, in the health sector in Bangladesh. This project enhances nurses’ performance and professional status in Bangladesh through investment in management and leadership training; and, the development of a comprehensive and attractive nursing career path. This project also improves the nursing training facilities and the creation of a national nurse training institute. Project activities include: (1) providing support for the expansion/repair/renovation of the Mohakhali College of Nursing complex and the proposed site of the National Nurse Teachers Training Institute (NNTTI); (2) developing and implementing a NNTTI Certificate Training Program; (3) developing and implementing a system of continuous professional development; (4) developing a comprehensive competency-based, gender-responsive nursing career path; and (5) engaging influencers/policymakers in improving the status of nursing.
This project delivers on Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy priorities of gender equality, women and girls’ empowerment, and human dignity. It operates on a national scale to benefit all nurses in the public and private sectors. It responds directly to the prioritized needs for Bangladesh’s nursing profession outlined in the 2018 National Task Force on the Future of Nursing in Bangladesh Report. Finally, this project also addresses Sustainable Development Goals, focusing on health, gender equality, and inclusive and sustainable economic growth.

The project expects to directly benefit more than 90,000 nurses and the Bangladesh Directorate General of Nursing and Midwifery, and indirectly benefit project stakeholders including the Bangladesh Nursing and Midwifery Council, targeted public and private nursing institutes and selected district hospitals.

The objective of the SDG Funding Program is to support sustainable development projects that: • Support the development and utilization of effective approaches to address sustainable development and the social, economic and environmental issues and challenges; • Develop, exchange and apply knowledge, tools and resources that address sustainable development needs of individuals, families and communities; • Foster partnerships and networks to address sustainable development and the existing and emerging social, economic and environmental issues; • Recognize and support the ability of organizations to identify and address sustainable development priorities; • Recognize and promote engagement initiatives at the international, national, subnational, and/or local level that mobilize assets and develop capacities and resources for action; and/or • Foster Indigenous traditional knowledge on sustainable development.

Neurescence, located in Toronto, has a proprietary micro-endoscope technology for imaging and stimulation of the brain and the spinal cord. It’s mission is to help understand how the central nervous system works in healthy and diseased subjects to shed light on mechanisms of neurological diseases, such as Epilepsy, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and Depression. The technology is then used to find efficacious treatments for these diseases. Micro-endoscopes use highly specialized miniature optical elements to form an image. The creation of these optics is a main goal of this project. Neurescence will design the specialized optics, and tests these optics created by NRC team using its microedoscope and provide feedback to the NRC team. Moreover, Neurescence’s team has extensive experience with creating and commercializing hardware and software products from prototype stage. This unique combination of technical and business expertise ensures the right steps are taken to commercialize the results of the project.

effman, a Canadian small enterprise, will collaborate with the NRC to investigate composite design and manufacturing processes that could meet the weight, load capability, durability and cost requirements needed for agricultural vehicles. For applicability and relevance, an actual agricultural structural component will be selected to conduct the design study, using real loading cases and requirements.
Various composite design concepts will be investigated (computer aided design (CAD) and finite element analysis (FEA)) in order to evaluate the potential of each for mass reduction while meeting load case requirements. A combination of different material systems (such as continuous and discontinuous reinforcements or glass and carbon reinforcements) will be considered, specifically regarding their ability to meet complex load cases as well as their manufacturability requirements. In parallel, a cost analysis of the most promising concepts will be done in order to evaluate their feasibility at an industrial level and from a business perspective (material and manufacturing costs versus component volume). From the FEA analysis, the most promising solutions will be identified and design and manufacturing guidelines will be established.
The Project will enable a better understanding of the advantages and limits of using composite materials for demanding applications such as agricultural equipment, and identify potential areas for future research and development activities in the agricultural field.

effman, a Canadian small enterprise, will collaborate with the NRC to investigate composite design and manufacturing processes that could meet the weight, load capability, durability and cost requirements needed for agricultural vehicles. For applicability and relevance, an actual agricultural structural component will be selected to conduct the design study, using real loading cases and requirements.
Various composite design concepts will be investigated (computer aided design (CAD) and finite element analysis (FEA)) in order to evaluate the potential of each for mass reduction while meeting load case requirements. A combination of different material systems (such as continuous and discontinuous reinforcements or glass and carbon reinforcements) will be considered, specifically regarding their ability to meet complex load cases as well as their manufacturability requirements. In parallel, a cost analysis of the most promising concepts will be done in order to evaluate their feasibility at an industrial level and from a business perspective (material and manufacturing costs versus component volume). From the FEA analysis, the most promising solutions will be identified and design and manufacturing guidelines will be established.
The Project will enable a better understanding of the advantages and limits of using composite materials for demanding applications such as agricultural equipment, and identify potential areas for future research and development activities in the agricultural field.

This project will assess opportunities or diversification and optimization in a forest products facility in Canada

This project will assess opportunities or diversification and optimization in a forest products facility in Canada.

The objective is to support onshore upstream and midstream oil and gas sector to lower or eliminate routine venting of methane rich natural gas from conventional, tight and shale oil and gas operations.

The objective is to support onshore upstream and midstream oil and gas sector to lower or eliminate routine venting of methane rich natural gas from conventional, tight and shale oil and gas operations.

Equipment acquisitions: The project aims to improve the production capacity, productivity and digitization of a company specializing in the manufacture of "ready-to-eat" foods.