Grants and Contributions

Brain lesions are identified visually by doctors on brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Our project aims to develop an automated detection, quantification and tracking algorithm for lesions to increase efficiency and accuracy.

This data will be used to train machine learning algorithms for the detection and prediction of on/off target effects in CRISPR-Cas assays.

Engage Grants (EGP) are designed to give innovative companies that operate from a Canadian base access to the unique knowledge, expertise and capabilities available at Canadian universities and colleges. These grants are intended to foster the development of new research partnerships by supporting short-term research and development projects aimed at addressing a company-specific problem; that is, a problem related to the company’s core competencies or activities. The simplified application and decision processes enable university and college researchers to quickly undertake new research collaborations that extend academic expertise to these problems. The mutually beneficial projects are expected to result in economic benefits to the company and to Canada and build impactful longer term collaborations between the applicant and the company.

This will involve: hosting a national collaborative learning conference for provincial, territorial and federal representatives; modeling an innovation incubator to support inter-jurisdictional collaboration for restorative justice innovation; developing baseline success indicators for restorative justice initiatives; and developing and piloting a model for education and training curriculum for a restorative approach to justice.

This will involve: hosting a national collaborative learning conference for provincial, territorial and federal representatives; modeling an innovation incubator to support inter-jurisdictional collaboration for restorative justice innovation; developing baseline success indicators for restorative justice initiatives; and developing and piloting a model for education and training curriculum for a restorative approach to justice.

This will involve: hosting a national collaborative learning conference for provincial, territorial and federal representatives; modeling an innovation incubator to support inter-jurisdictional collaboration for restorative justice innovation; developing baseline success indicators for restorative justice initiatives; and developing and piloting a model for education and training curriculum for a restorative approach to justice.

Engage Grants (EGP) are designed to give innovative companies that operate from a Canadian base access to the unique knowledge, expertise and capabilities available at Canadian universities and colleges. These grants are intended to foster the development of new research partnerships by supporting short-term research and development projects aimed at addressing a company-specific problem; that is, a problem related to the company’s core competencies or activities. The simplified application and decision processes enable university and college researchers to quickly undertake new research collaborations that extend academic expertise to these problems. The mutually beneficial projects are expected to result in economic benefits to the company and to Canada and build impactful longer term collaborations between the applicant and the company.

P007054001: The project “Protective Learning and Nurturing Environments for Girls Education" (PLANE) aims to address the individual barriers that girls face in and out of school in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.

This is done by ensuring that they have access to a safe space that offers them protection and safety, both physically and psychologically, as well as opportunities for learning. The project also aims to ensure young and adolescent girls who are out-of-school, at-risk of dropping-out, internally displaced and returned migrants, have access to continue their learning, uninterrupted, by providing flexible, relevant and alternative learning opportunities. An essential component to the method is that alternative learning leads to recognized certificates and enables re-integration into formal schooling or safe employment.

While young and adolescent girls are the focus of the project, the policies and many activities that benefit girls, may also support boys : such as well-trained teachers, inclusive and gender-responsive teaching methods that work for all students, a high-quality and relevant curriculum, and a focus on ensuring safe and secure learning environments for all children and adolescents.

Project activities include: (1) setting-up physically-safe learning spaces; (2) establishing and strengthening safe spaces that offer opportunities to support the social and emotional wellbeing of girls through the provision of trained staff, peer exchanges, links and referrals to protective services, and alternative learning; and (3) empowering girls to seek available support services and to know and realize their rights.

The Technology Access Centre (TAC) Grants are intended to enhance the ability of companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), to become more productive and innovative by enabling them to readily access college expertise, technology and equipment. This access to college capabilities is intended to enhance the productivity, competitiveness and innovation of the participating SMEs.

P007018001: The project aims to increase the school completion rate of 32,700 girls and adolescent girls between the ages of 10 and 18, mainly in the Tonkpi region and the Abidjan district in Côte d’Ivoire. This is expected to be achieved through increased access to education for girls and adolescent girls and the provision of gender-sensitive, safe and inclusive education. The project also allows adolescent girls who have dropped out of school because of the conflict to access the education system through vocational training in order to ensure a sustainable future. Project activities include the following: (1) producing and broadcasting the television program Voices of Youth to promote girls’ right to education and to engage communities in claiming this right; (2) training 385 teachers on gender and active pedagogy to take gender needs into account; and (3) supporting vocational and technical training institutions in providing and promoting training for out-of-school adolescent girls in non-traditional fields.

P007018002: The project aims to increase the school completion rate of 32,700 girls and adolescents aged 10 to 18, mainly in the Tonkpi region and the Abidjan district of Côte d'Ivoire. This project implements additional funds in response to the immediate needs for education and gender-based violence generated by COVID-19. Project activities include: (1) supporting social services to prevent and respond to gender-based violence and child exploitation; (2) providing training to social workers on psychosocial impact and mental health management; and (3) providing training to teachers on the protocol for safe reopening of schools.
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