Grants and Contributions

This projet aims to develop a monitoring and feedback system to improve the user-experience related to growing end-user supplied seed stock. By refining system adaptability to various environments and expanding plant variety capabilities, this innovation will address user demand for customization and sustainability.

Hire a youth (new grad) to participate in a software product development project. We are committed to provide mentorship and meaningful tasks for the new grad during the YESS project time. We are looking forward to seeing the positive contribution made by the young talent in the coming months.

Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) of organizations on environment provides a comprehensive picture of a company's long-term viability and resilience in the face of emerging global challenges.

This UBC-Centre for Climate and Business Solutions (CCBS) program will empower SMEs with comprehensive environmental impact insights, facilitating informed decision-making, enhancing sustainability, and strengthening investment attractiveness.

This project aims to increase the enjoyment of sexual and reproductive, and mental health-related human rights by the most vulnerable and Indigenous rights holders. This includes young women, adolescent girls, 2SLGBTQI+ and youths living with disabilities in target communities in Zambia. Project activities include: (1) increasing the use of locally driven, gender-sensitive, Indigenous knowledge by rural youths, particularly women, adolescent girls, 2SLGBTQI+ and youths living with disabilities; (2) enhancing gender-sensitive capacity of vulnerable youths, especially young women and adolescent girls, to understand their own sexual reproductive health rights and mental health; and (3) training and mentoring for both men and women teachers and health workers to support youths in addressing mental health and sexual reproductive health barriers in the targeted communities in Zambia. The project aims to raise awareness on sexual and reproductive health and rights services amongst 2,200 women and adolescent girls and 1,100 men and adolescent boys, including 2SLGBTGI+ youths and youths living with disabilities aged from 15 to 30 years old.

The EmpowerED project aims to improve access to gender-transformative comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) for an estimated 7.5 million adolescents and youth. It seeks to focus on 10 countries, including Argentina, Benin, Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Moldova, Philippines, Tunisia, and Zambia. EmpowerED works globally and locally to increase the availability, accessibility, and quality of CSE content and delivery. It aims to accelerate and scale-up CSE programs in the 10 focus countries and foster effective coordination and linkages with sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) and gender-based violence (GBV) services. The project also seeks to leverage civil society networks and partnerships to strengthen advocacy, protect and advance knowledge generation and management, and enhance technical collaboration on CSE.

This project aims to enhance gender equality and economic empowerment for women and girl survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the Machinga, Mulanje and Phalombe districts of Malawi. Project activities include: (1) training village women agents in marketing, finance management and livelihood and business development, using the Situation, Task, Action and Result (STAR) approach, a discussion (reflection) circle that allows for issues that affect the community to be discussed and promotes a safe environment for dialogue to identify and address SGBV, and Village Savings and Loans (VSL) methodology; (2) establishing marketing groups for survivors and linking their VSLs to markets in each district; (3) increasing awareness of human rights and social norms that perpetuate SGBV by sensitizing traditional leaders, religious leaders, legislators, and communities through men and women SGBV champions, awareness campaigns, and message dissemination; (4) developing and establishing standard operating procedures for SGBV prevention and response, including referral pathways and reporting mechanisms; and (5) training women and girls to develop tailored community messages on SGBV that alter unfavourable norms and perceptions.

The project is implemented with local CSO partners, such as EI Malawi (the primary implementing partner) and The Center for alternatives for victimized women and children, to implement critical training, monitoring, and evaluation activities in Phalombe and Mulanje Districts.

Implementation Tools and Sustainable Financing Options for the Regional Green Infrastructure Network

This project involves building a solid waterproof foundation, replacing the subgrade with high-quality compacted granular material, paving the 18.4-km stretch of road, and applying pavement markings, in accordance with the engineering plans and specifications commissioned by the RCM in 2021. Completion of these two consecutive phases will optimize and consolidate the recreational and tourism potential of 18.4 km of multi-use pathway, substantially increase safety for all users of the Linear Park by correcting the soft subgrade problem and the resulting risk of falls, and enhance general accessibility for people using three-wheeled scooters or wheelchairs, for example.

Contribution as part of the Participant Funding Program to East Coast Environmental Law Association to assist in preparing for and engaging in Indigenous consultation activities and public participation opportunities associated with the assessment process for the Regional Assessment of the Offshore Wind Development in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Develop digital adoption plan