Grants and Contributions

The Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of British Columbia is an Indigenous Organization that addresses the urgent and ongoing need for culturally grounded, trauma-informed advocacy and support for Indigenous families and youth involved in child protection and family law matters.
This multi-year project will: support Indigenous clients through complex legal systems with guidance, advocacy, and court accompaniment; bridge the gap between Indigenous families and government services; coordinate wraparound supports for clients; reduce legal system intimidation, and; protect Indigenous children’s rights and support family reunification where possible.
These objectives aim to reduce family separation, increase client empowerment, and contribute to systemic change in how Indigenous families are treated within child welfare and legal systems. To achieve these goals, NCCABC will hire and train staff, provide direct client and legal support, participate in legal and community education sessions, and will develop client resource pamphlet/brochures, an Indigenous family advocacy practice manual, a holistic advocacy framework for Indigenous families and a final evaluation and impact report.

This project includes the development of a continuing education program to serve bilingual lawyers in Manitoba in their career path and professional development through short-term training.

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

The use of automated prognostic imaging biomarkers in clinical practice may enhance (re-) staging and response assessment, as it could inform more personalized treatment selection and patient monitoring, which in turn could lead to improved patient outcomes. The purpose of this project is to develop automated, deep learning-based imaging biomarkers that predict outcomes of breast cancer patients with solid tumors based on various modalities of medical imaging.
By enabling an artificial neural network to “learn” what visual features in thousands of imaging studies are associated with respective patients’ actual future outcomes, the resulting deep learning algorithm will be able to predict survival for a new patient’s imaging study.

Press’nXPress will develop a multi-agent AI engine for real-time analysis of customer experience. This system will benchmark performance across segments, detect gaps in service quality, and identify key drivers of customer satisfaction.

Gummy Nutrition Lab is developing microencapsulation technology to protect sensitive ingredients during gummy manufacturing, thereby improving stability and efficacy. This innovation expands the functional potential and shelf life of nutraceutical gummies.

JL13 Concepts is developing a Trust Index, an AI-powered scoring engine that utilizes behavioural, social, and engagement data to assess user trustworthiness. The purpose is to use the trust index for financial purposes by being used to unlock access for underbanked populations excluded by traditional credit systems. The primary challenges are ensuring consistent outputs across diverse users, explainable building models, and minimizing bias, particularly in edge cases. The Trust Index aims to establish a fair and transparent standard for inclusive digital finance.