Grants and Contributions

Deliver targeted Fiona disaster assistance to Nova Scotia's aquaculture sector

Install temporing oven and upgrade production equipment to improve efficiency

Develop visitor capacity at the St. Anthony Marina to support tourism growth

Support aboriginal communities in becoming successful participants in commercial fisheries and aquaculture

Support Indigenous groups as they develop, grow and maintain aquatic resource and oceans management departments that can provide fisheries, habitat, science, and oceans related services along a watershed.

Contributes to the recovery of endangered, threatened, and other species of concern, by engaging Canadians in conservation actions to benefit wildlife and to protect aquatic species at risk.

The Global nutrition report (GNR) is a multi-stakeholder initiative comprised of global institutions led by experts in the field of nutrition. This project aims to provide the best available data, in-depth analysis and expert opinion rooted in evidence to help drive action on nutrition where it is urgently needed. This project seeks to inform, shape, and inspire action with data and evidence on policy, practice and financing, which should strengthen accountability and progress in tackling poor diets and malnutrition globally. It also seeks to integrate gender in distinct ways to increase women’s representation in publications, panels, and governance bodies. It also aims to generate evidence on the disproportionate impact of malnutrition on women and girls. Project activities include: (1) synthesizing nutrition data and evidence through reports and articles; (2) hosting the Nutrition accountability framework, including the shaping, guidance, registration, and tracking of nutrition commitments by all stakeholders; (3) developing ambitious, evidence-based, and nutrition commitments; and (4) strengthening stakeholders’ nutrition commitments and informing their policies and actions with data and evidence.

The Canadian Climate and Nature Fund for the Private Sector in Asia (CANPA) is a partnership between the Government of Canada and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). It aims to support Indo-Pacific developing countries transition to inclusive, low carbon and climate-resilient economies by using blended finance to mobilize private sector investments in climate mitigation and adaptation projects as well as nature-based solutions that advance gender equality in the region. CANPA will provide financing on concessional terms from Canada, alongside ADB resources, to mitigate risks that prevent the private sector from investing in these types of projects. Key sectors for CANPA activities include renewable energy, electric power transmission and distribution, electric mobility and infrastructure, and water supply management. For nature-based solutions projects, primary focus areas include sustainable and climate-smart agriculture, aquaculture, habitat restoration and protection. CANPA builds on Canada’s existing climate funds with the ADB, Phase I and II of the Canadian Climate Fund for the Private Sector in Asia established in 2013 and 2017. CANPA is supported by a Technical Assistance facility to support the preparation and implementation of eligible projects for CANPA concessional financing and to improve market conditions for private sector investments in gender-responsive climate and nature-based solutions. Over the life of the fund, CANPA is expected to mobilize up to 3 times its amount in private sector investment, help reduce and avoid greenhouse gas emissions of up to 40 million tonnes, and support up to 200,000 beneficiaries.

This project aims to address the main causes of gender inequality by improving access to gender and culturally responsive sexual and reproductive health and rights for Indigenous adolescent girls and women in Guatemala. The project seeks to use a digital health ecosystem that uses smartphones to overcome distance, time, and other barriers. It aims to achieve this by creating a network of health personnel and facilities able to provide health care that respects biomedical and Indigenous practices. The project also aims to transform and enhance sexual and reproductive health rights resources to meet women’s and adolescents’ demands.

The project activities include: (1) providing health education training programs to community health workers, health personnel, and midwives on gender and culturally responsive sexual and reproductive health services; (2) enhancing health service delivery in rural communities with Indigenous and community-health stakeholders using the organization’s digital health ecosystem; (3) creating digital adolescent-friendly spaces for safe access to sexual and reproductive health services, information, and referrals; (4) strengthening data collection and dissemination at the community level and informing collaborative community health action plans using the digital health ecosystem; and (5) partnering with the Ministry of Health to achieve government ownership and sustainability.

Characterizing targeted and non-targeted PFAS mixtures in a mid-trophic passerine, the tree swallow, and its aquatic-terrestrial food web