Grants and Contributions

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.

To carry out the Government of Canada’s 2018 Nature Legacy for Canada, which includes supporting and leveraging efforts to protect and recover aquatic species at risk; and building Indigenous capacity.

The purpose of the Indigenous Habitat Participation Program- Grant Funding is to meet the legal obligations to support the participation of Indigenous communities in consultations on Departmental Crown conduct (i.e., decisions, such as arrangements, approvals, authorizations and permits) under the Fisheries Act and/or Species at Risk Act.

The purpose of the Indigenous Habitat Participation Program and the Salish Sea Initiative, is to support the participation of Indigenous peoples in activities relating to the conservation and protection of fish and fish habitat, including the development of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ (DFO) policies, program elements and regulations and the development of their technical capacity to support greater involvement in the conservation and protection of fish and fish habitat.

The purpose of the Indigenous Habitat Participation Program- Grant Funding is to meet the legal obligations to support the participation of Indigenous communities in consultations on Departmental Crown conduct (i.e., decisions, such as arrangements, approvals, authorizations and permits) under the Fisheries Act and/or Species at Risk Act.

The project seeks to reduce the heavy, unequal and unfair burden of unpaid and paid care work (UPCW) borne by women and girls (W&Gs) in northern Ghana. U-CARE will work with key stakeholders such as the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), national policy makers and district assemblies to map UPCW in northern Ghana and create an enabling policy and programming environment to recognize, reduce and redistribute UPCW in ten northern districts. The Canadian Executing Agency (CEA), Alinea International, will deliver the project in collaboration with two key local partners: Social Enterprise Development Foundation (SEND) Ghana and Network for Women’s Rights in Ghana (NETRIGHT).
Key project activities include: (1) facilitating government policy and service provision through the utilization of time use data; (2) supporting grassroots actions to redistribute care at the household and community levels through the use of Gender Model Families (GMFs); (3) supporting women’s rights organizations (WROs) from regional to district level to undertake a National Advocacy Strategy on UPCW; and (4) supporting local entrepreneurs and women-led businesses to develop and market new goods and services to reduce the burden of UPCW for W&Gs.

This project contributes to the achievement of the Philippines’ Universal Health Care Law objectives aiming to ensure that all Filipinos have access to affordable and equitable health services. It helps to enhance the governance of the integrated health system at the local level and support health facilities and communities to increase the use of health services, particularly for vulnerable populations. This includes women, girls, and Indigenous Peoples in geographically isolated and disaster-prone provinces in the Philippines. Project activities include: (1) training local officials and health professionals on responsive leadership and participative governance; (2) providing technical assistance to develop local plans (e.g. human resources and supply chain management) and guidelines for the special health fund; (3) providing technical assistance to improve the health information management system for evidence-based planning and budgeting; (4) providing support to develop electronic medical record system; (5) training health service providers on basic health services, including nutrition and sexual and reproductive health; and (6) providing technical assistance to develop guidelines for client referral and health facility management. The project seeks to conduct health promotion campaigns and clinic-outreach activities in remote communities. It also aims to advocate for increased representation of vulnerable groups, particularly women, youth, and indigenous peoples in governance committees at the provincial level. The project is expected to benefit approximately 584,000 individuals.

The Fostering Resilience through Sustainable Water Management and Climate-Smart Agriculture project aims to improve the Government of Iraq’s ability to develop and apply evidence-based planning to better manage and sustain Iraq’s water resources. Specifically, it seeks to promote a more efficient and equitable distribution of limited water resources by using and applying accurate hydrological models, strengthening inclusive community-led decision-making related to water management. It also seeks to promote climate-smart agriculture practices to enhance the resilience in Iraq’s increasingly water-scarce and saline agricultural context. The project includes innovative components, such as nature-based solutions for mitigating salinity problems, restoring aquatic ecosystems and piloting hydroponic technologies in Iraq.

This initiative aims to address gender inequalities, particularly around unpaid care work and barriers to the knowledge, skills and conditions necessary for women’s meaningful participation in the economy.

The project aims to reduce barriers to education and meet the needs of young girls and boys in terms of nutrition, overall health and sexual and reproductive health and rights in the Lake Chad province in Chad. Project activities include: (1) providing nutritious meals and a deworming package to pre-school and elementary school children; (2) raising awareness among girls, boys and their communities about sexual and reproductive health and rights, and the prevention of gender-based violence, female genital mutilation and early marriage; (3) training women and adolescent girls on menstrual hygiene management and in the design of reusable sanitary pads to reduce absenteeism in schools; and (4) sensitizing communities on the importance of education for all children, especially girls. The number of direct beneficiaries of the project is estimated at 15,025, including 9,050 adolescents and girls in the Lake Chad province.