Grants and Contributions

Building Heating Optimization and Ventilation on Demand at McArthur River

Retrofit of a historic theatre in Saint John, NB that provides social and cultural services to the community. It includes the replacement of the building's ageing HVAC system and gas-powered boiler with new heat pump and control systems, as well as upgrades to the building's lighting systems.

Purchase 5 vehicles to expand existing fixed-route and pre-booked door-to-door wheelchair accessible services in Digby County, Nova Scotia.

This project aims to enhance the capacities of 60 unemployed, vulnerable, and at-risk youths aged 15 to 25 years in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It seeks to enhance their self-esteem, employability, and economic independence. It does so through a comprehensive approach which includes life skills, personal development, theoretical knowledge, and hands-on internship experiences. The project aims to achieve this by engaging the youth in mentorship and community service at both urban and rural centers.

This project is part of the Local Engagement and Action Fund (LEAF), which supports civil society and local organizations across the Caribbean. The Funds aid them to implement initiatives that respond to local needs and advance the aims and strategic objectives of Canada’s Caribbean Regional Development Program.

The Philippines are among the world’s most vulnerable countries to disasters and climate change . This situation risks further marginalizing vulnerable communities, including women and Indigenous People. This project aims to support vulnerable communities in adapting to the impact of biodiversity loss and climate change by strengthening their resilience and supporting their access to natural resources and healthy ecosystems. The project aims to support the financing, capacity-building and learning necessary for gender-responsive, nature-based solutions to climate change and biodiversity loss.

Project activities include: (1) setting-up a nature-based solutions (NbS) grant facility that supports at least 20 NbS sub-projects in 18 communities. This includes key biodiversity areas, marine protected areas, critically endangered species, vulnerable women and Indigenous People communities; (2) assisting in technical and capacity building to at least 100 local beneficiaries to design and implement gender-responsive NbS projects; and (3) organizing participatory assessments on climate vulnerabilities and biodiversity loss to inform local planning and decision-making for climate adaptation. This project benefits at least 50,000 hectares of landscapes and seascapes, 500 representatives from civil society organizations (at least 50% women), and indirectly benefits about 6.1 million Filipinos from 6 highly vulnerable provinces and small island communities.

This project aims to empower women, including women of Indigenous heritage, to conserve highland wetland and peatland ecosystems for increased climate resilience in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador. As a regional project, it aims to contribute to increased conservation of buffer zones around 3 established protected areas (RAMSAR sites), spanning 80,000+ hectares. The project seeks to increase the adoption of Nature-based Climate Solutions (NbCS) for climate change adaptation by women to conserve highland wetland and peatland ecosystems. This is inspired by Canada’s Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs) and Indigenous Guardians framework. It also aims to enhance the agency of women to advocate for women-led, conflict sensitive NbCS in national and regional governance structures.

Project activity includes: providing training, technical support and awareness raising to enhance women’s capacity to lead conservation efforts and actively participate in land and water resource management. This should also help to create the conditions for women to participate in community and regional decision-making related to the conservation of these ecosystems.

Grant as part of the Participant Funding Program to Whitefish Lake First Nation #128 to assist in preparing for and engaging in Indigenous consultation activities and public participation opportunities associated with the assessment process for the Marguerite Lake Compressed Air Energy Storage Project.

SPF’s objective will be achieved by functioning as an innovative, partnership-driven complement to the Indigenous Skills and Employment Training Strategy (ISETS) that fosters more integrated, harmonized, training-to-employment models or acts as a catalyst for the formation and testing of innovative new partnerships in Indigenous labour market development. SPF activities will emphasize joint stewardship and coordination consistent with the Aboriginal Economic Development Framework. Through access to SPF funding, a wider range of Indigenous organizations will deliver Indigenous labour market programming, serving to embed collaboration and maximize leveraging opportunities with industry, federal-provincial-territorial partners, and Indigenous partners

The objective of the EAF is to support community based projects across Canada that improve accessibility, remove barriers, and enable Canadians with disabilities to participate in and contribute to their community.

The objective of the EAF is to support community based projects across Canada that improve accessibility, remove barriers, and enable Canadians with disabilities to participate in and contribute to their community.