Grants and Contributions

The program supports projects that improve rail safety contribute to increasing safety at grade crossings and along rail lines address climate change resilience through the rehabilitation mitigation and/or prevention of the impacts of climate change/extreme weather along rail lines and rail property and increase public confidence in Canada's rail transportation system.

Through this 9-month project, Theatre of the Beat will scale their model of forum theatre to strengthen the GBV sector. It will scale their latest theatrical production of I Love You and it Hurts to a new format and reach new audiences across Canada with performances in community establishments such as secondary and post-secondary schools, long-term care centres, and youth and men's groups. It will address the need for more awareness and resources on the subtle signs of domestic violence, with a focus on elder abuse, healthy masculinity, and youth intimate partner violence. To do so, the project will include community-informed theatre plays, audience knowledge mobilizations, and expanded touring in eastern and western Canada. Theatre of the Beat will create resource guides to share information on the promising practice with others so that they may replicate it or expand upon its success and impact.

Through this 29-month project, It Gets Better Canada will build a stronger capacity of 2SLGBTQI+ community organizations and networks to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality. This project will address key barriers in the availability of tools and community-based resources that help 2SLGBTQI+ youth engage with other youth across Canada; and explore and navigate their sexual orientation and gender identity journey. To do so, this project will improve organizational governance by developing a Youth Advisory Committee as an extension of the Board, giving 2SLGBTQI+ youth a voice at the highest level within the organization. It Gets Better Canada will strengthen their strategic direction by establishing a national 2SLGBTQI+ Youth Network with representation from at least 4-different regions across Canada through strategic outreach. A performance-based strategic plan will also be created that aligns the existing resources on the achievement of equality for 2SLGBTQI+ youth. Relationships with other national 2SLGBTQI+ organizations will be strengthened, and a sustainable-funding model will be established. To recognize the needs of the community, and to address barrier 2SLGBTQI+ youth experience, the 2SLGBTQI+ Youth Network will engage with focus groups, town halls, and surveys to inform It Gets Better Canada’s strategic priorities, programs, resources, and partnerships.

Through this 14-month project, Sault Pride will build stronger capacity of 2SLGBTQI+ community organizations to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality by attaining not-for-profit incorporation. It will address a lack of formalized local supports and advocacy for the 2SLGBTQI+ community and its constituent members. The project will include establishing a Board of Directors, applying for and achieving not-for-profit incorporation status, developing organizational policies and procedures and engaging with local Black, Indigenous, and Persons-of-Colour (BIPOC) community organizations.

This project aims to increase the protection of the rights of women, youth and children by the justice system in the Eastern Caribbean (St. Lucia, Dominica, Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines). It will provide technical assistance to the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, High Courts and Magistrates Courts in each national jurisdiction to improve the functioning of the courts and deliver fair and transparent justice. It will increase the capacity of vulnerable populations to know and exercise their rights through judicial processes and will increase the capacity of judges, prosecutors, public defenders targeting Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) to reduce delays in the system for sexual offences among other matters.

Pursue scientific research at a Canadian post-secondary institution as part of the Canada-China Scholars Exchange Program

Pursue scientific research at a Canadian post-secondary institution as part of the Canada-China Scholars Exchange Program

Pursue scientific research at a Canadian post-secondary institution as part of the Canada-China Scholars Exchange Program

Automate plant processes

Establish a wet lab/pilot scale manufacturing plant for the production of bio-stimulants