Participate in a collaboration mission to Canada in support of the Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program

Participate in a collaboration mission to Canada in support of the Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program

Participate in a collaboration mission to Canada in support of the Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program

Participate in a collaboration mission to Canada in support of the Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program

Capacity building to regional journalists, with particular focus on community journalists and communicators, in the context of the 2023 CA Journalism Forum

SheSpeaksUp-Promoting Sexual Violence Awareness among Female Youth Leaders in St. Thomas

This project aims to improve health outcomes in rural communities, and especially among poor and marginalized women and girls, by applying a gender-responsive One Health approach to preventing and responding to endemic zoonotic diseases. Project activities include: (1) conducting community-level awareness raising campaigns about climate-smart One Health approaches to disease prevention and control; (2) provision of technical support and small grant funding to cooperatives and entrepreneur groups on climate-smart One Health production; (3) provision of training on the rapid alert and detection of disease to key community stakeholders; (4) provision of training on the effective response, control and mitigation of endemic zoonotic diseases to health workers, veterinarians and environmental workers; and (5) supporting the development of One Health knowledge hubs in Ethiopia and Kenya. This project is being implemented by Alinea International in collaboration with Farmers Helping Farmers, the University of Guelph, University of Calgary, University of Saskatchewan and University of Prince Edward Island, and various local public, private and nongovernmental organizations in Ethiopia and Kenya.

The overarching goal (purpose) is to support enhancements in marine safety and marine environmental protection in Canadian waters, while embracing the concepts of co-development and sustainable economic development.

Satellites are critical infrastructure in our technologically advancing world. Daily, we use satellites to navigate, predict weather, and communicate. A cyberattack against space infrastructure could be devastating to modern society. To prevent such attack, satellites encrypt their communications using keys loaded before launch. If those keys are compromised after launch, there is no way to load new ones.

QEYnet has developed a low-cost solution to this problem using quantum key distribution (QKD). In QKD, keys are sent to the satellite using photons. Due to the laws of quantum mechanics, any attempt at eavesdropping on a QKD system can be detected, making the keys highly secure. A test flight of this technology will enable evaluation of system performance in the target environment, demonstration of on-orbit rekeying, and demonstration of key distribution between locations on Earth.

The objective of this AO is to support Canadian students to participate in national and international space conferences and training events that will offer them the opportunity to learn about and be involved in the latest developments in space science and technology, to develop their professional network, and in some cases, present their research results at the national and international level.