Grants and Contributions

Building the capacity of 60 underrepresented Venezuelan Human Rights Defenders to engage with UN / Interamerican System human rights mechanisms as a means to drive for accountability and justice for victims, and challenge impunity at the local level in Venezuela.

The purpose of this funding is to assist the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations to review of the discussion paper for REGDOC-2.10.1, Nuclear Emergency Preparedness and Response

The purpose of this funding is to assist Kebaowek First Nation review the discussion paper about Bill C-21’s proposed changes to the Nuclear and Safety Control Act

The project will develop an on-chip, scalable, quantum microwave to optical (QM2O) interface enabling coherent conversion between single telecom and single microwave photons, with widespread applications in quantum technologies ranging from quantum networks of quantum computers (with computational power far exceeding individual quantum computers) to the design of new kinds of quantum sensors. The key predicted property of the QM2O is a near-100% efficiency of conversion at low pump power (<< 1mW), much higher than competing solid-state QM2O interfaces, whose efficiency is below the useful threshold (50%) for quantum applications despite requiring high (100 mW) pump powers. The key innovation is a giant three-wave mixing effect in doped silicon that is predicted when two optical photons and one microwave photon are nearly resonant with ensembles of spin-bearing defects with associated near-infrared optical resonances. The high efficiency and manufacturability could make quantum networks and quantum sensors commonplace in 5 years.

As part of the international consortium project “E!5305 FlavourGEM: FlavourGEM: Genome scale metabolic models to improve beer yeast flavour”, this project will focus on leveraging genome-scale metabolic models to identify targets for enhancing flavour profiles in ten brewing yeast strains. Using computational algorithms and deep learning, the project will pinpoint metabolic pathways for improvement. Validation will be conducted via CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing and non-GM laboratory evolution. The ultimate goal is to produce beer strains with improved flavour traits.

Industrialization of an automated hyperspectral optical scanner for drill core analysis.

Grant as part of the Participant Funding Program to Conseil de la Nation Innue de Matimekush - Lac-John to assist in preparing for and engaging in Indigenous consultation activities and public participation opportunities associated with the assessment process for the Strange Lake Rare Earth Mine Project.

Contribution as part of the Participant Funding Program to Dakota Tipi First Nation to assist in preparing for and engaging in Indigenous consultation activities and public participation opportunities associated with the assessment process for the Lake Manitoba and Lake St.

Develop digital adoption plan

Develop digital adoption plan