Grants and Contributions

Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage - Local Arts and Heritage Festivals

This project aims the purchase of two commercial freezers and three commercial refrigerators.

Decreased foot sole skin input significantly reduces lower limb muscle activity, affecting balance and navigation in our environment. The research team has shown that short duration space flight alters the sensitivity of these foot sole skin receptors. These changes were significantly correlated to deficits in balance control. The current Head Down Bed Rest model isolates the impact of body unloading as a mechanism for these sensory changes. The research team aims to understand how the unloading triggers changes in skin feedback and whether countermeasures will reduce or eliminate these changes. This work will have a major impact on astronaut health and mobility and has significant implications for healthy aging on Earth.

Canopy-forming kelp forests are globally recognized as one of the most structurally complex foundational ecosystems. They play an important role in maintaining marine food webs, buffering shorelines against erosion, and contributing to carbon and nitrogen cycling. In British Columbia (BC), the current status of kelp forests is unknown due to insufficient research addressing the scales of change and environmental stressors. Loss of this critical habitat will greatly impact valuable marine fisheries and endangered species and the way of life for many First Nations coastal communities.

By employing historical data and remote sensing technologies (optical and SAR) with spatial data analytics, this project aims: (1) to determine the long-term (based on archived data and satellite imagery) spatial distribution patterns of canopy-forming kelp forests and define losses and resilience to environmental and biotic drivers (i.e., sea surface temperature, biological predators); and (2) to define tools for translating knowledge into specific management plans for the benefit of coastal communities and the Province of BC. This project will also train highly qualified personnel (HQPs) with experience and interdisciplinary knowledge in ocean science and remote sensing technology, data analysis, community engagement, and resource management to be innovators that meet the needs of the Canadian space-related and technology sector.

This project aims to reduce illness and death from tuberculosis (TB) in low-income countries by supporting TB REACH, an initiative of the Stop TB Partnership. TB REACH provides grants to partners for testing innovative approaches which aim to increase the number of people diagnosed and treated for TB, decrease a patient's time to start appropriate treatment, and improving treatment success rates in key populations and communities with limited access to care. It combines fast-track, results-based financing, and external monitoring and evaluation to produce results, so other donor agencies and national governments can scale-up successful approaches, and maximize their own investments. Project activities include: (1) funding of projects which deliver innovative and gender-sensitive approaches for TB diagnosis, treatment and reporting; (2) providing guidance and tools for monitoring activities, and evaluating impact of funded projects; (3) delivering technical assistance to improve the outcome and impact of project activities; (4) supporting analysis of project data and disseminating results; and (5) aiding in the development of national TB strategic plans while advocating for inclusion of successful approaches funded by TB REACH.

Canada’s assessed contribution to the UN Interim Security Force in Abyei (UNISFA)

Canada’s assessed contribution to the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)

The purpose of this CanExport Associations contribution agreement is to support organizations and ultimately aims to increase the competitiveness of Canadian companies, in the international marketplace, on a sectoral basis, thereby contributing to Canadian prosperity and the growth of the Canadian economy. This financial support enables the recipient to undertake new or expanded international business development promotion activities, in a given sector, for the benefit of its entire industry (member and non-member firms).

Women Leaders Initiatives for Inclusive and Accessible Local Governance in Newly Merged Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan.

Empowering Climate Resilience in Lasbela: Building Capacity through Youth and Women Engagement.