Grants and Contributions

Celebration and Commemoration Program - Celebrate Canada!

This project consists of a study examining the future of reserve forces in Canada and across NATO. It will leverage international comparisons and expert insights to explore how reserve forces can strengthen defence capabilities and enhance military-civilian connections. 

Lighthouse, the Global Protection Fund, is a multi-donor pooled fund to establish a dynamic sub-granting platform that advances the protection of Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) by channelling resources directly to those at risk, supporting localization, fostering flexibility, and enabling at-risk HRDs and civil society organizations (CSOs) to sustain their work where needs and impact are greatest.
The ultimate goal of Lighthouse is that HRDs, civil society groups, and movements most at risk worldwide are safer, more resilient, and better able to continue their human rights work through strengthened, coordinated, and needs-driven global protection efforts.
Project activities include: (1) Processing grant applications, including verification of identity and human rights work; (2) Accompanying the recipient to ensure that measures are effective and that risks and threats are handled adequately; (3) collecting accurate and useful data across programs on threats faced by HRDs; (4) disseminating the report with key stakeholders within the protection ecosystem, such as the United Nations, European Union, and national governments.

Sovereign distributed and scalable switching technologies are essential to achieve the modernization of modern defence infrastructure outlined in Canada’s Department of National Defence Departmental and NATO’s Science for Peace and Security Key Priorities. As a disaggregated switching fabric architecture, the technology can enhance resilience by removing centralized bottlenecks and single points of failure for tactical communications and platform-level networking environments.

Research mobile solar applications in the defence sector to understand current use and identify new opportunities for solar-powered mobile energy systems.

It would address the root causes and drivers of intolerance and hate by countering harmful narratives and fostering conditions for constructive and peaceful relations among individuals and communities of diverse cultural and religious backgrounds, prioritizing support for communities most impacted by current international conflicts—such as Muslims and Jews—and those identified by OSCE’s annual hate crime reporting as most at risk of discrimination and security challenges.

Support phase 1 of the clean fuel project for Sawridge First Nation

This project aims to strengthen the ability of civil society organizations, independent media, human rights defenders, and vulnerable groups to operate safely in increasingly contested digital environments ahead of the 2026 elections in Colombia and Brazil. The project would strengthen digital resilience through improved capacity of civil society actors, journalists and human rights defenders to anticipate, mitigate, and recover from cyber threats, including denial-of-service attacks, censorship pressures, and online harassment. It would support the secure use of resilient digital platforms and communications tools to ensure continuity of operations for democratic actors during high-risk electoral periods. Particular attention would be given to the needs of women, gender-diverse individuals, and other vulnerable groups, who face disproportionate levels of online abuse and technology-facilitated intimidation.

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.

State of the Peace and Slave Watershed in Alberta