Grants and Contributions

Grant as part of the Participant Funding Program to Organisme de basin versant Abitibi-Jasémie to assist in preparing for and engaging in Indigenous consultation activities and public participation opportunities associated with the assessment process for the Marban Gold Mine Project.

Grant as part of the Participant Funding Program to Prophet River First Nation to support CER's engagement of Indigenous groups to assist in the co-development of an approach to Indigenous involvement in compliance and oversight for the NOVA Gas Transmission Limited (NGTL) System Expansion Project.

Reaching Home aims to prevent and reduce homelessness across Canada. This is accomplished by mobilizing partners at the federal, provincial/territorial and community levels, as well as the private and voluntary sectors, and other stakeholders, to address barriers to well-being faced by those who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness.

Reaching Home aims to prevent and reduce homelessness across Canada. This is accomplished by mobilizing partners at the federal, provincial/territorial and community levels, as well as the private and voluntary sectors, and other stakeholders, to address barriers to well-being faced by those who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness.

To strengthen responses to drug and substance use issues in Canada.

To strengthen responses to drug and substance use issues in Canada.

To strengthen responses to drug and substance use issues in Canada.

February 2023 – The humanitarian situation in Türkiye and Syria deteriorated significantly following powerful earthquakes that struck south-east Türkiye and north-west Syria on February 6 and February 20. The earthquakes and aftershocks resulted in widespread damages and high casualties in both countries. The UN estimates that at least 9.1 million people in Turkey and 8.8 million people in Syria have been affected by the earthquake, with the majority anticipated to need some form of humanitarian assistance in the coming months. In Türkiye, a state of emergency was declared in 10 provinces as people were left without access to shelter, food, water, heaters and medical care in harsh winter conditions. In Syria, the response is further complicated by pre-existing large scale humanitarian needs, severe access constraints for humanitarian aid, and weak infrastructure from over a decade of armed conflict.

In collaboration with the Government of Türkiye, UNICEF Türkiye co-leads the WASH sector earthquake response. With GAC’s support, UNICEF will reach 1,500,000 earthquake-affected people with water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) assistance, non-food items, child protection, emergency health and nutrition operations, and psychosocial support. Project activities include: (1) deploying WASH mobile teams to highly affected areas; (2) distributing medical and water, hygiene and sanitation kits; (3) distributing non-food items; (4) providing access to protection services for earthquake-affected children; and (5) providing psychosocial services to affected individuals.

This project aims to address a funding gap related to the menstrual health component of a pilot program entitled Enhancing food and nutrition security and health for vulnerable urban dwellers in Bangladesh. The World Food Programme (WFP), the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) implements the program. This $170,052 contribution supports the Menstrual Health Management component implemented by UNFPA. It allows for the continued support of menstrual health management for vulnerable adolescent girls and women in a Dhaka slum. Project activities include: (1) providing and distributing three different types of sanitary napkins to 3,300 girls and women through 20 local shops; (2) building awareness among stakeholders of the need to address menstrual health issues; and (3) disseminating lessons learned.

This project aims to strengthen the international response to deliberate chemical and biological threats, attacks and incidents. Project activities include: (1) supporting multilateral advocacy, outreach and collaboration by the World Health Organization (WHO) at the health-security interface; (2) delivering tailored regional-level mapping and risk assessments to identify gaps and national capabilities to respond to chemical and biological threats; and (3) the developing standard operating procedures for the detection, assessment and management of potential deliberate chemical and biological events.