Grants and Contributions

Encourage and accelerate innovation via the dissemination of information

November 2022 – On October 2, after more than three years without cases, Haiti reported cholera cases in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince. Since then, the disease has spread considerably to other regions of the country. As of November 14, according to the Pan American Health Organization, there have been more than 7,500 suspected cholera cases. Furthermore, this cholera resurgence is happening in a complex operational context, with rampant insecurity, access constraints, and insufficient infrastructures to meet humanitarian needs.

With GAC’s support and other donors, the United Nations Children’s Fund provides additional water, hygiene and sanitation (WASH) support to crisis-affected people in Haiti. Project activities include: (1) deploying WASH mobile teams to highly affected areas; (2) conducting awareness raising or hygiene promotion activities; (3) distributing medical and water, hygiene and sanitation kits; and (4) distributing supplies to improve access to safe drinking water.

December 2022 – After more than three years without cases, Haiti reported cholera cases in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince in October 2022. In response, the UN released a Flash Appeal to address the needs of 1.4 million people in the country. As of December 15, according to the Pan American Health Organization, there are more than 14,000 suspected cholera cases in Haiti. Furthermore, this cholera resurgence is taking place in a complex operational context, with rampant insecurity, access constraints, and insufficient infrastructures to meet humanitarian needs.

With GAC’s support, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is contributing to meeting the safety and sexual and reproductive health needs of vulnerable women and girls in Haiti. Project activities include: (1) ensuring protection from and response to gender-based violence; (2) providing emergency obstetric care, and sexual and reproductive health services; and (3) providing health services, medication, dignity and reproductive health kits to crisis-affected people.

An enterprise-ready version of Cratic’s culture-building SaaS platform

Die casting is a high-volume manufacturing process used for a variety of components from appliances to automotive parts. It enables the production of complex, thin, integrated components by injecting a liquid alloy at high velocity into a steel die where the melt rapidly solidifies. This can however result in gas entrapment, causing detrimental porosity. Filling a large, complex and thin cavity in a very short period of time (e.g. between 20-to-80 ms) involves turbulent flow and high-velocity impact of the melt on the die faces while the liquid alloy solidifies. A key consideration is that structural die cast components have stringent property limits, including ductility. Although the die casting process has been used for decades and industrial operators have learned empirically how to alter the die faces to promote quality, there are still fundamental gaps in understanding and modelling the fast, turbulent filling and rapid solidification of the alloy especially at the surfaces. The collaborative project intends to better understand and model the fast transient metallurgical, fluid and thermal physics in aluminium HPVDC.

The Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) are meant to nurture the interest of the students and fully develop their potential for a research career in the natural sciences and engineering. They are also meant to encourage students to undertake graduate studies in these fields. Students who would like to gain research experience in an academic setting, these awards can provide financial support through the hosting university. NSERC encourages qualified Aboriginal students to apply to this program.

The Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) are meant to nurture the interest of the students and fully develop their potential for a research career in the natural sciences and engineering. They are also meant to encourage students to undertake graduate studies in these fields. Students who would like to gain research experience in an academic setting, these awards can provide financial support through the hosting university. NSERC encourages qualified Aboriginal students to apply to this program.

Revitalize Veterans park in Port Coquitlam, BC - Budget 2021

Establish a new Chinese Canadian Museum in Vancouver's Chinatown - Budget 2021

Support the 2023 firework festival in Vancouver, BC - Budget 2021