Grants and Contributions

This project will improve maternal, newborn and reproductive health outcomes for women, girls and newborns from marginalized populations, in particular indigenous communities, living in the Sierra Machiques de Perijá and Maracaibo (state of Zulia). The UN notes that access to sexual and reproductive health care is essential for empowerment, safety, gender equality, and to reduce poverty [2]. The project aims to foster gender equality through targeted interventions to improve maternal, newborn and reproductive health outcomes.
Project components will:
� Improve provision of quality, gender responsive, culturally appropriate and environmentally sound maternal, newborn and reproductive health services in targeted health centers and hospitals
� Engage community agents, including indigenous midwives, so to enhance maternal, newborn and reproductive health needs in target communities
� Be informed by the Canadian model of midwifery care: the model recognizes midwives as empowered community-based primary health care providers who respect the self-determination of women and girls while relying on evidence based clinical decision-making capacities, promoting health rights and valuing local and culturally relevant practices
� Address all women and girls of reproductive age, with particular attention to meeting the needs of indigenous women and girls in the project’s target area
� Improve the provision of a range of sexual and reproductive health services: family planning, prenatal and postnatal care, labour and delivery support, and the management of emergencies
� Engage project partners (UNFPA, CAM and NACM) and project collaborators (clinical agents; community health agents, including indigenous midwives, community health workers and community leaders), with an understanding that diverse and complementary health resources can be leveraged for the advancement of health services, particularly in times of crisis.

This project seeks to reduce the threat to global populations of a nuclear and radiological security event. This is done by promoting the ratification and implementation of the three key legal conventions that govern nuclear security. Project activities include: (1) the organization of ten parliamentary sessions to promote nuclear and radiological security in Cameroon, Gambia, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe; (2) providing outreach and ongoing communications with participants; and (3) distributing a background briefing paper on the impact of nuclear and radiological weapons and materials on women...

Grant as part of the Participant Funding Program to Nisga'a Nation (Nisga’a Lisims Government) to assist in preparing for and engaging in Indigenous consultation activities and public participation opportunities associated with the assessment process for the Eskay Creek Revitalization Project.

Grant as part of the Participant Funding Program to Tahltan Central Government (Tahltan Nation) to assist in preparing for and engaging in Indigenous consultation activities and public participation opportunities associated with the assessment process for the Eskay Creek Revitalization Project.

Contribution as part of the Participant Funding Program to Ktunaxa Nation Council to assist in preparing for and engaging in Indigenous consultation activities and public participation opportunities associated with the assessment process for the Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project.

Contribution as part of the Policy Dialogue Program to Kyle Vermette to assist in preparing for and engaging in participation activities associated with the ongoing Review of Legislative, Regulatory, and Policy Development Processes.

The objectives of the program are to:.•Support greater influence and control over Indigenous ELCC programs and services by Indigenous peoples;.

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.

Through access to SPF funding, a wider range of Indigenous organizations will deliver Indigenous labour market programming, serving to embed collaboration and maximize leveraging opportunities with industry, federal-provincial-territorial partners, and Indigenous partners

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.