Grants and Contributions

16th Annual Preston Area Remembrance Day Events and Ceremony 2025

Bonne Bay Cenotaph

The purpose of this funding is to support Ya'thi Néné Lands and Resources Office in participating in activities related to the 2025 Terms of Reference and workplan with the CNSC.

Support the Recipient's Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Project

Purchase plastic injection equipment to re-shore supply chain

The satellite market has recently shifted towards Low Earth Orbit constellations. These missions require feeder link antennas that offer a wide scan angle and are typically supported by reflector antennas. A shift towards phased array for feeder links is starting to emerge as this technology presents great advantages in terms of number of beams, speed of reconfigurability and interference mitigation capacities. The purpose of this project is to develop a feeder link Ka-Band phased array antenna with interference mitigation capabilities. This requires developing antenna architecture and concepts that integrate on-orbit calibration and develop interference mitigation algorithms. The expected outcome will be an antenna breadboard model to support the testing of calibration and interference mitigations algorithms. LEO constellations supported by these novel feed link antennas will ultimately provide broadband access to remote areas where it is not economically viable to develop traditional broadband services, helping to close the digital divide.

The objective of this proposal is to design and test a vascular simulator for variable gravity mechanobiology to be used in future space missions. It will build upon a portable vascular simulator used to study the impact of variable gravity in a parabolic flight campaign of the carotid bifurcation. The simulator is being designed to study fundamental knowledge gaps in the biomechanics and mechanobiology of vascular adaptation and deconditioning. The vascular cell culture simulator will be used to expose human endothelial cells, blood cells and blood components to fluid and tissue stresses created during space flight to identify cellular response, adaptation and blood/drug interactions. The simulator will advance the development and testing of new countermeasures to limit cardiovascular risk in space flight. The vascular simulator developed will provide a platform to help answer specific research questions associated with endothelial cell response, inflammation and thrombosis formation.

Contributes to the recovery of endangered, threatened, and other species of concern, by engaging Canadians in conservation actions to benefit wildlife and to protect aquatic species at risk.

This project consists of a workshop exploring the evolving Arctic security challenges through an Indo-Pacific lens. The workshop will address topics such as threats to Arctic infrastructure and undersea assets; the role of emerging technologies; regional dynamics among China, Russia, the US, Japan and South Korea; climate change as a security multiplier; and, opportunities for strategic collaboration with like-minded Indo-Pacific partners.

The project consists of a one-day hybrid conference in Ottawa that will examine the implications of the 2025 federal election for Canadian defence acquisition.