Grants and Contributions

To increase SMEs' export capacity building through training by supporting the Trade Accelerator Program and increase SMEs' awareness of the export supports available.

This project aims to strengthen capacities and improve business management practices of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) owned and managed by women, youth and other aspiring entrepreneurs in Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand to expand into global and regional markets and foster sustainable economic growth. The project consists of two main components: Policy Advocacy and Research, and Training and Mentoring. The project replicates the Research, Training and Mentoring component of the first phase in Malaysia and Thailand, and Research and Training in Papua New Guinea. The project establishes new local partnerships in these three developing economies through their Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) network ensuring buy-in and collaboration. Under the Research, Training and Mentoring components, project activities include: (1) scaling up the capacity for digital entrepreneurship due to the global pandemic; (2) assuring inclusive MSME growth focused on equal access to technology and infrastructure; (3) increasing support for MSME competitiveness and ability to access international markets; (4) promoting innovation and support for micro-enterprises and start-ups; and (5) promoting capacity building for MSMEs in informal sectors. These research themes align with important regional MSME policy visions and frameworks, particularly the APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Working Group (SMEWG) Strategic Plan for 2021-2024 and the Putrajaya Vision 2040. For the Policy Advocacy component, project activities include: (1) encouraging the use of technology and innovation; (2) reducing barriers to market access; (3) strengthening human capital; (4) building gender-inclusive businesses; and (5) investing in social entrepreneurship. The project continues to work and strengthen partnerships established in phase 1 with policy actors such as national legislators, local legislators, business support organizations and MSMEs in Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. It is pursuing advocacy efforts for the suite of thematic policy recommendations that resulted from the research and studies in phase 1.

This program will support the expansion of student exchange and training opportunities between the United States, Canada, and Mexico in the area of Climate Change as announced at the Summit of the Americas in June 2022.

The purpose of this contribution is to focus on preventing and reducing cyberbullying and online violence among youth aged 12–17 across Canada, particularly those at risk of, or with repeated contact with the criminal justice system.

The overarching objective of the project is to replace existing equipment that has reached its out-of-service life as recommended by the manufacturer and to acquire additional equipment to further complement the CAN-TF3 cache. As the equipment will be purchased using City of Toronto standing offer procurement, there are no expected delays with regards to purchasing.

Priority is to bring the current cache items to standard that is reliable and consistent with the cache other teams nationwide are using. This will be done in conjunction with developing cache items that are currently not available or because of normal lifecycle issues have become obsolete or are approaching a point of operational failure. The focus will be identifying gaps in equipment that may negatively affect our ability to respond and provide heavy rescue and /or urban search. We will focus on items that allow for the efficient deployment of an effective force of HUSAR equipped rescuers capable of sustained HUSAR type deployment. The assessment and maintenance of current Cache to a level that is current with TF’s across the nation, to include lifecycle replacement and procurements to allow CANTF-5 to begin providing response capability to a variety of man- made or natural disasters. A complete, functional, current and well, maintained cache is critical to CANTF-5 maintenance of HUSAR capacity.

Through this project, Indigenous Courtwork Programs, in partnership with Ryerson University, will pilot innovative community-driven case coordination processes in five Canadian jurisdictions (British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and Nunavut) with the aim to improve outcomes for Indigenous youth who are dually involved in the child welfare and youth justice systems.

Over the next five fiscal years, British Columbia will advance victim services and access to justice for victims and their families by: providing frontline staff with access to tailored supports and tools to assist them in being resilient, engaged and healthy in their work; providing ongoing specialized services for victims that are vulnerable and at high risk of domestic violence; enhancing the work of Child Advocacy Centres (CAC) across BC and promoting continued coordination and collaboration among CAC partners; delivering Indigenous focused culturally safe programming and services; delivering training on Trauma Informed Practice for police, Crown counsel, victim service/anti-violence programs, corrections, and lawyers; enhancing the skills and knowledge of frontline victim service and violence against women service providers to support victims of crime and trauma in BC; and, undertaking various activities to support the implementation of the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights.