Grants and Contributions

Membership to IUTAM allows Canada to participate in international endeavours and promotes the exchange and dissemination of knowledge in the most advanced areas of scientific and industrial research.

Membership to ICOSPAR allows Canada to participate in international endeavours and promotes the exchange and dissemination of knowledge in the most advanced areas of scientific and industrial research.

Membership to CODATA allows Canada to participate in international endeavours and promotes the exchange and dissemination of knowledge in the most advanced areas of scientific and industrial research.

Membership to INQUA allows Canada to participate in international endeavours and promotes the exchange and dissemination of knowledge in the most advanced areas of scientific and industrial research.

Through this 15-month project, the AIDS Committee of Toronto will address the needs and barriers to equality for 2SLGBTQI+ communities. This will be achieved by first identifying barriers to workforce participation through primary research activities. The organization will use the findings to inform the development of workshops reaching diverse groups of 2SLGBTQ+ people with disabilities per year and piloting them. An evaluation of these workshops will be undertaken to ensure proper adaptation to the needs of the target community.

Through this 15-month project, Stratford Pride Community Centre will address the needs and barriers to equality for 2SLGBTQI+ communities. This will be accomplished through dialogue and education outreach, to address growing division between generational values, while fostering safety, acceptance, and joy for members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community living in Stratford and Perth County. This will be achieved by 1) launching a multi-platform awareness campaign to foster empathy and to lay the foundation for community dialogue; 2) facilitating community engagements among diverse participants to identify community needs, while promoting dialogue and inclusion; 3) developing, piloting and conducting educational workshops and resources, aimed at promoting community diversity; and 4) disseminating tools, resources and results in the community and assessing project results.

With GAC’s support, World Vision Canada helps provide lifesaving and gender-responsive health and protection assistance to vulnerable people in Afghanistan and Lebanon.

This grant represents Canada’s long-term institutional support to the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). Canada’s core funding is used to support UN Women’s triple mandate of support for gender equality norms and standards; UN System coordination and operational work.

Through this 15-month systemic change project, The Courage to Act Foundation will scale “At the Root: A Systems Change Approach to Addressing Sexual Harassment in STEM-focused Experiential Learning” to advance the economic security and prosperity of women and gender-diverse individuals. It will address the urgent but oft-ignored issue of sexual harassment in experiential learning, particularly within STEM contexts.

Project activities include: (1) providing shelter, clothing and other essential non-food items; (2) providing adequate water, sanitation and health services, including in reproductive health; (3) providing opportunities for education and livelihoods support; (4) providing protection, including against sexual and gender-based violence, child protection and working with governments to register asylum seekers and refugees, and help issue identity documents; (5) working with governments to support refugee self-reliance and forge peaceful relations between refugees and local citizens; and (6) expanding opportunities for durable solutions for people of concern.