Grants and Contributions

Canada's Fisheries Fund will transform and drive innovation in the fish and seafood sector in Canada with a focus on developing the sector to better meet growing market demands for sustainably sourced, high-quality fish and seafood products.

February 2021 - Prior to the outbreak of conflict in the Tigray region in late 2020, Ethiopia was already facing ongoing acute humanitarian need, arising from sporadic but widespread intercommunal conflict, regional drought and flooding, swarms of desert locusts, the economic pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact of hosting nearly 800,000 refugees throughout the country. Together, these crises have led to widespread food insecurity, high levels of acute malnutrition, and significant population displacement. Although ongoing fighting and other access restrictions have hindered full needs assessments in Tigray, an estimated 29 million people in Ethiopia are likely to require humanitarian assistance in 2021.

With GAC’s support, HelpAge is ensuring access to life-saving health, nutrition, and protection services for elderly, disabled, or house-bound South Sudanese refugees living in Ethiopia’s Gambella region. Project activities include: (1) providing home-based health and nutrition services to elderly, disabled, or vulnerable refugees; (2) providing fresh food rations to nutritionally vulnerable elderly refugees; and (3) providing case-management and other protection services for elderly or vulnerable refugees.

The ongoing crises in Syria and Iraq continues to drive protracted displacement and humanitarian needs across the region. Over 10 years into the Syrian conflict, an estimated 11 million people remain in need of humanitarian assistance in Syria, and 4.1 million persons in Iraq. In both countries, these needs have been met with large-scale humanitarian responses implemented by hundreds of implementing organizations working in high-risk environments. These humanitarian responses in Syria have also been marred by countless attacks on humanitarian and medical personnel.

With GAC’s support, this project works to support humanitarian organizations in fulfilling their mandates safely by providing timely information and assistance in mitigating risk. Project activities include: (1) providing daily reporting including incident reports, analytical reports and thematic reports; (2) facilitating coordination meetings on access, safety and security amongst humanitarian organizations; (3) providing expert advice on risk mitigation at all stages of clients’ program cycle; and (4) provision of capacity building and crisis response to humanitarian organizations, including reviews of partner security plans and policies, free training courses in security management and conflict analysis.

Broadband Project that will improve access to high-speed Internet to 179 households in the community of Newtonville, Whitby in Ontario, using fibre last mile and fibre core netwwork technologies.

BellCryslerFTTP, Broadband project that will improve access to high-speed internet to 601 households located in one community in the region of Crysler, in Ontario, using Fibre technology.

BellMerrickvilleFTTP, Broadband project that will improve access to high-speed internet to 266 households located in one community in the region of Merrickville-Wolford in Ontario, using Fibre technology.

BellSpencervilleFTTP, Broadband project that will improve access to high-speed internet to 272 households located in one community in the Spencerville region of Ontario, using Fibre technology.

BellNewcastleFTTP, Broadband project that will improve access to high-speed internet to 103 households located in 1 community in the region of Newcastle, Clarington, in Ontario using Fibre technology.

Broadband project that will improve access to high-speed internet of 869 households located in one community in the region of Bancroft, in Ontario, using fibre technology.

Broadband project that will improve access to high-speed internet to 69 households located in one community in the region of Maple, Ontario, using fibre technology.