Grants and Contributions

The objective of this project is for the purchase of a 2021 Freightliner refrigerated truck (inclusive of insulated van, reefer, taxes) for their food recovery program.

The objective of this project is to provide an intern with experience in a beef cattle ranching and farming operation.

Grant as part of the Participant Funding Program to Fort Albany First Nation to assist in preparing for and engaging in Indigenous consultation activities and public participation opportunities associated with the assessment process for the Regional Assessment in the Ring of Fire Area.

Contribution as part of the Participant Funding Program to Stz’uminus First Nation to assist in preparing for and engaging in Indigenous consultation activities and public participation opportunities associated with the assessment process for the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project.

Contribution as part of the Indigenous Capacity Support Program to Temiskaming Native Women's Support Group on behalf of The Keepers of the Circle and AnanauKatiget Tumingit Regional Inuit Women's Association to assist in improving assessments, policy engagement, assessment monitoring and follow-up activities.

Contribution as part of the Indigenous Capacity Support Program to Métis Nation of Alberta Association to assist in improving assessments, policy engagement, assessment monitoring and follow-up activities.

DFATD collaborates with the Government of Tanzania, civil society and other donors to identify, manage and effectively implement technical assistance to improve aid effectiveness across all DFATD programming areas. Types of technical needs that can be supported include: gender-sensitive strategic planning; evidence-based policy research and development; policy dialogue; monitoring and evaluation; public expenditure tracking; public consultations; targeted/special audits; strengthened procurement and audit systems; gender budgeting; strengthened intergovernmental linkages; budget consultations; donor coordination; research and analysis; communications; and the provision of resources for studies, workshops and training for the Government of Tanzania or civil society partners engaged in DFATD programming areas.

The 43rd Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) Scientific Assembly is a conference with the objective of promoting scientific research in space on an international level, with emphasis on the exchange of results, information and opinions. This conference, hosted as a hybrid event (both in-person and virtual) in Sydney, Australia from January 28 to February 4, 2021, provides a forum for the discussion of problems that may affect scientific space research. Postsecondary students attending this conference are offered a unique opportunity to deepen their knowledge of space science, develop their international networks, and present their research at a well-established and prestigious forum to a respected audience. Under the Canadian Student Participation in the COSPAR Scientific Assembly Announcement of Opportunity (AO), and as part of its commitment to support the development of the next generation of space professionals in Canada, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) awarded grants to graduate students (master's and doctoral) to participate in this assembly. The grant provided financial support to the student to cover the registration fees associated with their virtual participation in COSPAR.

Al-powered design automation inevitably involves iterations between generating a candidate design and evaluating its quality. As a result, rapid evaluation of the candidate designs is critically needed. In practice, however, evaluating the quality of a design is usually carried out by a physical process that is resource intensive and/or time consuming. As such, this resource and time consumption can be a major bottleneck for Al-powered design automations. To overcome this limitation, a surrogate evaluation function or a "surrogate model", is often used to replace the evaluation process and a learning approach is taken to estimate the parameters of the model. More specifically, the surrogate model is learned from a set of designs for which quality measurements have been obtained from the original evaluation process. This Project focuses on studying the effectiveness and robustness of such a learning approach and developing novel methods for this purpose.

This contribution supports the gathering of oral history stories from Labrador Inuit about the Torngat Mountains National Park and the Akami-Uapishku – KakKasuak – Mealy Mountain National Park Reserve, with a focus on Inuit legends and traditional living stories from elders. Interviews, video, and photographs will be used to produce educational and interpretive products, such as videos and a booklet.