Grants and Contributions

This project aims to increase the health and protection of women and girls during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, by addressing their heightened vulnerabilities to maternal mortality, unplanned pregnancies, and online sexual exploitation and abuse. This project has two components:

Component one works to support local governments in continuing the provision of sexual and reproductive health services, as well as mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), in communities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Project activities include: (1) providing COVID-19 protection information, family planning counselling and services, through mobile and online platforms; (2) providing technical assistance and support in the roll out of cash assistance program for maternal health services; and (3) providing training to midwives and other healthcare workers on MHPSS services.

Component two focuses on building the capacity of government and civil society organizations to prevent and respond to online facilitated sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). Project activities include: (1) creating a database and profiling system for early detection and reporting of cases; (2) organizing an online support group to provide survivors with access to legal, health, and psychosocial support services; and (3) engaging youth organizations in developing solutions that tackles online sexual exploitation and abuse.

The project expects to provide 5,000 pregnant women with cash assistance to access institution-based health services, and 4,100 people (of which 97% are women) with contraceptives. The project expects that 300,000 individuals receive COVID-19 protection information and family planning counselling. The project also expects to provide 200 healthcare workers with training on MHPSS, and at least 1,000 survivors with SGBV support services.

This project promotes equality and the enjoyment of fundamental human rights including the right to participate in democratic processes for marginalized communities in Belarus, with a focus on diverse groups of women/girls. The project responds to the unfolding crisis in Belarus by engaging the international policy community in regular discussions in order to build policymakers’ knowledge, maintain pressure and facilitate informed and timely recommendations. Project activities include: (1) undertaking and communicating summaries of public opinion polls in English and Russian; (2) producing research on gender and human rights; (3) convening policy roundtables including with embassy representatives; (4) briefing representatives of international governments, organizations and donors, and briefing Belarusian media/ NGOs/ political actors; and (5) producing Chatham House ‘expert comments’ and multimedia and social media products.

Support to the Operation of Khartoum Isolation Centre to Ensure Quality Medical Care through COVID-19 Second Wave in Sudan

EUROSTARS project 114662 GESTURES with German partner Elmos Semiconductor SE

We want to build industry-first joints skeleton based hand tracking and gesture recognition software for ultra-low resolution TOF (Time of Flight) optical imager.

Proceed through a gauntlet of increasingly difficult challenges that allows the intern to grow in their knowledge of our domain, effectiveness of best practices and fit on their agile development team.

This YOUTH project will employee a recent graduate to assist in the delivery of the project "Canadian Greenhouse Automation Initiative" which aims to help growers to prepare and evaluate feasible automation solutions provided by Canadian automation service providers

The Habitat StewardshipProgram (HSP) contributes to the recovery of endangered, threatened, and other species of concern, by engaging Canadians in conservation actions to benefit wildlife to protect aquaticspecies at risk.

To support the participation of Indigenous peoples in activities relating to theconservation and protection of fish and fish habitat, including the development of theDepartment of Fisheries and Oceans' (DFO) policies, program elements and regulationsand the development of their technical capacity to support greater involvement in the conservation and protection of fish and fish habitat.

To support the participation of Indigenous peoples in activities relating to theconservation and protection of fish and fish habitat, including the development of theDepartment of Fisheries and Oceans' (DFO) policies, program elements and regulationsand the development of their technical capacity to support greater involvement in the conservation and protection of fish and fish habitat.

Prevention, early detection and surveillance, response, management, and reporting of Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) are activities that may be supported by providing assistance to Indigenous groups, academia, non-governmental organizations and other Canadian organizations.