Grants and Contributions
About this information
In June 2016, as part of the Open Government Action Plan, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) committed to increasing the transparency and usefulness of grants and contribution data and subsequently launched the Guidelines on the Reporting of Grants and Contributions Awards, effective April 1, 2018.
The rules and principles governing government grants and contributions are outlined in the Treasury Board Policy on Transfer Payments. Transfer payments are transfers of money, goods, services or assets made from an appropriation to individuals, organizations or other levels of government, without the federal government directly receiving goods or services in return, but which may require the recipient to provide a report or other information subsequent to receiving payment. These expenditures are reported in the Public Accounts of Canada. The major types of transfer payments are grants, contributions and \'other transfer payments\'.
Included in this category, but not to be reported under proactive disclosure of awards, are (1) transfers to other levels of government such as Equalization payments as well as Canada Health and Social Transfer payments. (2) Grants and contributions reallocated or otherwise redistributed by the recipient to third parties; and (3) information that would normally be withheld under the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act.
$47,973.00
May 15, 2020
Aboriginal recipient
Preserving the Past for Future Generations: Digitizing the Documentary Heritage of Remote Northern Communities
2021-0015
The Pitquhirnikkut Ilihautiniq/Kitikmeot Heritage Society will digitize 1,000 35-mm slides that capture unseen moments in the lives of people, past and present, in the Central Canadian Arctic. The Laserich Collection offers insight into life in remote Inuit communities. These images span decades and capture everyday lives, people and places.
No other collection offers this volume of information and such a broad context of life in the North. It will enhance Canadian understanding of northern communities and help them to preserve and share their documentary heritage. The organization will share images through its Inuit Knowledge Bank and engage with community Elders to identify the peoples, places and content in the photographs.
$50,000.00
May 15, 2020
Aboriginal recipient
Digitizing Inuit Artistic Heritage
2021-0118
This project highlights the contributions and cultural resilience of Inuit artists, and it will enhance public appreciation for their art. Inuit artists face unique and systemic barriers to visibility by the Canadian public. Their art form is poorly understood despite being a key piece of Canada’s national artistic identity.
The Inuit Art Foundation (IAF) archive spans the development of modern Inuit art and represents artists from all media. The archive includes every community within Inuit Nunangat (Inuit regions) and reflects the incredible range of cultural and artistic practices among Inuit artists. This project will increase awareness of and access to a greater proportion of the IAF archive.
$508,804.00
May 15, 2020
For-profit organization
BarrelWise Wine Barrel Management System - Phase 1 Development
952228
This project is to develop and bring to near-commercialization level an IoT enabled wine barrel management system. The project involves integrating a variety of sensors and software into BarrelWise’s existing barrel management system.
$35,000.00
May 15, 2020
For-profit organization
Modular Auditing Program
952498
The Modular Auditing Program will review and validate key billing determinants that are constant in the utility industry, unbiased to the variability of each data set. The program will review data quality, detect anomalies and inconsistencies, as well as identify errors of meter data and billing exports.
$125,323.00
May 15, 2020
For-profit organization
Advanced Manufacturing integrated part retrieval and placement system
952503
The advanced manufacturing integrated part retrieval and placement system will take a manual system and apply an automated advanced manufacturing system that Automatic Coating will engineer, design and manufacture. It will automatically off load parts from the line that are vertically hung and rotate them horizontally where they will be handed to an human quality interface for inspection and then placed in their shipping containers ready for transport.
$42,000.00
May 15, 2020
For-profit organization
Ventilator Monitoring System
948933
Cerebra has plans to develop a prototypical device that is able to collect, process, and analyze data related to assessment of patient health when requiring mechanical ventilation to help improve patient care and optimize intervention, including but not limited to ventilator operation.
$50,000.00
May 15, 2020
For-profit organization
Automating “Product Market Fit” Analysis
952221
The objective of this project is to create software tools that will allow the firm to more effectively provide companies with clear insight into their Product Market Fit. Successful project completion will result in software tools that automate and improve upon their existing processes for manual market data collection and product-market insights analysis, enabling the firm to scale (x10) its business.
$53,000.00
May 15, 2020
For-profit organization
Microgreen platform development
952223
Develop microgreen platform insert with seed sheets for fresh sprout production in a smart indoor garden.
$55,000.00
May 15, 2020
For-profit organization
DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY AND ANALYSIS FOR THE SHOP FLOOR
952338
The goal of this project is to design custom electronic communications hardware, data analytic and control software, and new automated production management processes. This will create a suite of analytic software tools to enable the real-time control of production equipment and a database for operations management.
$755,933.00
May 15, 2020
Academia
Secure self-landing for unmanned aircraft systems (SSL-UAS - Drone Use Case)
969414
As the use of drones as part of Canada’s transportation logistics system increases, more research is necessary to provide evidence-based conclusions to support the ongoing and future development of technical and operations guidelines, standards and regulations. As a result, this Project interlaces three different disciplines (vision, machine learning and cyber security) to achieve the overall goal of creating a new generation of autonomous drones that can safely land indoors or outdoors if problems arise with their navigational and sensory systems, whether due to accident, technical failure, or attack. In addition, the Project aims to provide these drones with important safety features such as automated object/human in-motion avoidance capabilities that support the objectives of regulations that are either currently in effect, or are being drafted for this purpose.