Grants and Contributions

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.

The purpose of the Small Craft Harbours Class Contribution Program (SCH-CCP) is to support the acquisition, development, construction, improvement or repair as well as the management, maintenance, safety and accessibility of eligible fishing and recreational harbours.

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.

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.

This project aims to improve the economic well-being of Vietnamese people, including women and other vulnerable groups, in Vietnam. After two decades of strong economic growth and poverty reduction gains, Vietnam needs to improve and expand its infrastructure while ensuring its environmental sustainability and climate change commitments. The Global Infrastructure Hub estimates that Vietnam would need to invest USD 110 billion between 2021 and 2025 in infrastructure to meet its Sustainable Development Goals, while its current public-financing capacity is only USD 15-18 billion per year. The government must attract much more private capital investment to support sustainable development.
The government passed its first-ever public-private partnership (PPP) law in 2020 to address inconsistencies in the regulatory framework, standardize PPP implementation practices, and encourage private sector investor confidence in Vietnam. This project builds on this regulatory momentum to improve the enabling environment for PPPs in Vietnam. It enhances the knowledge and skills of government officials, particularly in assessing gender and environmental sustainability/climate change in planned infrastructure, developing bankable PPP projects, and governance, policy and coordination of the PPP sector.
Project activities include: (1) conducting an analytical screening of the government’s 2021-2025 Medium-Term Investment Plan of PPP projects to identify strong candidates for public tendering and prepare a feasibility study for a viable PPP project; (2) studying women’s needs and infrastructure development in Vietnam and assessing gender gap in the operations of a selected government agency; (3) preparing curriculum and recruiting candidates for women’s executive and internship programs; (4) providing training and workshops on skills-building to assess PPP proposals; (5) providing seminars, advice and policy support to the Vietnamese government on the implementation of the PPP Law.
This project expects to reach Vietnamese government officials responsible for public-private partnerships (PPP) work at the municipal, provincial and national levels, officials engaged in PPP policy and sector coordination, and approximately 60 women selected to participate in leadership development and internship programs.

Wiidookodaadiwin Shkagamikwe (Mutual Help for Mother Earth): Carbon Sequestration through K-12 Restoration and Outreach

Project 2050: Community Climate Challenge

The goal of the proposed research is to employ state-of-the-art aerosol and aerosol-cloud-interaction (ACI) models in the context of a continuing program of ground- and satellite-based remote sensing and microphysical analysis to help characterize and better understand aerosol and ACI dynamics over the Arctic. The measurement-based approach of this proposal consists of carrying on previous analyses of aerosol and cloud dynamics at the event and seasonal level. The modelling component, by the same token, incorporates a moderate-spatial-resolution model for analysis of long term aerosol statistics a and a high-spatial-resolution, meteorologically-coupled aerosol model for the detailed evaluation of aerosol and ACI events.

The SWOT satellite mission will provide water level information for millions of lakes, rivers and wetlands in Canada. This project proposes to exploit this information to improve our understanding of the influence of these environments on the Earth system and to improve the quality of the hydrological forecast issued by the Canadian surface and river forecasting system. The project also aims to take advantage of in situ and multi-mission satellite observations to calibrate and validate SWOT products and assess their accuracy under various environmental conditions.