Grants and Contributions

To develop a Community Capacity Study and Business and Service Gap Analysis to assist in future economic development planning.

GDSL trains 174 volunteers to use our Open Learning training model, including 1-on-1 training, online courses, and printed materials to teach basic digital skills.

Newcomers, non-English or French speakers at home, and seniors 65+ will learn skills and increase their confidence to participate in the digital economy.

Training for Canadians with sight loss to learn how to use accessibility features & assistive devices to utilize the Internet safely, confidently, and independently.

This 24-month project will develop an enhanced community and workplace experience for the Signal for Help Responders learning journey and increase the reach of the initiative to better respond to survivors.

This will be achieved by 1) establishing project governance, 2) conducting a comprehensive environmental and resource scan, 3) developing an interactive e-learning platform, 4) engaging rurally located queer and gender diverse people in care navigation, 5) conducting data collection, monitoring, and evaluation of tools, and 6) engaging community in ongoing education and knowledge-sharing.

Ongoing measurement and evaluation with quarterly analysis to identify learnings to integrate. (Ongoing for the duration of the project.)

The proposed project aims to develop and harden light readout technologies required for radiation spectrometers for exploration-class space missions to the Moon and beyond. Bubble Technology Industries (BTI) is currently developing radiation spectrometers for life science and planetary science purposes, using silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) to read out the light from scintillator detectors. In previous work, SiPMs have been demonstrated in the laboratory; however, hardening is required to optimize the technology for long deployments in deep space.

In the proposed work, compact sensor packages will be developed that are miniaturized and hardened for space applications. It is expected that the novel systems developed for space will lead to a number of spin-off technologies to be used in a wide range of terrestrial applications, including: defence and homeland security through nuclear, explosives, and contraband detection; radiation protection of aircrew personnel; applications in proton therapy; and advancement of fundamental science through research contracts.

This project will support the development of CubeSat re-entry technology to increase Canadian industrial capabilities of space technology, democratize the return of materials from space, and support the reusability of the satellite technology. The purpose of this project is to assess the effects of temperature in the re-entry process and determine the required form factor for CubeSats to safely return to earth. The Canadian population will benefit from supporting a Canadian technology company in increasing its product applications in the growing space market and allow for universities and their students to increase the various use cases of CubeSat research.

Almost all space solar modules utilize one source of space glass. Edgehog has previously demonstrated the superior light transmission of its nanotextured anti-reflection process on this industry-standard glass, showing an impressive 1% absolute gain in energy conversion efficiency. This project seeks to recreate such structures on an alternative space glass, 0214-glass, to alleviate the reliance of an entire industry on one glass supplier. Due to the different chemical composition of 0214-glass, the treatment process must be adjusted to account for differences in physical application and chemical reactivity. Successful process transfer enables further adapting the process for other glass alternatives and other applications like camera lenses. The project will also develop a mass-production lamination process, allowing the enhanced 0214-glass to become a viable alternative to the industry standard. This alleviates major risks in supply chain stability and secures this Canadian process as a crucial part of the supply chain.