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.
$44,622.00
Dec 4, 2020
International (non-government)
Special Operation Forces and the Arctic: Meeting North America’s 21st Century Security Needs (MINDS NAASOF)
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Funding will support a study on the Special Operational Forces’ current ability to address the emerging security needs, challenges, and threats to, and in, the North American Arctic.
$24,200.00
Dec 4, 2020
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Charting the way forward: Examining the responsible uses of military AI by Canada’s allies
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Funding will support research on emerging trends in the adoption of artificial intelligence in weapons and other systems, as well as examine the policies and best practices of Canadian allies and likeminded states.
$14,500.00
Dec 4, 2020
Not-for-profit organization or charity
African Navies & Maritime Security in an Age of Global Rivalry: Implications for Canadian Defence Policy
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Funding will support research on the relationship between African sea-power, regional prosperity and security, and great power competition.
$50,000.00
Dec 4, 2020
Academia
Understanding public attitude toward defence spending in a post-COVID fiscal environment
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Funding will support a study on Canadian perceptions, in particular on the impact of COVID-19 on support for defence spending.
$49,040.00
Dec 4, 2020
International (non-government)
Deepfakes, Climate Change, Flying Cars & Quantum Drones: Conditional Forecasting for Canadian Defense
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Funding will support research on novel security challenges, specifically: weapons technology; a new global order; human rights, human security, and governance; and, the information ecosystem.
$50,000.00
Dec 4, 2020
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Climate Change and the Canadian Armed Forces
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Funding will support virtual workshops in winter 2021 on how National Defence can adapt and respond to climate change.
$50,000.00
Dec 4, 2020
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Emerging Technologies and Continental Defence
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Funding will support a series of webinars, research papers and graduate student presentations, from January to March 2021, on how Canada and the US can modernize continental defence amidst accelerating great power competition and technological advances.
$50,000.00
Dec 4, 2020
Academia
The Factors of Successful or Failed use of Virtual Counter-narratives to Prevent Hateful Conduct and Violent Extremism
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Funding will support research on the effectiveness of different counter-narratives in the prevention of the dissemination of hateful and violent extremism speech on the web.
$44,838.85
Dec 4, 2020
Academia
From distrust to disinformation: virtual tools used to perpetrate conspiracy theories and their potential violent impacts in Canada
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Funding will support a study of the emergence of conspiracy theories related to COVID-19 on social media in Canada, in order to better understand the development, dissemination and adherence to conspiracy theories.
$17,900.00
Dec 4, 2020
Academia
Tracking and Identifying Women Peace and Security Research
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Funding will support efforts to map and create an online database of existing expertise on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) at academic institutions and in government, military, activist and not-for-profit organizations across Canada, in English and French.