Grants and Contributions

The purpose of this CanExport SMEs agreement is to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for activities related to export market development that are part of an export business case for a specific target market, particularly where activities are targeting departmental priority markets and sectors.

The purpose of the Indigenous Habitat Participation Program and the Salish Sea Initiative, is to support the participation of Indigenous peoples in activities relating to the conservation and protection of fish and fish habitat, including the development of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ (DFO) policies, program elements and regulations and the development of their technical capacity to support greater involvement in the conservation and protection of fish and fish habitat.

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed weaknesses in public health preparedness and response to infectious diseases. A major challenge has been real-time policy and resource planning: policy analysts have limited tools to explore policy options and their impact on the trajectory of the pandemic, with a lot of their work being based on exploring predefined scenarios. Moreover, the impact of policy options on socioeconomic factors usually is decoupled from the public health analysis leading to less ideal actions that might in turn impact mental and physical health in the population. In the case of COVID-19, for example, large-scale social distancing measures enacted in response to the current pandemic were effective at limiting the spread of SARS-CoV-2; however, these measures are unsustainable interventions for long periods of time, and have shown to affect the economy, education and the mental health of many members of society. With the number of COVID-19 cases falling, quantifying the impact of lifting these policies on public health has been a major challenge for policy analysts, once again showcasing the need for tools that can support such analysis. Another major issue in analyzing the COVID-19 pandemic has been the high uncertainty in the data available about the disease and its impact on the population. Quantifying these uncertainties and their impact on model results is key to developing a proper course of action. The aim of this project is to resolve the problems highlighted above by automating the process of exploring policy options for controlling the spread of infectious diseases. Coupling artificial intelligence tools with strong agent-based epidemiological models and models of other socioeconomic factors affected by policy interventions, The University of British Columbia (UBC) believes it can improve situational awareness and policy planning in face of a pandemic like COVID-19.

Action plan to mobilize woodlot owners on private land for the conservation of species at risk in the St. Lawrence Lowlands

The Climate Action Incentive Fund (CAIF) MUSH Retrofit stream provides support to municipalities, universities, colleges, schools and hospitals to undertake energy saving and energy efficiency projects

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.

This contribution supports the community of Nutashkuan in the development of an Innu Aitun Plan which will identify the traditional activities of the Innus of Nutashkuan on going in the Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve.

The conservation project at the Kiever Synagogue targets two
deteriorating roof cupolas.

Canada Arts Presentation Fund

Canada Arts Presentation Fund