Grants and Contributions

The objectives of the Program are to; support the development and utilization of effective approaches to address social issues and challenges;.develop, exchange and apply knowledge, tools and resources that address social needs of individuals, families and communities; foster partnerships and networks to address existing and emerging social issues; recognize and support the ability of not-for-profit organizations to identify and address social development priorities; and, recognize and promote community engagement initiatives (e.g. volunteerism, corporate social responsibility, innovation, partnerships, coalitions) that mobilize community assets and develop capacities and resources for action..

Hire engineer to aid in design and to create a new eco-friendly paper gift bag machine

The main goal of the project is to protect and promote strong, sustainable fisheries and dynamic ocean ecosystems into perpetuity. With ongoing analysis of monitoring data, the project aims to mitigate environmental and human-induced stressors negatively impacting aquatic sites and species. Based on data collected during Coastal Restoration Nunavut (CRN) consultations, three communities prioritized community-based monitoring activities, ensuring effective coastal zone management and research on species of local and cultural importance: Sanikiluaq (echinoderms), Taloyoak (whitefish), and Kugaaruk (arctic char).

Afghan Women's Organization Refugee and Immigrant Services (AWO) will achieve this by : engaging in significant outreach (advisory committee, peer leaders, outreach strategy); research (literature review, data collection via mixed participatory methods); community interventions through pilot small-scale social change prototypes (tested and adjusted as needed); and ensuring the sustainability of the results through the development and dissemination of a Dialogue Box/Toolkit Training, final report, and project learnings.

At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by supporting positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power, and by addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes to support women’s equality.

Pauktuutit will organize activities to facilitate sharing and mutual learning with POLAR, and begin to develop a comprehensive data strategy plan.

A two year pilot program, the Northern Canada Producer Accelerator (NCPA), to develop, train, and mentor up to 15 northern canadian screen media producers in NWT and Yukon.

Increase the capacity of businesses, not-for-profit corporations, hospitals, and public agencies to develop, adopt, use, or commercialize artificial intelligence.

Development of software to improve data labeling efficiency by automating the majority of work to train AI learning algorithms to produce the desired outcome.

The feasibility study will focus on the reassembly of a machine and the evaluation of the costs and hours to improve it.

This project aims to help farmers adopt sustainable farming practices and clean technologies that build farmers resilience to a changing climate and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.