Grants and Contributions

The Unsheltered Homelessness and Encampments Initiative will address unsheltered homelessness and encampments by providing funding and coordinating with other orders of government to increase housing supply, affordability, and improve access to vital services. To accomplish this, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada is working with provinces, territories and municipalities on the delivery of this initiative to maximize alignment, select communities and confirm commitments to support and fund community-level efforts.

This project aims to pass stale air through an organic substrate in order to oxidize the methane into carbon dioxide and water vapor thanks to the presence of methanotrophic bacteria.

This project aims to purchase a hydroponic farm, processing hub, and cold storage to increase food production and food sovereignty.

October 2024 – Myanmar is experiencing a humanitarian crisis driven by armed conflict, economic hardship, protracted displacement and vulnerability to climate shocks. An estimated 18.6 million people require humanitarian assistance in 2024. Humanitarian organizations are operating in an increasingly complex environment, with humanitarian access becoming an ever-greater challenge due to rising insecurity and restrictions.

With GAC’s support, Humanity and Inclusion Canada improves access to health and protection services in Myanmar. Project activities include: (1) providing rehabilitation, mental health and psychosocial services; (2) providing cash assistance; (3) providing protection awareness sessions and services; and (4) raising awareness of the risks associated with explosive ordnance.

November 2024 – The humanitarian situation in Syria has continued to deteriorate due to the ongoing conflict, resulting in displacement, severe protection risks and restricted humanitarian access. According to the United Nations, an estimated 15.3 million people need humanitarian assistance in Syria, with over 6 million internally displaced persons.

With GAC’s support, Islamic Relief aims to reduce suffering and increase and maintain human dignity of 127,634 individuals, particularly women and girls, in internally displaced people (IDP) camps and towns in the Governorates of Idlib and Aleppo in Northwest Syria. Project activities include: (1) delivering essential medicines and medical supplies supplied to health centres; (2) raising awareness on sexual and reproductive health, optimal maternal nutrition, menstrual hygiene management, and protection; and (3) preparing confidential, culturally appropriate and gender sensitive case management rooms for IDP and host community (HC) women, men, girls and boys.

The project will deliver a series of workshops across Manitoba on workplace sexual harassment and develop videos that will be posted on their website. The workshops and videos will increase awareness and build knowledge of workplace sexual harassment and options for dealing with legal issues if they arise. The project will specifically focus on serving diverse communities, including Indigenous persons, newcomers, rural and remote communities, persons with disabilities, and youth.

This departmental grant is in support of the costs associated for committee members to attend the NWT Justice Symposium February 2025 in Yellowknife. The Symposium’s focus will be the criminal justice system and its procedures. Attendance at the Symposium will equip the attendees with valuable information on how the justice system operates and the attendees role within it.

This departmental grant is in support of the costs associated for committee members to attend the NWT Justice Symposium February 2025 in Yellowknife. The Symposium’s focus will be the criminal justice system and its procedures. Attendance at the Symposium will equip the attendees with valuable information on how the justice system operates and the attendees role within it.

The project will increase awareness and knowledge of the rights and responsibilities of vulnerable workers, and the legal remedies available to them in relation to sexual harassment in the workplace by creating and delivering public legal education and information resources.

The project will develop legal information and tools to address workplace sexual harassment with a focus on vulnerable populations and employers in male-dominated sectors including agriculture, higher education institutions and the trucking sector in Nova Scotia.