Grants and Contributions

P008559001: January 2020 – In 2020, there are an estimated 4.1 million Iraqis in need of humanitarian assistance, of which 1.77 million are in acute need. Out of the 6 million displaced people during the conflict against Daesh, more than 1.4 million people remain internally displaced. Those directly affected by the conflict against Daesh, particularly those who were displaced and whose lives and livelihoods were uprooted and destroyed, continue to require humanitarian assistance to meet their basic needs.

With GAC’s support, Oxfam-Québec is providing water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and protection assistance to vulnerable internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees and host communities in Iraq. Project activities include: (1) rehabilitating water supply systems and water treatment plants; (2) providing sanitation facilities and solid and medical waste management systems in health centres; (3) delivering hygiene promotion activities; (4) providing emergency cash-for-protection grants or multi-purpose cash assistance to vulnerable women-headed households; (5) providing psychosocial support activities; and (6) providing training to community-based structures, including women and youth groups, on protection monitoring, case identification, and referrals.

P008559002: January 2020 – In 2020, there are an estimated 4.1 million Iraqis in need of humanitarian assistance, of which 1.77 million are in acute need. Out of the 6 million displaced people during the conflict against Daesh, more than 1.4 million people remain internally displaced. Those directly affected by the conflict against Daesh, particularly those who were displaced and whose lives and livelihoods were uprooted and destroyed, continue to require humanitarian assistance to meet their basic needs.

With GAC’s support, Oxfam-Québec is providing water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and protection assistance to vulnerable internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees and host communities in Iraq. Project activities include: (1) rehabilitating water supply systems and water treatment plants; (2) providing sanitation facilities and solid and medical waste management systems in health centres; (3) delivering hygiene promotion activities; (4) providing emergency cash-for-protection grants or multi-purpose cash assistance to vulnerable women-headed households; (5) providing psychosocial support activities; and (6) providing training to community-based structures, including women and youth groups, on protection monitoring, case identification, and referrals.

This project aims to improve Myanmar’s ability to reform laws, policies and judicial practices, as well as strengthen national capacity to promote rule of law and address accountability for human rights violations. Project activities include: (1) conducting and supporting research and legal analysis of country specific cases to raise awareness, and draw broader support on identified barriers to redress and accountability; (2) building national capacities of judges, prosecutors, investigators, lawyers, civil society organization and victims’ representatives on the rights to remedies and redress for serious human rights violations; and (3) promoting and engaging local national and international advocacy efforts aimed at achieving accountability or remedies and reparation for victims and their families.

Supporting the Deployment of Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States to the Dominican Republic for the Extraordinary Municipal Elections on March 15, 2020

The project aims to contribute to the guarantee of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for migrants and refugees from Venezuela and host communities in Colombia and Ecuador, with a gender sensitive approach. Project activities include: (1) improving knowledge and agency of women and girls, migrants and refugees to exercise their SRHR; (2) empowering national/local authorities and civil society organizations in the promotion of comprehensive gender responsive SRHR services; (3) strengthening coordination mechanisms for comprehensive gender responsive SRHR rights and response to women and girls and migrants from Venezuela and host communities; and (4) increasing capacity and assistance on gender-based violence prevention and gender sensitive responses from national/local authorities and services providers.

Novel Machine Learning models will be developped for the automatic generation of training data for learning to predict distances of extragalactic objects from images.

Peas (Pisum sativum) are one of the main pulse crops, extensively grown in Western Canada. The demand for peas and their fractions continue to increase due to their known nutritional and health benefits, as well as growing demand for gluten free products. However, the beany flavour of pea protein presents challenge in using pea ingredients in a broad range of food products. This study will develop novel processing technology for pea protein using hydrodynamic cavitation and membrane filtration.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious and growing problem in the treatment of infectious disease. Broadly, the potential to use combat AMR using collateral sensitivity, a phenomenon whereby resistance to one antimicrobial results in sensitivity to other drugs will be examined. The hypothesis that collateral sensitivities can be used to slow the emergence of AMR will be tested. The central premise of this hypothesis is that the use of one drug will select against mutations that confer resistance to a second drug. For example, if streptomycin resistance mutations confer sensitivity to chloramphenicol, then treatment of a sensitive population of bacteria with chloramphenicol should slow the emergence of streptomycin resistance by selecting against specific, collaterally sensitive mutations. The team will test this hypothesis using a combination of conventional mutation rate assays and sequencing. This work will provide crucial tests of the central logic of using collateral sensitivity to fight AMR; such tests have not thus far been carried out.

Inter-satellite optical communication requires accurate pointing and tracking capabilities to ensure a reliable free-space link between satellites is established. In addition, correction of atmospheric fluctuations is necessary to allow for high-bandwidth connectivity between satellites and ground stations. Current existing systems with adaptive optics are large and fragile, potentially slow, with reliability issues that are unsuited for satellite-based systems. In this proposed research project, a solid-state integrated system compatible with CMOS technology will be exploited, without any mechanical moving parts. The proposed solution could be highly beneficial in terms of fabrication volume, cost, and robustness, especially for miniaturized satellites. The proposed research, if successful, could provide immediate benefit to established technologies, in the near term, e.g. LIDAR systems; and in the long term, will have direct impact to satellite free-space optical communications.

The objectives of the program are to:.•Support greater influence and control over Indigenous ELCC programs and services by Indigenous peoples;.•Improve quality and accessibility of Indigenous ELCC with an emphasis on cultural and language content;.•Support a more holistic and integrated system of quality ELCC services for Indigenous peoples; and.•Adapt and improve existing federal programs to be more flexible, adaptable and horizontal across federal departments as a first step prior to transferring control..

The objectives of the program are to:.•Support greater influence and control over Indigenous ELCC programs and services by Indigenous peoples;.•Improve quality and accessibility of Indigenous ELCC with an emphasis on cultural and language content;.•Support a more holistic and integrated system of quality ELCC services for Indigenous peoples; and.•Adapt and improve existing federal programs to be more flexible, adaptable and horizontal across federal departments as a first step prior to transferring control..