Grants and Contributions

Pursue scientific research at a Canadian post-secondary institution as part of the Canada-China Scholars Exchange Program

Pursue scientific research at a Canadian post-secondary institution as part of the Canada-China Scholars Exchange Program

[February 2025] The World Food Programme (WFP) is the United Nations’ frontline agency in the fight against hunger. It responds to emergencies, saves lives by quickly getting food assistance (cash or in-kind) to vulnerable food insecure populations and helps prevent hunger. As the global lead agency for logistics and emergency telecommunications, WFP plays a major role in providing common services for the humanitarian community. It transports humanitarian workers, carries light cargo for humanitarian agencies and carries out emergency medical and security evacuations. This project operates in multi-countries, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Central America, Colombia, El Salvador, Global, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Ukraine?and Venezuela.

With the support of Global Affairs Canada (GAC), WFP provides targeted food assistance to vulnerable populations to reduce acute malnutrition and food insecurity and protect livelihoods. Project activities include: (1) distributing food and cash-based transfer; (2) providing supplementary feeding for children under the age of 5 years, as well as pregnant and lactating women; and (3) providing logistical support and enabling access to the most remote and challenging locations.

This project will improve database interoperability of the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program by working with Indigenous organizations and communities to foster co-production of knowledge that will improve reporting of Arctic biodiversity change.

To do so, the project builds internal capacity for growth and progress; establishes an Elders Advisory Circle and Youth Advisory; implements a new outreach and communications strategy; and carries out Indigenous-led research, collaboration and diplomacy in fora including the Arctic Council’s Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response Working Group, the Arctic Council’s Sustainable Development Working Group, and the Arctic Risk Management Network.

Project activities will include: (1) Delivery of on-site training on safe handling, disposal, and analysis of synthetic drugs and precursor chemicals; (2) Facilitate and convene discussions with key authorities involved in dismantling synthetic drug laboratories and handling chemical precursors; and (3) Development of a curricula meant for sharing lessons learned and best practices based on current collaborative work and gender responsive mechanisms.

The Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership (WVL) Bangladesh (2024-2029) project will support the most vulnerable women and communities of Bangladesh by providing capacity building and multi-year funding to selected women’s rights organizations (WROs). It will also support networking and alliance-building among WROs to influence policy and decision-makers more effectively. The project will scale up outreach activities, support mass advocacy campaigns, and strengthen the operations of these WROs. It will target a wider range of WROs addressing themes such as prevention of sexual and gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive health and rights, marginalization and exclusion, safe migration, human rights, and social movements to protect women’s rights. This project will be national in scope and expects to reach 70,000 women directly and 130,000 indirectly.

This project aims to reduce unemployment, enhance workforce skills, and promote social inclusion by addressing high school dropouts in Dominica, particularly affecting boys. The project intends to reintegrate 100 youth dropouts into the workforce through targeted vocational training and education in mathematics, english, office administration, document preparation and management, agro-science and technology, medical administrative assistant, hospitality and culinary arts and Adobe certified professional. The project intends support youth in earning their CXC high school diploma, a certification recognized by the Ministry of Education and an important prerequisite for both employment and further education.

Hurricane Beryl in July caused extensive damage in Jamaica and cost the agricultural sector $4.73 billion in losses, affecting 48,852 farmers. The project aims to equip rural at-risk youth in Manchester, Jamaica, with vocational skills and certifications to enhance their livelihood and income opportunities and improve community climate resilience. The Project intends to empower 210 rural youth through skills training in trades such as crop production, commercial food preparation, greenhouse technology, butchery, and nail care. The project also aims to train youths in climate-smart farming techniques like irrigation, crop rotation, and mulching, and intends to better equip them to support local agriculture education and food supply.

This includes: (1) strengthening the institutional capacity of local governments and other key stakeholders through technical assistance to manage climate risks and implement adaptation measures based on gender-responsive climate policies and multi-level governance mechanisms that include active participation from local communities, particularly women and youth; (2) collaborating with financial institutions to develop innovative credit enhancement mechanisms that facilitate access to financing for EbA interventions, particularly climate-smart agriculture, multifunctional restoration, and sustainable food systems; and (3) providing women and youth-led micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) with the financial resources needed to adopt climate-resilient practices and scale up their operations.