Grants and Contributions

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills. The CSJ program is delivered by the Department of ESD.

The project involves optimizing the launch of the Little Kickers business into Germany. This includes attendance at a trade show, digital marketing expenditure, localisation of legal agreements and sales and training visits.

Develop an enterprise level cloud-based drone services platform for businesses and governments with drone fleets.

The Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) Grants are intended to give companies that operate from a Canadian base access to the unique knowledge, expertise, and educational resources available at Canadian postsecondary institutions and to train students in essential technical skills required by industry. The mutually beneficial collaborations are expected to result in industrial and/or economic benefits to Canada.

This project demonstrates the role that fuel-efficient vehicle purchase can play in reducing fuel consumption for consumers.

Enhancement of Official Languages Program

The project being proposed by the British Columbia Search and Rescue Association (BCSARA) will react to feedback and engagement with First Nations communities in B.C that suggests a need for Search and Rescue (SAR) prevention programs and materials to be more inclusive and culturally appropriate. The concept of a NIF project to consult with Indigenous organizations and communities on SAR prevention materials and activities was brought forward to the BCSARA board several years ago, at that time another priority was chosen. Several recent events and changes present an opportunity to move such a project ahead, these include: -Establishment of the First Nations Coordination Unit in Emergency Management British Columbia (EMBC), providing a link between the EMBC role in supporting SAR, including prevention, and Indigenous Nation to Nation conversations providing an opportunity to include SAR related discussion. -Regional Partnership Tables being developed through Indigenous Nation conversations providing an opportunity to include SAR related discussion. -Interest in corroborating in Adventure Smart programs being received from several indigenous organizations including the Indigenous Sport, Physical Activity and Recreation Council and the Aboriginal Youth Mountain Bike Association.

The general scope of this project is to complete a river hydraulics model to update the flood mapping for the City of Prince Albert. State of the art modeling and mapping techniques will be required to complete the study with a three phased approach being implemented: Phase 1-Data Acquisition and Review: - Review previous hydraulics and flood mapping reports and establish model domain area in order to identify data gaps to complete the modeling. - Conduct a hydrographic river survey to measure bathymetry profiles of the North Saskatchewan River and the Spruce River within the study area; and - Summarize available data regarding infrastructure (i.e. culverts, bridges, outfalls, storm water connectivity, etc.) Phase 2 - River Hydraulics Modeling: - Complete a statistical analysis of historical stream-flow data to estimate design flows for the 100-yr and 500-yr return periods for the North SK River and Spruce River. - Create geometric data for the hydraulic model of the study reach by including LiDAR and bathymetric data for the North SK River and Spruce River and set-up model parameters. - Calibrate-validate the model with observed/historic flood data and conduct a sensitivity analysis of critical parameters within the process Phase 3 - Flood Hazard Analysis and Reporting - Evaluate the two design flood events by using the hydraulics model and estimate water levels and velocity profiles of flood waters. - Apply and calibrate model for the design floods. - Identify the two flood hazard zones (floodway and flood fringe) and develop GIS based flood maps. - Identify possible mitigation measures to minimize the impact of design flood.

The project will enable improved flood preparedness and emergency response through production of flood maps and adapted flood forecasts during flood season. Develop flood forecast models, adaptable flood maps including incorporating climate change, and flood detection tools to be applied as a flood management system for all Yukon communities and critical highway infrastructure.

Expand solar energy demonstration platform and micro-grid at UBC