Grants and Contributions

Still Creek Mid-Ravine Restoration Stewardship Project

This project will establish a Harm Reduction Mobile Outreach service aimed at supporting homeless individuals, those in shelters, and those precariously housed by delivering essential harm reduction supplies. The service will focus on addressing immediate needs, removing barriers to harm reduction supplies, connecting individuals with addiction support services, and offering trauma-informed care.

This initiative will purchase 8 vans and safe supplies as well as train and hire peer drivers to transport and connect unsheltered community members experiencing mental health conditions and addictions to programs and services that support their healing.

This project will acquire a wheelchair-accessible 16–18-person bus for the Ts'ewulhtun Health Centre's Sa’qw’thut Culture-Based Addictions Recovery Program. The bus will ensure accessible transportation, removing barriers for Indigenous community members to participate in this vital culture-based recovery program.

This initiative will purchase 8 vans and safe supplies as well as train and hire peer drivers to transport and connect unsheltered community members experiencing mental health conditions and addictions to programs and services that support their healing.

The Short-Term Rental Enforcement Fund aims to limit short-term rentals that take away units from the long-term rental market across the country. This is accomplished by providing grant funding to municipalities and Indigenous communities with existing strict regulatory regimes to support the local enforcement of short-term rental restrictions in an effort to make more long-term housing units available in Canada.

The retrofit of the community facility in the District of West Hants, NS that will improve natural light, reduce water and electrical use, and improve accessibility. The facility will be transformed into a green and inclusive community space for gathering, playing and learning.

Two public housing buildings operated by the Grande Spirit Foundation in DeBolt, Alberta that were situated alongside a creek were abandoned in 2016 due to a slope failure of the creekbank on the property. A geotechnical engineer evaluated the slope failure, and recommended the buildings be demolished or relocated due to potential for additional slope failures/movement. The properties were demolished in 2022 leaving a vacant lot in the middle of the community. The properties require restoration/naturalization to support stabilization of the creek bed, and beautify the vacant lot in the middle of the community.

The development of this new accessible natural space includes the installation of a bird observatory and sanctuary, walking trails, and an urban park. The purchase of private land will allow access to the river. This project will contribute to the development and maintenance of biodiversity and the natural habitat of the area by improving a specific ecosystem and making it more resilient to climate change.

Ecole le Ruisseau Parent Society is proposing a natural recreation area incorporating an urban forest, play area structures made with natural materials, a family seating area, walkways and signage, an insect garden, and an irrigation system. The project is located on school grounds, but welcomes public use.