Grants and Contributions
About this information
In June 2016, as part of the Open Government Action Plan, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) committed to increasing the transparency and usefulness of grants and contribution data and subsequently launched the Guidelines on the Reporting of Grants and Contributions Awards, effective April 1, 2018.
The rules and principles governing government grants and contributions are outlined in the Treasury Board Policy on Transfer Payments. Transfer payments are transfers of money, goods, services or assets made from an appropriation to individuals, organizations or other levels of government, without the federal government directly receiving goods or services in return, but which may require the recipient to provide a report or other information subsequent to receiving payment. These expenditures are reported in the Public Accounts of Canada. The major types of transfer payments are grants, contributions and \'other transfer payments\'.
Included in this category, but not to be reported under proactive disclosure of awards, are (1) transfers to other levels of government such as Equalization payments as well as Canada Health and Social Transfer payments. (2) Grants and contributions reallocated or otherwise redistributed by the recipient to third parties; and (3) information that would normally be withheld under the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act.
$23,746.00
Oct 1, 2023
Academia
Joint Initiative for Digital Citizen Research
The Joint Initiative for Digital Citizen Research aims to promote Canadian research that will develop better understanding of the impacts of online disinformation in Canada in order to better inform programs and policies, to build Canada's capacity to conduct research on and related to countering online disinformation and other related online harms and help foster a community of research in the digital citizenship and online disinformation space in Canada.
$49,970.00
Oct 1, 2023
Academia
Joint Initiative for Digital Citizen Research
The Joint Initiative for Digital Citizen Research aims to promote Canadian research that will develop better understanding of the impacts of online disinformation in Canada in order to better inform programs and policies, to build Canada's capacity to conduct research on and related to countering online disinformation and other related online harms and help foster a community of research in the digital citizenship and online disinformation space in Canada.
$2,186,501.00
Sep 7, 2023
Academia
Right-wing Extremism in Canada: Conceptualizing the Movement
4685095
The purpose of this contribution is to provide funding for ongoing monitoring of the right-wing extremist movement in Canada, alongside particular concentration on the ways in which adherents are individually and collectively informed by traditional white nationalist ideals, as well as emergent conspiracy and disinformation narratives.
$50,000.00
Aug 3, 2023
Academia
Combating misinformation with strategies based on the (non)-politicization of defense issues
This project focuses on the lessons to be learned from the war in Ukraine, not on the battlefield, but on what some see as the true weakness of the Ukrainians, namely the western societies constituting the “back”, with a focus on combatting the negative effects of politicization of defence issues and disinformation.
$43,468.00
Jul 1, 2023
Protecting Children and Youth Online
1359535
Digital Citizen Contribution Program
$40,405.00
Jun 29, 2023
Academia
Understanding Hybrid Warfare in the era of Great Power Competition: The Role of Gender in Disinformation Campaigns
Funding will support analysis of Hybrid Warfare disinformation campaigns through the creation of an open-access database to aid Canada to better understand gray areas of misinformation and to help respond to it.
$49,828.50
Jun 26, 2023
Other
Perspectives on Automated Disinformation using Large Language Models
The funding will support a literature search and a three day conference where topics will bring forward and test perspectives and ideas on how technological advancements such as ChatGPT and refinements such as Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback can be used for malicious purposes by a small group.
$50,000.00
Jun 1, 2023
Delete Digital Hate
1359536
Digital Citizen Contribution Program
$50,000.00
Jun 1, 2023
Protecting and Supporting Youth who have experienced Online Sexual Violence
1360081
Digital Citizen Contribution Program -
$50,000.00
May 1, 2023
Building Community Capacity to Combat Online Harms
1359534
Digital Citizen Contribution Program