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.
$50,000.00
May 20, 2020
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Stories in the Mountains: Processing, Preserving, and Digitizing the Fonds of Select Alpine Club of Canada Members for Access
2021-0076
The organization will process, preserve and digitize fonds of selected Alpine Club of Canada members, to increase awareness and access to the collection, and build capacity within the organization.
The fonds come from members over the Club's 114 years of existence as a national mountaineering organization. They provide context and highlight aspects of members’ personal and professional lives, to complement official club records. They contain rare and difficult-to-access media, such as diaries, 35-mm slide transparencies, photo albums, films and sound recordings. Processing these collections and digitizing analog records will increase access for researchers, preserve original materials, and provide opportunities for exhibitions, programming and scholarships.
$50,000.00
Apr 9, 2019
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Scrapbooks: Peservation and Increased Access
1920-0817
In this project, the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies (WMCR) will digitize 168 scrapbooks from 48 fonds, with over 6,000 pages that represent the Canadian Rocky Mountain community from upper and middle-income families between the 1800s and the 1970s. Scrapbooks are a form of self-publication available to people of varying economic status, as long as they have paper, scissors, and glue. This under-used historical resource will be made accessible to community members and researchers through the WMCR’s online database. Content will include pioneer life in Banff National Park; travels on the Canadian Pacific Railway; political events; scientific and anthropological studies; and family life and events in various communities in and around the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The organization will digitize and describe each scrapbook and preventive preservation will be carried out. Digital scans will serve as a surrogate for the scrapbooks, to increase access and preserve the fragile scrapbooks in the WMCR’s collection.
$7,140.00
Apr 23, 2018
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
15218860
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