Grants and Contributions

Enhancing capacity of the Northwestern Ontario Métis Community on Taking Action on Phosphorus in the Lake of the Woods Basin

The purpose of the Oceans Management Contribution funding is to support the development and implementation of oceans conservation and management activities in Canada.

The purpose of the Oceans Management Contribution funding is to support the development and implementation of oceans conservation and management activities in Canada.

To encourage scientific research and related scientific activities (e.g. data collection, integration, monitoring, and communication, including communication via conferences and symposia) and dissemination of scientific knowledge in the areas of: (a) Fisheries and Aquaculture Science; (b) Ecosystem Science; (c) Oceanography and Modelling; and (d) Freshwater Science.

The purpose of this project is to develop and implement innovative and standards-based solutions that contribute to the modernization of the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure. The CGDI is the collection of geospatial data, standards, policies, applications, and governance that facilitate its access, use, integration, and preservation.

This project aims to address the main causes of gender inequality by improving access to gender and culturally responsive sexual and reproductive health and rights for Indigenous adolescent girls and women in Guatemala. The project seeks to use a digital health ecosystem that uses smartphones to overcome distance, time, and other barriers. It aims to achieve this by creating a network of health personnel and facilities able to provide health care that respects biomedical and Indigenous practices. The project also aims to transform and enhance sexual and reproductive health rights resources to meet women’s and adolescents’ demands.

The project activities include: (1) providing health education training programs to community health workers, health personnel, and midwives on gender and culturally responsive sexual and reproductive health services; (2) enhancing health service delivery in rural communities with Indigenous and community-health stakeholders using the organization’s digital health ecosystem; (3) creating digital adolescent-friendly spaces for safe access to sexual and reproductive health services, information, and referrals; (4) strengthening data collection and dissemination at the community level and informing collaborative community health action plans using the digital health ecosystem; and (5) partnering with the Ministry of Health to achieve government ownership and sustainability.

This grant enables the participation of Coast Salish Cultural Monitors in the Cultural Heritage Climate Change workshop that is hosted by the Tula Foundation’s Ocean Decade Collaborative Centre for the NE Pacific from December 6 to 8, 2023.

To provide support for safe, healthy, productive waters and aquatic ecosystems for the benefit of present and future generations.

To provide support for safe, healthy, productive waters and aquatic ecosystems for the benefit of present and future generations.

The objective of the project is to decrease COVID-19 related mortality and morbidity in Guatemala. The project will improve the community response to and recovery from COVID-19 in target regions, including specific measures for women, girls and indigenous populations experiencing marginalization or vulnerability, and will strengthen COVID-19 preparedness and equitable response by community health workers and key stakeholders. The primary activities include: (1) delivery of distance education training for frontline health workers on COVID-19-related topics to improve community response and recovery; (2) use of a digital health system by community health workers to maintain culturally-sensitive quality health services for marginalized populations, including women and girls; (3) addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in vulnerable Indigenous communities; and (4) use of a digital health system to deploy real-time epidemiological surveillance of COVID-19 at the community level to inform timely decision-making. The project is a short-term emergency response to COVID-19 in Guatemala.