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Title:
Building Environmental Unit decision-support tools for responding to oil spills that incorporate BC First Nations knowledge, traditions, laws, and priorities for human, community and ecological health
Agreement Number:
GREATBEAR 22
Agreement Value:
$667,172.00
Agreement Date:
Feb 18, 2025 - Mar 20, 2027
Description:
The purpose is to continue to advance oil spill research in Canada to enhance Canada's level of preparedness and response by leveraging new collaborative research with some of the world's best researchers, both domestically and internationally.
Organization:
Natural Resources Canada
Expected Results:

The expected result is a better understanding of how oil behaves in onshore, offshore, offshore platform, and inland freshwater spill scenarios and more effective technologies for spill clean-up.

Location:
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, CA V6C 1T2
Reference Number:
115-2024-2025-Q4-16277
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Aboriginal recipient
Additional Information:

Grant or contribution awarded and spanning more than one fiscal year.

Recipient's Legal Name:
GREAT BEAR INITIATIVE SOCIETY
Program:
Multi-Partner Research Initiative - Oceans Protection Plan
Program Purpose:

The objective of the external science MPRI program is to continue to advance oil spill research in Canada to enhance Canada’s level of preparedness and response by leveraging new collaborative research with some of the world’s best researchers, both domestically and internationally.