Grants and Contributions

This 29 month-project will address systemic barriers to the establishment and growth of women-owned enterprises, with a particular focus on Black communities and official language minority communities, in order to create a more inclusive and equitable social
entrepreneurial landscape in the Canadian digital economy.

To do so, the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) will conduct research to uncover and showcase indicators and catalysts for success at all stages of social entrepreneurship in the digital economy. It will recruit at least 500 women-owned enterprises in Ontario, Manitoba, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Alberta to participate in its entrepreneurship and mentorship programs, and interactive hub to exchange knowledge, best practices, and mentorship opportunities. ICTC will also be engaging with core industry partners to participate in an advisory committee, contribute their expertise to knowledge mobilization sessions for the entrepreneurs, and share project information among their networks. At the end of the project, the organization will share results of its project evaluation.

This 30-month project will address women's systemic barriers to job retention and representation in male-dominated fields. Build a Dream aims to improve equity and women's economic participation and prosperity across workplaces such as the Skilled Trades, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), law enforcement, emergency response and entrepreneurship. To do so, the organization will build strategic relationships with key stakeholders, community leaders, and businesses and perform an environmental scan to capture existing knowledge and best practices to enhance the industry's capacity and leadership to help women, including students and women from underrepresented communities, pursue careers in male-dominated fields.

Build a Dream will offer career development opportunities by connecting industry collaborators, students, and job seekers through virtual conferences, career discovery exhibitions, workshops, and hands-on learning programs. Also, the organization will develop a mentoring program and host a leadership symposium highlighting initiatives to improve women's economic pathways across these fields. An awareness campaign and open dialogue on gender perspectives and stereotypes will also be launched.

At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to the elimination of systemic, persistent and prejudicial barriers to women's equality in male-dominated sectors and the creation of a more diverse and inclusive workforce by changing norms and attitudes, encouraging collaboration, networking and improving access to resources that enable women to participate fully and thrive.

Through this 12-month project, Women’s Centre for Social Justice (WCSJ) will contribute to preventing and addressing human trafficking by tackling knowledge and resource gaps in the GBV sector. To do so, community-based research on community’s understanding of and knowledge gaps on human trafficking in the Canadian context will be conducted. WCSJ will also develop and test a 360-degree wrap-around support service, including resources and a toolkit for survivors of human trafficking, their families, their support networks, and the general public.

WCSJ will engage community partners, survivors and their families as well as academics to participate in the participatory research design, contribute their expertise to the data collection efforts and toolkit development and share project information within their networks.

Through this 30-month project, 11399527 Canada Society (O/A Future Black Female) will develop and put in place the Black Youth United Against GBV & IPV pilot project to strengthen the GBV sector. It will address knowledge and awareness gaps about the intersectional identities that shape Black women’s and girls’ experiences of GBV and IPV through culturally relevant and responsive youth-led workshops. To do so, the project will recruit, train, and mobilize Black youth, including boys and men, as facilitators of discussions about GBV and IPV. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the promising practice. Future Black Female will facilitate community roundtable discussions; present at conferences and create resources and materials to share information on the promising practice with others so that they may replicate it or expand upon it.

This project is to improve energy efficiency in Canada's Indigenous communities.

This project advances the Government of Canada commitment to plant an additional two billion new trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader approach to nature-based climate solutions.

Participation in the NRC IRAP’s PIC Summit Europe mission held in the Netherlands, November 6-10, 2023, led by the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) to develop international partnerships and potential project ideas for the 2023 Xecs Call for Proposals.

Design of an adaptive multi-blade chisel for squaring stone blocks

Integrating local science and stewardship into marine conservation planning in Haida Gwaii

Captive breeding and reintroduction of the threatened Great Lakes-St. Lawrence/Canadian Shield (GLSLCS) population of Western chorus frogs