Projects Archive

2016

Smart Prosperity Institute 2016

Land Use

$150,000

For a program helping municipalities to conserve and enhance the natural capital that supports civic services (water use, flood protection).

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2016

Thompson Rivers University Foundation 2016

Land Use

$150,000

For a Research Chair in Ecosystem Reclamation (CER) to lead research with the mining industry, regulators, First Nations and government.

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2016

University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) 2016

Land Use

$149,532

To develop a monitoring and assessment tool for measuring environmental, social, and health impacts of resource development in northern BC.

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2016

University of Victoria (UVic) 2016

Fresh Water

$168,734

For mapping water laws of three Indigenous communities and drawing parallels between Indigenous practices and licensed water use/behavior.

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2016

Canada Green Building Council 2016

Built Environments

$25,000

For developing a national framework for municipalities and provinces on energy benchmarking, reporting and disclosure.

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2016

West Coast Environmental Law Association 2016

Built Environments

$60,000

For development of coastal green infrastructure approaches for two Metro Vancouver communities vulnerable to sea level rise.

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2016

Capital Regional District 2016

Built Environments

$50,000

For a region-wide project to increase the use of active transportation, including walking, cycling, using a wheelchair, or skateboarding.

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2016

Affordable Housing Education Awareness and Development (AHEAD) 2016

Real Estate Profession

$15,000

For a study on various policy tools that can be used to preserve and expand affordable housing along transit oriented development areas.

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2015

FarmFolk CityFolk Society 2015

Food Sovereignty

$45,000

For creating a BC working group to research best practices on foodland trusts, implementing pilot projects and documenting lessons learned.

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2015

FarmFolk CityFolk Society 2015

Food Sovereignty

$40,000

To hire a coordinator for a pilot land-matching program that will pair young farmers with land owners, extension services and soil screening/analysis.

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2015

Green Bricks Education Society 2015

Fresh Water
Built Environments

$9,150

For Green Bricks to deliver interactive workshops on water and the built environment to 125 grade four classrooms in BC.

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2015

Kwantlen Polytechnic University Foundation 2015

Food Sovereignty

$54,740

To create an open database of local food system policies to share with planning staff, food policy tables and community organizations.

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2015

Lake Windermere Ambassadors Society 2015

Fresh Water

$42,000

To increase public knowledge on watersheds and enhance planning and governance for the Upper Columbia Basin.

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2015

Naut'sa mawt Tribal Council 2015

Food Sovereignty

$263,000

To support a new First Nations farm school incubator program that includes access to farmland, training and education and a market food hub.

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2015

Pembina Institute 2015

Built Environments

$300,000

To support collaborative, multi-sector input and action on development and implementation of BC's forthcoming Climate Leadership Plan 2.0.

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2015

Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District 2015

Fresh Water
Food Sovereignty

$7,950

To research and develop policies for sourcing, monitoring and managing water supply to support agriculture and local food production.

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2015

Tsleil-Waututh Nation 2015

Land Use

$35,000

To engage members of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation community on land use planning, with a focus on land tenure issues on reserve.

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2015

Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable 2015

Food Sovereignty

$55,000

To develop a Farmland Trust framework, liaise with local governments, establish a task force and implement two pilot food land trusts.

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2015

Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative Foundation 2015

Land Use

$44,000

To engage diverse stakeholders in the development of a Cumulative Effects Assessment of the Murray River Watershed.

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2015

City of Kelowna 2015

Food Sovereignty

$20,000

For an update to the Kelowna Agricultural Plan which will include extensive land mapping and consultation with community members.

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2015

False Creek South Neighbourhood Association 2015

Built Environments

$30,000

For research and community meetings on alternative governance models (ie. Community Land Trusts) to preserve and create affordable housing.

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2013

Fraser Basin Council 2013

Land Use

$180,000

For Smart Planning in Action, a project that will help 140 BC communities develop and implement sustainability plans.

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2014

Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable 2014

Built Environments
Food Sovereignty

$29,000

To create a farmland trust framework for BC; establish a local government supported land trust in the Capital Region as a case study.

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2013

Fraser River Discovery Centre Society 2013

Fresh Water

$6,000

To develop a resource package to help educators teach about water quality and inspire students to connect with water on a personal level.

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2013

Fraser Basin Council 2013

Fresh Water
Built Environments

$35,000

To pilot the use of Salmon-Safe development principles and practices in urban areas through an eco-certification process.

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2015

Regional District of North Okanagan 2015

Land Use
Fresh Water
Built Environments

$35,000

For Phase 2 of the Monitoring and Evaluation Program, to develop partnerships for collective actions on inter-regional planning challenges.

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2015

Southern Interior Beetle Action Coalition 2015

Built Environments

$137,500

To support research, education and piloting of a Community Land Trust to address rural housing issues in southern interior BC.

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2015

BC Wildlife Federation 2015

Fresh Water

$65,000

To improve the capacity of local governments to conserve wetlands; and support development of a BC-wide Wetland Inventory Standard.

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2015

Makeway (formerly Tides Canada Initiatives Society) 2015

Fresh Water

$140,000

For Canadian Freshwater Alliance to build public support for freshwater protection in BC and strengthen relationships between stewardship groups and First Nations.

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2015

Makeway (formerly Tides Canada Initiatives Society) 2015

Food Sovereignty

$5,000

For Give Green Canada to support research and development of a new section of the Green Legacies Guide on foodland trusts and related farmland initiatives in BC.

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2015

FMC Fair Mining Collaborative Society 2015

Land Use
Built Environments

$20,000

To produce an extensive legal and technical document for the public review of the Health, Safety and Reclamation Code.

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2015

BC Cycling Coalition 2015

Built Environments

$19,700

For a grassroots initiative that engages government, businesses and the public to support complete streets that improve pedestrian experiences.

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2015

City of Courtenay 2015

Built Environments

$20,000

For a revitalization plan for downtown Courtenay to identify potential regulatory, development incentives and capital project improvements.

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2015

Italian Cultural Centre Society (Il Centro) 2015

Food Sovereignty

$15,000

For a zero-waste demonstration model that will take organic waste from community gardens and restaurants and turn it into compost for local use.

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2015

Meal Exchange 2015

Food Sovereignty

$74,000

For six pilot university campuses to measure purchases of BC food, with the goal to shift 20% of the food budget to local, sustainable producers.

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2013

Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society 2013

Food Sovereignty

$70,000

To establish and operate two market gardens on institutional land in Vancouver and educate and engage neighbours; develop a case study on the project.

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2015

Wildsight 2015

Fresh Water

$150,000

For a citizen science series to engage and help communities to collect data and monitor lake, river, wetland and aquifer health.

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2015

University of British Columbia (UBC) 2015

Built Environments

$80,000

For the next stage of the Community Energy Explorer project, an online resource to help build understanding on community energy planning.

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2015

Stewardship Pemberton Society 2015

Food Sovereignty

$20,000

To create a plan for "Community Agricultural Parks" on local government land, in partnership with the Village of Pemberton.

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2015

Simon Fraser University Adaptation to Climate Change Team 2015

Land Use

$300,000

To build on the Climate Change Adaptation and Water Governance Program with focus on the intersection between water, food, energy and biodiversity.

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2015

Sierra Club of BC Foundation 2015

Land Use

$20,000

For the Youth Environmental Leadership Program, hosting youth-led conservation workshops and leadership training on Vancouver Island.

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2015

Rivershed Society of British Columbia 2015

Fresh Water

$20,000

For the Watershed Solutions Project to guide community plans to improve land and water land use practices within the Fraser River Basin.

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2015

Fraser Basin Council 2015

Fresh Water

$45,000

To develop a Nechako Watershed Strategy to advance stewardship and ecosystem-based management, and identify priorities for action.

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2015

Fraser Basin Council 2015

Land Use
Built Environments

$90,000

For year 3 of "Smart Planning in Action" - a program that helps rural and First Nation communities understand integrated sustainability planning.

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2015

Fort Nelson First Nation 2015

Fresh Water

$50,000

To develop objectives and management options for water use in the territory that maintains traditional use and treaty rights.

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2015

Cowichan Green Community Society 2015

Food Sovereignty

$20,000

For the Cowichan Incubator Farm Pilot project, to support training and education of new farmers in the region on an urban demonstration site.

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2015

Community Energy Association 2015

Built Environments

$80,000

For a Community Energy Leadership Program, to build climate and energy knowledge among elected officials and interested sectors.

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2015

Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources, Inc. 2015

Fresh Water

$40,000

To review existing and emerging indigenous watershed initiatives and co-governance arrangements to help watershed planning and governance in BC.

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2015

Allan Brooks Nature Centre Society 2015

Land Use

$91,300

For the Okanagan Collaborative Conservation Program to coordinate conservation, stewardship and land-use planning initiatives.

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2015

David Suzuki Foundation 2015

Land Use

$100,000

For the development of innovative funding mechanisms to help Lower Mainland municipalities protect and enhance their green spaces.

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Grantee Projects

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Smart Prosperity Institute 2016

Thompson Rivers University Foundation 2016

University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) 2016

University of Victoria (UVic) 2016

Canada Green Building Council 2016

West Coast Environmental Law Association 2016

Capital Regional District 2016

Affordable Housing Education Awareness and Development (AHEAD) 2016

FarmFolk CityFolk Society 2015

FarmFolk CityFolk Society 2015

Green Bricks Education Society 2015

Kwantlen Polytechnic University Foundation 2015

Lake Windermere Ambassadors Society 2015

Naut'sa mawt Tribal Council 2015

Pembina Institute 2015

Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District 2015

Tsleil-Waututh Nation 2015

Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable 2015

Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative Foundation 2015

City of Kelowna 2015

False Creek South Neighbourhood Association 2015

Fraser Basin Council 2013

Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable 2014

Fraser River Discovery Centre Society 2013

Fraser Basin Council 2013

Regional District of North Okanagan 2015

Southern Interior Beetle Action Coalition 2015

BC Wildlife Federation 2015

Makeway (formerly Tides Canada Initiatives Society) 2015

Makeway (formerly Tides Canada Initiatives Society) 2015

FMC Fair Mining Collaborative Society 2015

BC Cycling Coalition 2015

City of Courtenay 2015

Italian Cultural Centre Society (Il Centro) 2015

Meal Exchange 2015

Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society 2013

Wildsight 2015

University of British Columbia (UBC) 2015

Stewardship Pemberton Society 2015

Simon Fraser University Adaptation to Climate Change Team 2015

Sierra Club of BC Foundation 2015

Rivershed Society of British Columbia 2015

Fraser Basin Council 2015

Fraser Basin Council 2015

Fort Nelson First Nation 2015

Cowichan Green Community Society 2015

Community Energy Association 2015

Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources, Inc. 2015

Allan Brooks Nature Centre Society 2015

David Suzuki Foundation 2015