PromoScience
Grant recipients (2014)
| Organization | 4 H Canada |
|---|---|
| Location | OTTAWA / ON |
| Project title | 4-H Canada Science & Technology Youth Leadership Development Program |
| Website | www.4-h-canada.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $79,900.00 |
| Year 2 - $79,900.00 | |
| Year 3 - $79,900.00 |
| Organization | Actua |
|---|---|
| Location | OTTAWA / ON |
| Project title | Science, engineering and technology outreach programming for underserved/underprivileged youth |
| Website | www.actua.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $170,000.00 |
| Year 2 - $170,000.00 | |
| Year 3 - $170,000.00 |
| Organization | Agence Science-Presse |
|---|---|
| Location | MONTR�AL / QC |
| Project title | Blogue la science! |
| Website | www.sciencepresse.qc.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $14,900.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of British Columbia |
|---|---|
| Location | BURNABY / BC |
| Project title | APEGBC Science Games |
| Website | www.apeg.bc.ca/science-games |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $4,000.00 |
| Year 2 - $4,800.00 | |
| Year 3 - $4,800.00 |
| Organization | ASTC Science World Society |
|---|---|
| Location | VANCOUVER / BC |
| Project title | Science Literacy in BC |
| Website | www.scienceworld.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $17,000.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | Bird Studies Canada |
|---|---|
| Location | PORT ROWAN / ON |
| Project title | Virtual Ornithology: Using Technology to Engage Students in Bird Science and Conservation |
| Website | www.birdscanada.org |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $14,200.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | Brandon University / Faculty of Education |
|---|---|
| Location | BRANDON / MB |
| Project title | PromoScience@Mini U |
| Website | www.miniu.brandonu.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $18,700.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | Canadian Light Source Inc. |
|---|---|
| Location | SASKATOON / SK |
| Project title | Students on the Beamlines |
| Website | www.lightsource.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $22,400.00 |
| Year 2 - $22,400.00 | |
| Year 3 - $22,400.00 |
| Organization | Carleton University / Faculty of Engineering |
|---|---|
| Location | OTTAWA / ON |
| Project title | Girls@VV Technology and Engineering Camps and Programs |
| Website | www.carleton.ca/vv |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $17,000.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | Centre de d�veloppement de la rel�ve scientifique et technologique (CDRST) |
|---|---|
| Location | MONTR�AL / QC |
| Project title | Sciences en famille |
| Website | www.cdrst.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $12,700.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | Christie Lake Kids |
|---|---|
| Location | OTTAWA / ON |
| Project title | Fun with Science |
| Website | www.christielakekids.com |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $9,400.00 |
| Year 2 - $9,400.00 | |
| Year 3 - $9,400.00 |
| Organization | Carrefour des Sciences et Technologies de l'Est du Qu�bec (CSTEQ) |
|---|---|
| Location | RIMOUSKI / QC |
| Project title | Je suis capable! |
| Website | www.csteq.com |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $34,400.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | �cole Polytechnique de Montr�al / Chaire Marianne-Mareschal |
|---|---|
| Location | MONTR�AL / QC |
| Project title | Promotion du g�nie aupr�s des jeunes filles et des jeunes femmes |
| Website | www.chairemm.polymtl.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $17,000.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | Elephant Thoughts |
|---|---|
| Location | COLLINGWOOD / ON |
| Project title | Science and Technology Educational Programming |
| Website | www.elephantthoughts.com |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $63,800.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | Evergreen |
|---|---|
| Location | TORONTO / ON |
| Project title | Exploring Science in the Outdoor Classroom: Visiting Schools Program |
| Website | www.evergreen.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $13,200.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | Falls Brook Centre |
|---|---|
| Location | GLASSVILLE / NB |
| Project title | Renewable Presentation Series |
| Website | www.fallsbrookcentre.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $12,500.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | F�d�ration des astronomes amateurs du Qu�bec |
|---|---|
| Location | MONTR�AL / QC |
| Project title | Discover the Universe |
| Website | www.faaq.org |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $25,500.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | Habitat Acquisition Trust |
|---|---|
| Location | VICTORIA / BC |
| Project title | Nature Science Education Program |
| Website | www.hat.bc.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $17,000.00 |
| Year 2 - $17,000.00 | |
| Year 3 - $17,000.00 |
| Organization | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre |
|---|---|
| Location | VANCOUVER / BC |
| Project title | Blast Off! |
| Website | www.spacecentre.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $26,200.00 |
| Year 2 - $26,200.00 | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | Kids Code Jeunesse |
|---|---|
| Location | MONTR�AL / QC |
| Project title | Kids Code Jeunesse |
| Website | www.kidscodejeunesse.org |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $34,000.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | Laurentian University / Earth Sciences |
|---|---|
| Location | SUDBURY / ON |
| Project title | Raising Interest in Science among First Nation Youth in Remote Far North Communities Using Hands-on Activities in an On-going Program of Regular Engagement Visits |
| Website | www.laurentian.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $28,300.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | Les Scientifines |
|---|---|
| Location | MONTR�AL / QC |
| Project title | Activit�s scientifiques d'�t� |
| Website | www.scientifines.com |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $10,200.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | Let's Talk Science |
|---|---|
| Location | LONDON / ON |
| Project title | Let's Talk Science Tomatosphere (TM) |
| Website | www.letstalkscience.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $34,000.00 |
| Year 2 - $34,000.00 | |
| Year 3 - $34,000.00 |
| Organization | McMaster University / Faculty of Engineering |
|---|---|
| Location | HAMILTON / ON |
| Project title | Venture (Engineering & Science and Computers & Technology) and LEAP (Learning Enrichment Advancement Program) |
| Website | venture.mcmaster.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $34,000.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | Nova Scotia Environmental Network |
|---|---|
| Location | HALIFAX / NS |
| Project title | Seven Generations - Mikmaq Youth/Elder Watershed Ecology Program |
| Website | www.nsenvironmentalnetwork.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $21,300.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | RiverWatch Institute of Alberta |
|---|---|
| Location | EDMONTON / AB |
| Project title | RiverWatch School Program - Staff Training |
| Website | www.riverwatch.ab.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $16,800.00 |
| Year 2 - $16,800.00 | |
| Year 3 - $16,800.00 |
| Organization | Royal Roads University / School of Environment and Sustainability |
|---|---|
| Location | VICTORIA / BC |
| Project title | Learning By the Sea |
| Website | www.royalroads.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $20,700.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | Ryerson University / Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Science |
|---|---|
| Location | TORONTO / ON |
| Project title | Big Bang |
| Website | www.ryerson.ca/feas |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $31,900.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | Saskatchewan Science Centre |
|---|---|
| Location | REGINA / SK |
| Project title | Go! Science Outreach |
| Website | www.sasksciencecentre.com |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $21,300.00 |
| Year 2 - $21,300.00 | |
| Year 3 - $21,300.00 |
| Organization | Science Rendezvous |
|---|---|
| Location | TORONTO / ON |
| Project title | Science Rendezvous |
| Website | www.sciencerendezvous.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $42,500.00 |
| Year 2 - $42,500.00 | |
| Year 3 - $42,500.00 |
| Organization | Science Teachers' Association of Ontario |
|---|---|
| Location | DRESDEN / ON |
| Project title | STAO Science Encounters |
| Website | www.stao.org |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $69,400.00 |
| Year 2 - $69,400.00 | |
| Year 3 - $69,400.00 |
| Organization | Science Timmins |
|---|---|
| Location | TIMMINS / ON |
| Project title | STEM and Outreach Planetarium |
| Website | www.sciencetimmins.com |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $42,500.00 |
| Year 2 - $42,500.00 | |
| Year 3 - $42,500.00 |
| Organization | Scouts Canada |
|---|---|
| Location | OTTAWA / ON |
| Project title | Scouts Canada's STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Program |
| Website | www.scouts.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $59,500.00 |
| Year 2 - $59,500.00 | |
| Year 3 - $59,500.00 |
| Organization | Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology (SCWIST) |
|---|---|
| Location | VANCOUVER / BC |
| Project title | ms infinity |
| Website | www.scwist.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $12,800.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | Sierra Club of BC Foundation |
|---|---|
| Location | VICTORIA / BC |
| Project title | Sierra Club BC's Nature Science Programs |
| Website | www.sierraclub.bc.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $19,100.00 |
| Year 2 - $19,100.00 | |
| Year 3 - $19,100.00 |
| Organization | Simon Fraser University / Mathematics |
|---|---|
| Location | BURNABY / BC |
| Project title | SFU Academic Summer Camp for Aboriginal Students |
| Website | www.sfu.ca/science.html |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $21,300.00 |
| Year 2 - $21,300.00 | |
| Year 3 - $21,300.00 |
| Organization | The Hospital for Sick Children |
|---|---|
| Location | TORONTO / ON |
| Project title | Standard Life Kids Science |
| Website | www.sickkids.ca/kidsscience |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $25,500.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | Tin Roof Global Action Inc. |
|---|---|
| Location | CREEMORE / ON |
| Project title | Water First |
| Website | www.tinroofglobal.com |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $25,500.00 |
| Year 2 - $25,500.00 | |
| Year 3 - $25,500.00 |
| Organization | Toronto Renewable Energy Co-operative |
|---|---|
| Location | TORONTO / ON |
| Project title | Kids' World of Energy Program - R.E. (Renewable Energy) Design Challenge |
| Website | www.treceducation.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $16,400.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | Trent University / Indigenous Studies |
|---|---|
| Location | PETERBOROUGH / ON |
| Project title | TRACKS Youth Program |
| Website | www.trackscamp.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $23,000.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | Universit� de Montr�al / Cabinet du Recteur |
|---|---|
| Location | MONTR�AL / QC |
| Project title | Une communaut� d'�tudiants universitaires en soutien � des �l�ves du secondaire et du coll�gial int�ress�s par les sciences et le g�nie |
| Website | www.seur.qc.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $19,900.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | Universit� de Sherbrooke / Institut interdisciplinaire d'innovation technologique (3IT) |
|---|---|
| Location | SHERBROOKE / QC |
| Project title | Mise en place du Festival de robotique � Sherbrooke |
| Website | www.3it.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $28,300.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | Universit� du Qu�bec � Trois-Rivi�res / Chimie-biologie |
|---|---|
| Location | TROIS-RIVI�RES / QC |
| Project title | CSI/UQTR |
| Website | www.uqtr.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $8,500.00 |
| Year 2 - $8,500.00 | |
| Year 3 - $8,500.00 |
| Organization | Universit� Laval / Centre de recherche en infectiologie (CRI) |
|---|---|
| Location | QU�BEC / QC |
| Project title | Chercheurs d'un Jour |
| Website | www.cri.ulaval.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $38,300.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | Universit� Laval / Facult� des sciences et g�nie |
|---|---|
| Location | QU�BEC / QC |
| Project title | Championat international des jeux de math�matiques et de logique et Semaine des math�matiques |
| Website | www.aqjm.math.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $11,100.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | Universit� Laval / Math�matiques et statistique |
|---|---|
| Location | QU�BEC / QC |
| Project title | SMAC (Sciences et math�matiques en action) |
| Website | www.smac.ulaval.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $34,000.00 |
| Year 2 - $34,000.00 | |
| Year 3 - $34,000.00 |
| Organization | University of British Columbia / Faculty of Applied Science |
|---|---|
| Location | VANCOUVER / BC |
| Project title | Geering Up Satellite Programming in Kelowna, Prince George, and Inner City Vancouver |
| Website | www.geeringup.apsc.ubc.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $29,800.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | University of British Columbia / Pathology and Lab Medicine |
|---|---|
| Location | VANCOUVER / BC |
| Project title | Creative Science |
| Website | www.ubc.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $11,700.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | University of British Columbia / Physics and Astronomy |
|---|---|
| Location | VANCOUVER / BC |
| Project title | UBC Physics & Astronomy Outreach Program |
| Website | www.phas.ubc.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $9,900.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | University of Guelph / College of Physical and Engineering Science |
|---|---|
| Location | GUELPH / ON |
| Project title | Guelph Science Olympics |
| Website | www.uoguelph.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $3,500.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | University of Lethbridge / Destination Exploration |
|---|---|
| Location | LETHBRIDGE / AB |
| Project title | Science Program Expansion - Reaching More Under-represented Youth in Southern Alberta |
| Website | www.uleth.ca/science-camps |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $28,900.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | University of Manitoba / Faculty of Engineering |
|---|---|
| Location | WINNIPEG / MB |
| Project title | Manitoba Indigenous Outreach Program |
| Website | www.wisekidneticenergy.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $33,400.00 |
| Year 2 - $33,400.00 | |
| Year 3 - $33,400.00 |
| Organization | University of Regina / Computer Science |
|---|---|
| Location | REGINA / SK |
| Project title | High Altitude Balloon Experiment Program (HABEX) |
| Website | www.uregina.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $10,200.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | University of Saskatchewan / Arts and Science College |
|---|---|
| Location | SASKATOON / SK |
| Project title | Science Ambassador Program |
| Website | www.artsandscience.usask.ca/scienceoutreach/ambassador |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $22,000.00 |
| Year 2 - $22,000.00 | |
| Year 3 - $22,000.00 |
| Organization | University of Saskatchewan / Arts and Science College |
|---|---|
| Location | SASKATOON / SK |
| Project title | Kamsk�now |
| Website | www.artsandscience.usask.ca/scienceoutreach/kamskenow |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $29,700.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | University of Saskatchewan / Electrical & Computer Engineering |
|---|---|
| Location | SASKATOON / SK |
| Project title | Science Camps in Rural Communities |
| Website | www.scifi.usask.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $8,500.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | University of Toronto / Engineering Outreach Office |
|---|---|
| Location | TORONTO / ON |
| Project title | Jr DEEP, Girls Jr DEEP and ENGage |
| Website | www.outreach.engineering.utoronto.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $17,000.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | University of Waterloo / Institute for Quantum Computing |
|---|---|
| Location | WATERLOO / ON |
| Project title | Quantum Technology for Students and Educators |
| Website | www.uwaterloo.ca/iqc |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $9,500.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | University of Western Ontario / Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration |
|---|---|
| Location | LONDON / ON |
| Project title | Impact Earth |
| Website | www.cpsx.uwo.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $20,400.00 |
| Year 2 - $20,400.00 | |
| Year 3 - $20,400.00 |
| Organization | University of Western Ontario / Civil and Environmental Engineering |
|---|---|
| Location | LONDON / ON |
| Project title | Outreach programs for women in engineering |
| Website | www.eng.uwo.ca/outreach |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $25,500.00 |
| Year 2 - $25,500.00 | |
| Year 3 - $25,500.00 |
| Organization | Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre |
|---|---|
| Location | VANCOUVER / BC |
| Project title | Science Works |
| Website | www.vanaqua.org |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $15,900.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre |
|---|---|
| Location | VANCOUVER / BC |
| Project title | The Vancouver Aquarium's AquaVan |
| Website | www.vanaqua.org |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $25,500.00 |
| Year 2 - $25,500.00 | |
| Year 3 - $25,500.00 |
| Organization | Women in Science and Engineering Newfoundland and Labrador |
|---|---|
| Location | ST. JOHN'S / NL |
| Project title | Student Summer Employment Program (SSEP) |
| Website | www.wisenl.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $42,500.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | World Fisheries Trust |
|---|---|
| Location | VICTORIA / BC |
| Project title | Seaquaria in Schools |
| Website | www.worldfish.org |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $18,100.00 |
| Year 2 - $18,100.00 | |
| Year 3 - $18,100.00 |
| Organization | York University / Faculty of Science |
|---|---|
| Location | TORONTO / ON |
| Project title | Quantum Girl |
| Website | scix.science.yorku.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $27,200.00 |
| Year 2 - | |
| Year 3 - |
| Organization | Youth Science Canada |
|---|---|
| Location | PICKERING / ON |
| Project title | Engaging and Connecting with Youth & Teachers in Inquiry and Project-based Science |
| Website | www.youthscience.ca |
| Funding level | Year 1 - $63,800.00 |
| Year 2 - $63,800.00 | |
| Year 3 - $63,800.00 |
