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Grant Recipients 2008
| Organization |
Alberta Women's Science Network |
| Location |
CALGARY / AB |
| Project Title |
Retaining girls and Aboriginal girls in science |
| Web Site |
 www.awsn.com |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $9,000.00 |
$9,000.00 |
$9,000.00 |
| Organization |
ASM Materials Camp Canada |
| Location |
WHITBY / ON |
| Project Title |
ASM Materials Camp Canada |
| Web Site |
|
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $3,000.00 |
$3,000.00 |
$3,000.00 |
| Organization |
Canadian Astronomical Society |
| Location |
KINGSTON / ON |
| Project Title |
Inspiring youth through astronomy: International Year of Astronomy 2009 Canada (IYAC) |
| Web Site |
www.casca.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $24,000.00 |
$24,000.00 |
$24,000.00 |
| Organization |
Canadian Chemistry and Physics Olympiads |
| Location |
TORONTO / ON |
| Project Title |
Canadian Chemistry and Physics Olympiads |
| Web Site |
ccpo-occp.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $18,000.00 |
$18,000.00 |
$18,000.00 |
| Organization |
Canadian Gene Cure Foundation |
| Location |
VANCOUVER / BC |
| Project Title |
Gene researcher for a week |
| Web Site |
www.genecure.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $5,000.00 |
$5,000.00 |
$5,000.00 |
| Organization |
Cégep de Baie-Comeau / École de l'ADN |
| Location |
BAIE-COMEAU / QC |
| Project Title |
La science à la portée des jeunes par des ateliers de l'École de l'ADN au cégep de Baie-Comeau |
| Web Site |
www.ecoleadn.qc.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $30,000.00 |
$30,000.00 |
$30,000.00 |
| Organization |
Creative Encounters with Science |
| Location |
GUELPH / ON |
| Project Title |
Creative Encounters with Science |
| Web Site |
www.creativeencounters.info |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $4,500.00 |
$4,500.00 |
$0.00 |
| Organization |
Dalhousie University / Atlantic Science Links Association |
| Location |
HALIFAX / NS |
| Project Title |
Scientists and innovators in the classroom |
| Web Site |
www.atlanticsciencelinks.dal.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $9,000.00 |
$9,000.00 |
$9,000.00 |
| Organization |
Dalhousie University / Mathematics and Statistics |
| Location |
HALIFAX / NS |
| Project Title |
Mathematics camp for black students |
| Web Site |
www.dal.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $7,200.00 |
$7,200.00 |
$7,200.00 |
| Organization |
Discovery Centre |
| Location |
HALIFAX / NS |
| Project Title |
School outreach program - Early start in science |
| Web Site |
www.discoverycentre.ns.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $9,000.00 |
$9,000.00 |
$9,000.00 |
| Organization |
Ducks Unlimited Canada / Fredericton Office |
| Location |
FREDERICTON / NB |
| Project Title |
Ducks Unlimited Fredericton Conservation Centre wetland education program |
| Web Site |
www.ducks.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $12,000.00 |
$12,000.00 |
$12,000.00 |
| Organization |
École de technologie supérieure / Génie de la construction |
| Location |
MONTREAL / QC |
| Project Title |
Le Défi PontPop ÉTS |
| Web Site |
www.etsmtl.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $11,090.00 |
$6,100.00 |
$6,210.00 |
| Organization |
Elephant Thoughts Global Development Initiatives |
| Location |
COLLINGWOOD / ON |
| Project Title |
Canadian Aboriginal youth science initiative and Atoms to asteroids |
| Web Site |
www.elephantthoughts.com |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $18,000.00 |
$18,000.00 |
$18,000.00 |
| Organization |
Engineers Without Borders / Concordia University Chapter |
| Location |
MONTREAL / QC |
| Project Title |
School outreach program |
| Web Site |
www.concordia.ewb.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $15,000.00 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
| Organization |
Fédération des cégeps |
| Location |
MONTREAL / QC |
| Project Title |
Science, on tourne! |
| Web Site |
www.fedecegeps.qc.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $9,000.00 |
$9,000.00 |
$9,000.00 |
| Organization |
First Nations University of Canada |
| Location |
REGINA / SK |
| Project Title |
Wiseman mathematics contest |
| Web Site |
www.firstnationsuniversity.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $7,200.00 |
$7,200.00 |
$7,200.00 |
| Organization |
Fondation du Centre des sciences de Montréal |
| Location |
MONTREAL / QC |
| Project Title |
Festival Eurêka! La science met le nez dehors |
| Web Site |
www.centredessciencesdemontreal.com |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $6,000.00 |
$6,000.00 |
$6,000.00 |
| Organization |
Friends of Wye Marsh Inc. |
| Location |
MIDLAND / ON |
| Project Title |
Wye Marsh curriculum revisions |
| Web Site |
www.wyemarsh.com |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $6,000.00 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
| Organization |
Institut national de la recherche scientifique / INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier |
| Location |
LAVAL / QC |
| Project Title |
Apprentis en biosciences |
| Web Site |
www.inrs.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $12,000.00 |
$12,000.00 |
$12,000.00 |
| Organization |
Jeunes pousses |
| Location |
WATERVILLE / QC |
| Project Title |
Culture des sciences |
| Web Site |
www.jeunespousses.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $12,000.00 |
$12,000.00 |
$0.00 |
| Organization |
Les amis de l'Insectarium de Montréal |
| Location |
MONTREAL / QC |
| Project Title |
Activités de la Société des amis de l'Insectarium de Montréal |
| Web Site |
www.ville.montreal.qc.ca/insectarium/amis |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $12,000.00 |
$12,000.00 |
$12,000.00 |
| Organization |
L'Ile du savoir |
| Location |
MONTREAL / QC |
| Project Title |
Eclairs de sciences |
| Web Site |
www.eclairsdesciences.qc.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $9,000.00 |
$9,000.00 |
$9,000.00 |
| Organization |
London Regional Children's Museum |
| Location |
LONDON / ON |
| Project Title |
Science Encounters |
| Web Site |
www.londonchildrensmuseum.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $13,000.00 |
$13,000.00 |
$13,000.00 |
| Organization |
McMaster University / Faculty of Science |
| Location |
HAMILTON / ON |
| Project Title |
Atlantic salmon reintroduction program |
| Web Site |
www.science.mcmaster.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $11,970.00 |
$2,565.00 |
$2,565.00 |
| Organization |
McMaster University / Physics and Astronomy |
| Location |
HAMILTON / ON |
| Project Title |
In-class physics and astronomy activities for remote high schools |
| Web Site |
www.physics.mcmaster.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $9,000.00 |
$9,000.00 |
$9,000.00 |
| Organization |
Memorial University of Newfoundland / Sir Wilfred Grenfell College |
| Location |
CORNER BROOK / NL |
| Project Title |
Chemistry is everywhere! |
| Web Site |
|
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $34,380.00 |
$13,189.00 |
$1,931.00 |
| Organization |
MUN Botanical Garden Inc. |
| Location |
ST. JOHN'S / NL |
| Project Title |
From garden to classroom outreach program |
| Web Site |
www.mun.ca/botgarden |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $21,500.00 |
$21,500.00 |
$21,500.00 |
| Organization |
Pacific Museum of the Earth |
| Location |
VANCOUVER / BC |
| Project Title |
Pacific Museum of the Earth outreach program |
| Web Site |
www.eos.ubc.ca/resources/museum/index.html |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $10,800.00 |
$10,800.00 |
$10,800.00 |
| Organization |
Presses Académiques de l'Est |
| Location |
RIMOUSKI / QC |
| Project Title |
Valorisation des sciences auprès des jeunes (Valsciences) |
| Web Site |
csteq.com |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $27,000.00 |
$27,000.00 |
$27,000.00 |
| Organization |
Réseau d'Observation de Mammifères Marins |
| Location |
RIVIERE-DU-LOUP / QC |
| Project Title |
Un labo-jeunesse à Station exploratoire du Saint-Laurent: pour la promotion des sciences marines |
| Web Site |
www.romm.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $7,729.00 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
| Organization |
Ruby Lake Lagoon Nature Reserve Society |
| Location |
MADEIRA PARK / BC |
| Project Title |
Iris Griffith Centre nature school program |
| Web Site |
www.lagoonsociety.com |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $12,000.00 |
$12,000.00 |
$12,000.00 |
| Organization |
Science Pour Tous |
| Location |
MONTREAL / QC |
| Project Title |
Support à l'animation et à la promotion auprès des jeunes |
| Web Site |
www.sciencepourtous.qc.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $20,000.00 |
$20,000.00 |
$20,000.00 |
| Organization |
Science Rendezvous |
| Location |
TORONTO / ON |
| Project Title |
Science Rendezvous |
| Web Site |
www.sciencerendezvous.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $21,000.00 |
$21,000.00 |
$21,000.00 |
| Organization |
Science Timmins |
| Location |
TIMMINS / ON |
| Project Title |
Science mobile outreach |
| Web Site |
www.sciencetimmins.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $38,000.00 |
$38,000.00 |
$38,000.00 |
| Organization |
Shad Valley International |
| Location |
WATERLOO / ON |
| Project Title |
Enhanced outreach - New high school teacher pilot project - Accessibility for disadvantaged participants |
| Web Site |
www.shad.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $30,000.00 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
| Organization |
Société pour la promotion de la science et de la technologie |
| Location |
MONTREAL / QC |
| Project Title |
Do ré mi fa sol...la science! |
| Web Site |
www.spst.org |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $18,000.00 |
$18,000.00 |
$18,000.00 |
| Organization |
St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences |
| Location |
CORNWALL / ON |
| Project Title |
Environmental science investigator and special kids education programs |
| Web Site |
www.riverinstitute.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $14,436.00 |
$14,436.00 |
$14,436.00 |
| Organization |
Students on Ice Foundation |
| Location |
GATINEAU / QC |
| Project Title |
Protect the poles… protect the planet |
| Web Site |
www.studentsonice.com |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $18,000.00 |
$18,000.00 |
$18,000.00 |
| Organization |
SuperNOVA |
| Location |
HALIFAX / NS |
| Project Title |
Outreach and initiative expansion |
| Web Site |
www.supernova.dal.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $8,696.00 |
$8,696.00 |
$8,696.00 |
| Organization |
The Young Naturalists' Club of British Columbia |
| Location |
NORTH VANCOUVER / BC |
| Project Title |
Nature clubs in schools |
| Web Site |
www.ync.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $8,000.00 |
$8,000.00 |
$8,000.00 |
| Organization |
Toronto Renewable Energy Co-operative |
| Location |
TORONTO / ON |
| Project Title |
Hands-on Energy |
| Web Site |
trec.on.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $12,000.00 |
$12,000.00 |
$12,000.00 |
| Organization |
Université de Moncton / Faculté des sciences de l'éducation |
| Location |
MONCTON / NB |
| Project Title |
Virtual mathematical marathon: Enriching mathematical experiences of the young Canadians |
| Web Site |
www.umoncton.ca/casmi |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $13,000.00 |
$13,000.00 |
$13,000.00 |
| Organization |
Université de Montréal / Projet SEUR |
| Location |
MONTREAL / QC |
| Project Title |
Accès - sciences et milieux scolaires défavorisés - phase 3 |
| Web Site |
www.seur.umontreal.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $24,000.00 |
$24,000.00 |
$24,000.00 |
| Organization |
Université Laval / Faculté de foresterie et géomatique |
| Location |
QUEBEC / QC |
| Project Title |
Découvrez les sciences naturelles et le génie par l'environnement, le plein air et les technologies de pointe |
| Web Site |
www.ffg.ulaval.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $9,600.00 |
$9,600.00 |
$9,600.00 |
| Organization |
Université Laval / Mathématiques et statistique |
| Location |
QUEBEC / QC |
| Project Title |
Sciences et mathématiques en action (SMAC) |
| Web Site |
www.smac.ulaval.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $18,000.00 |
$18,000.00 |
$18,000.00 |
| Organization |
University of British Columbia / Michael Smith Laboratories |
| Location |
VANCOUVER / BC |
| Project Title |
AMBL science outreach programs |
| Web Site |
www.bioteach.ubc.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $7,000.00 |
$7,000.00 |
$7,000.00 |
| Organization |
University of Manitoba / Mathematics |
| Location |
WINNIPEG / MB |
| Project Title |
Peguis science, engineering and technology symposium |
| Web Site |
www.umanitoba.ca/science/mathematics/ |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $9,000.00 |
$9,000.00 |
$9,000.00 |
| Organization |
University of Saskatchewan / College of Engineering |
| Location |
SASKATOON / SK |
| Project Title |
SCI-FI Science Camps |
| Web Site |
www.scifi.usask.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $25,500.00 |
$25,500.00 |
$0.00 |
| Organization |
University of Toronto / Computer Science |
| Location |
TORONTO / ON |
| Project Title |
Gr8 designs for Gr8 girls |
| Web Site |
www.cs.toronto.edu |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $12,000.00 |
$12,000.00 |
$12,000.00 |
| Organization |
University of Waterloo / Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing |
| Location |
WATERLOO / ON |
| Project Title |
Careers in mathematics for Canadian women |
| Web Site |
www.cemc.uwaterloo.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $7,200.00 |
$7,200.00 |
$7,200.00 |
| Organization |
University of Waterloo / Engineering Science Quest |
| Location |
WATERLOO / ON |
| Project Title |
Engineering Science Quest - Satellite program |
| Web Site |
www.esq.uwaterloo.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $18,000.00 |
$18,000.00 |
$18,000.00 |
| Organization |
Vancouver Island University / Physics, Engineering and Astronomy |
| Location |
NANAIMO / BC |
| Project Title |
Engineering link |
| Web Site |
www.viu.ca |
| Funding Level |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| $4,300.00 |
$4,300.00 |
$4,300.00 |
