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Grant Recipients 2007

Organization Actua
Location OTTAWA / ON
Project Title Science and Engineering Outreach Programs for under-served and disadvantaged youth
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.actua.ca
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$80,000.00 $80,000.00 $80,000.00
Organization Adventures in Engineering and Science
Location OTTAWA / ON
Project Title Adventures in Engineering and Science
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.aventures.uottawa.ca
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$14,000.00 $14,000.00 $14,000.00
Organization Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre
Location BAMFIELD / BC
Project Title Science on the Leading Edge
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.oceanlink.island.net
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$20,000.00 $0.00 $0.00
Organization BIG Little Science Centre
Location KAMLOOPS / BC
Project Title BIG Little Science Centre operations and coordination
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.biglittlesciencecentre.org
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$15,000.00 $15,000.00 $15,000.00
Organization Brandon University
Location BRANDON / MB
Project Title PromoScience @ Mini U
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.brandonu.ca/miniu/
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$22,000.00 $22,000.00 $22,000.00
Organization Brandon University / Physics and Astronomy
Location BRANDON / MB
Project Title Bringing the universe to Brandon: Open access astronomy
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.brandonu.ca/
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$7,800.00 $2,100.00 $2,100.00
Organization Canadian Gene Cure Foundation
Location VANCOUVER / BC
Project Title Gene researcher for a week
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.genecure.ca
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$5,000.00 $0.00 $0.00
Organization Canadian Mathematical Society
Location OTTAWA / ON
Project Title CMS math camps program
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.cms.math.ca/
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$25,000.00 $25,000.00 $25,000.00
Organization Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society / Calgary/Banff Chapter
Location CALGARY / AB
Project Title CPAWS ECO-Partners Program: Education for conservation and outdoor learning
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.cpawscalgary.org/education
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$15,000.00 $15,000.00 $15,000.00
Organization Comité de valorisation de la rivière Beauport
Location BEAUPORT / QC
Project Title Réseau jeunesse d'éducation et de surveillance de l'eau
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.cvrb.qc.ca
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$18,000.00 $18,000.00 $18,000.00
Organization Conseil de développement du loisir scientifique
Location MONTREAL / QC
Project Title Conseil de développement du loisir scientifique
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site exposciencesbell.qc.ca
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$50,000.00 $50,000.00 $50,000.00
Organization Dalhousie University / Physics and Atmospheric Science
Location HALIFAX / NS
Project Title Imhotep's legacy after school project for junior high African Nova Scotian learners
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.imhotep.dal.ca
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$23,333.00 $23,333.00 $23,333.00
Organization École Polytechnique de Montréal / Chaire Marianne-Mareschal
Location MONTREAL / QC
Project Title Ateliers scientifiques interactifs pour les jeunes du secondaire
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.chairemm.polymtl.ca
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$20,000.00 $20,000.00 $20,000.00
Organization EUReKA! Science Program
Location KAMLOOPS / BC
Project Title EUReKA! Science Program
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.tru.ca/eureka
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$5,000.00 $0.00 $0.00
Organization FaunENord
Location CHIBOUGAMAU / QC
Project Title Aventure sciences
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.faunenord.icr.qc.ca/
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$14,500.00 $0.00 $0.00
Organization Fraser Fort George Regional Museum
Location PRINCE GEORGE / BC
Project Title Science Alliance satellite camps
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.theexplorationplace.com
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$10,000.00 $10,000.00 $10,000.00
Organization Galiano Conservancy Association
Location GALIANO ISLAND / BC
Project Title From the forest to the sea watershed education program
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.galianoconservancy.ca/
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$16,667.00 $16,667.00 $16,667.00
Organization Green Teacher
Location TORONTO / ON
Project Title Green Teacher magazine
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site greenteacher.com
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$10,000.00 $0.00 $0.00
Organization GUEPE
Location PIERREFONDS / QC
Project Title Activités éducatives scolaires et camps en science et nature
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.guepe.qc.ca
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$40,000.00 $40,000.00 $40,000.00
Organization Huntsman Marine Science Centre / Atlantic Reference Centre
Location ST ANDREWS / NB
Project Title Developing hands-on capabilities: Expanding training and education expertise at Huntsman Oceansciences
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.huntsmanmarine.ca
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$35,000.00 $35,000.00 $0.00
Organization Lakehead University
Location THUNDER BAY / ON
Project Title Wizards of Motion - 2nd edition
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.lakeheadu.ca
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$12,000.00 $12,000.00 $12,000.00
Organization Les Cercles des Jeunes Naturalistes
Location MONTREAL / QC
Project Title Les sciences animées
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.jeunesnaturalistes.org
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$25,833.00 $0.00 $0.00
Organization Let's Talk Science
Location LONDON / ON
Project Title Partnership Program & Kindergarten Science
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.letstalkscience.ca
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$83,333.00 $83,333.00 $83,333.00
Organization Malaspina University-College / Faculty of Science and Technology
Location NANAIMO / BC
Project Title Engineering fair
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.mala.ca
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$5,000.00 $0.00 $0.00
Organization McGill University / Redpath Museum
Location MONTREAL / QC
Project Title Free radicals - New science media for better science learning
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.mcgill.ca/redpath/
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$21,000.00 $21,000.00 $21,000.00
Organization Musée Armand-Frappier
Location LAVAL / QC
Project Title Développement et animation de Micromonde en tournée
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.musee-afrappier.qc.ca
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$30,000.00 $13,000.00 $13,000.00
Organization National Engineering Week Ontario Steering Committee
Location TORONTO / ON
Project Title National Engineering Week 2008
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.engineeringweek.on.ca
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$5,000.00 $0.00 $0.00
Organization Nunavut Research Institute
Location IQALUIT / NU
Project Title Simply Science Program
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.nri.nu.ca
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$15,000.00 $15,000.00 $0.00
Organization Okanagan Science Centre
Location VERNON / BC
Project Title Science Suite
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.okscience.ca
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$20,000.00 $20,000.00 $20,000.00
Organization Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum
Location PRINCE GEORGE / BC
Project Title We did that! Invention and innovations in forestry
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.pgrfm.bc.ca
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$5,000.00 $5,000.00 $5,000.00
Organization Quebec-Labrador Foundation
Location MONTREAL / QC
Project Title Discover Science
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.qlf.org/
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$15,000.00 $15,000.00 $15,000.00
Organization Red Deer College / Science
Location RED DEER / AB
Project Title Experience Science, Science camps, Science is Fun, Explorations
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.rdc.ab.ca
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$8,000.00 $8,000.00 $8,000.00
Organization Science Fair Foundation of British Columbia
Location VANCOUVER / BC
Project Title Science fairs in the community
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.sciencefairs.bc.ca
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$30,000.00 $30,000.00 $30,000.00
Organization Science North
Location SUDBURY / ON
Project Title Education and northern programs
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.sciencenorth.ca/
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$18,333.00 $18,333.00 $18,333.00
Organization Shad International
Location WATERLOO / ON
Project Title Enhanced outreach to under-represented groups
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.shad.ca/
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$20,000.00 $0.00 $0.00
Organization Simon Fraser University / Physics
Location BURNABY / BC
Project Title Science In Action at Simon Fraser University
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.siasfu.ca
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$10,000.00 $0.00 $0.00
Organization St. Lawrence College / School of Applied Science
Location KINGSTON / ON
Project Title PromoScience
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.sl.on.ca
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$15,000.00 $15,000.00 $15,000.00
Organization Stanley Park Ecology Society
Location VANCOUVER / BC
Project Title Innovative environmental learning and experience
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.stanleyparkecology.ca
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$20,000.00 $20,000.00 $20,000.00
Organization Tofino Botanical Gardens Foundation
Location TOFINO / BC
Project Title Environmental education program
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.tbgf.org
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$10,500.00 $10,500.00 $10,500.00
Organization Trinity Western University / Chemistry
Location LANGLEY / BC
Project Title Science in the Valley
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.twu.ca/academics/science/biology/science-in-the-valley
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$10,333.00 $10,333.00 $10,333.00
Organization Université de Moncton / Faculté des sciences de l'éducation
Location MONCTON / NB
Project Title Des habiletés scientifiques pour s'impliquer dans la durabilité de sa communauté
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.umoncton.ca/littoral-vie
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$25,000.00 $25,000.00 $25,000.00
Organization Université de Sherbrooke / Mathématiques
Location SHERBROOKE / QC
Project Title À quoi ça sert, les maths?
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.usherbrooke.ca/mathematiques/
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$7,000.00 $7,000.00 $7,000.00
Organization Université du Québec à Montréal / Centre ESCER
Location MONTREAL / QC
Project Title Les changements climatiques expliqués
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.escer.uqam.ca/
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$15,000.00 $0.00 $0.00
Organization Université du Québec à Montréal / GEOTOP-UQAM-McGILL (Centre recherche géochimie et géodynamique)
Location MONTREAL / QC
Project Title Camp de jour géoscientifique du GEOTOP : Explorer la terre
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.geotop.uqam.ca/
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$8,000.00 $8,000.00 $8,000.00
Organization Université Laval / Mathématiques et statistique
Location QUEBEC / QC
Project Title Championnat international des jeux mathématiques et logiques
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.aqjm.math.ca/
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$8,333.00 $8,333.00 $8,333.00
Organization University of British Columbia / Curriculum Studies
Location VANCOUVER / BC
Project Title Intergenerational landed learning on the farm
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.cust.educ.ubc.ca/
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$18,000.00 $18,000.00 $0.00
Organization University of British Columbia / Institute for Aboriginal Health
Location VANCOUVER / BC
Project Title Summer science program
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.health-sciences.ubc.ca/iah/
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$16,000.00 $16,000.00 $16,000.00
Organization University of British Columbia / Physics and Astronomy
Location VANCOUVER / BC
Project Title UBC physics and astronomy outreach program
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.physics.ubc.ca/outreach/web/index.php
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$16,667.00 $16,667.00 $16,667.00
Organization University of Calgary / Schulich School of Engineering
Location CALGARY / AB
Project Title Iron Science
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.schulich.ucalgary.ca
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$25,000.00 $25,000.00 $25,000.00
Organization University of Manitoba / Faculty of Environment, Earth, & Resources
Location WINNIPEG / MB
Project Title Schools on Board
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.umanitoba.ca/ceos
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$43,333.00 $43,333.00 $43,333.00
Organization University of New Brunswick / Electrical and Computer Engineering
Location FREDERICTON / NB
Project Title UNB robotics competition
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.unb.ca/robotics/
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$2,125.00 $0.00 $0.00
Organization University of Ontario Institute of Technology / Faculty of Education
Location OSHAWA / ON
Project Title Robotics challenge
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.education.uoit.ca
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$20,000.00 $20,000.00 $20,000.00
Organization University of Victoria / Computer Science
Location VICTORIA / BC
Project Title The C-SIDE Project: Computer Science Initiatives for Diversity in Education
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site outreach.cs.uvic.ca/
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$10,000.00 $0.00 $0.00
Organization University of Victoria / School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Location VICTORIA / BC
Project Title Micrometeorological network in Vancouver Island and Gulf Island schools
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.victoriaweather.ca
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$15,000.00 $15,000.00 $15,000.00
Organization Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre / Conservation Outreach
Location VANCOUVER / BC
Project Title AquaVan
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.vanaqua.org
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$26,667.00 $26,667.00 $26,667.00
Organization Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science & Technology
Location EDMONTON / AB
Project Title WISEST summer research program
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.wisest.ualberta.ca
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$30,000.00 $30,000.00 $30,000.00
Organization Women in Science and Engineering Newfoundland and Labrador
Location ST. JOHN'S / NL
Project Title WISE Student Summer Employment Program (SSEP)
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.cdli.ca/wise
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$40,000.00 $40,000.00 $40,000.00
Organization Youth Science Foundation Canada
Location TORONTO / ON
Project Title Operational funding - Program development and delivery
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site www.ysf-fsj.ca
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$50,000.00 $50,000.00 $50,000.00
Organization Yukon College
Location WHITEHORSE / YT
Project Title Innovators in the Schools (IITS)
Web Site This link will take you to another Web site dl1.yukoncollege.yk.ca/innovators/
Funding Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
$25,000.00 $25,000.00 $25,000.00
People Discovery Innovation