Canada funds new initiatives to prevent youth dating violence

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Alberta – Youth dating violence can have long-lasting health and social consequences, including physical injury, mental health impacts, higher-risk of substance use and difficulties in future relationships. The Government of Canada is committed to providing the support to help youth develop and maintain healthy relationships throughout their lives. Ya’ara Saks, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of …

Commercializing innovative Alberta technologies

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Alberta – PrairiesCan is investing $15,648,943 for 16 projects in Alberta through its Regional Innovation Ecosystems (RIE) program. Through this program, PrairiesCan is making targeted investments in not-for-profit organizations that support businesses in priority sectors to innovate, grow and compete globally. These investments are expected to support more than 1,100 jobs and enable Alberta organizations to seize new opportunities that …

Canada announces funding to advance flood mapping science

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Ottawa – On September 21, 2023, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced $8 million in funding toward flood mapping and climate adaptation. As part of this amount, $3 million has been awarded to universities and non-profit organizations under the Flood Hazard Identification and Mapping Program to develop flood science and integrate the impacts of climate change and uncertainty in flood …

CIHR-JDRF Partnership to Defeat Diabetes

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Ottawa – Through a longstanding partnership, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and JDRF Canada support research to improve the prevention, screening, management, and treatment of diabetes in Canada. Together, CIHR and JDRF are providing $33M to support 12 diabetes research teams. The teams will focus their research on diverse aspects of diabetes care: four teams will work on …