Backgrounder: Federal government invests in twelve innovative research projects to strengthen infrastructure and housing

Alberta

Edmonton

The Governors of the University of Alberta

Strategic Infrastructure Planning: Wildfire Evacuation, Transportation, and Human Behaviour

To create a multidisciplinary methodology that connects wildfire, human behaviour, and transportation modelling to understand infrastructure needs in supporting emergency plans and movements.

$440,000

$0

$259,875

British Columbia

Victoria

University of Victoria

First Nations Infrastructure: Climate, Culture and Community-based Decision-making

To couple First Nations knowledge with climate risk sciences to assess the immediate and inter-generational risks of the climate crisis for First Nations.

$1,155,550

$0

$497,550  

New Brunswick

Moncton

New Brunswick Environmental Network  

Supporting Climate Risk Mitigation for Municipalities with Nature-Based Infrastructure

To create a municipal decision-making tool to identify areas suitable for natural and nature-based infrastructure conservation to support climate risk mitigation.

$259,655

$30,000

$111,281

Nova Scotia

Halifax

Dalhousie University

Protecting Nova Scotia’s People and Infrastructure

To add climate forecasting and locally specific data to provincial flood line mapping that will inform decisions regarding public infrastructure investments in climate resilience.

$ 575,925

$44,825

$242,000 

Nunavut

Cambridge Bay

Pitquhirnikkut Ilihautiniq / Kitikmeot Heritage Society

Nunamiutuqaq (Building from the Land)

To use sensors on Northern buildings to build a robust knowledge base for builders in the North, to apply designs and materials which support culturally informed and effective building construction for northern climates that is energy efficient, green and clean.

$320,700

$0

$51,200

Ontario

Toronto

Canadian Urban Institute

Community Infrastructure Inventory Platform

To collect and analyze data and research best practices on the impacts of public infrastructure investments on main streets in Canada and to create a digital knowledge sharing platform.

$600,000

$0

$257,150

Ontario

Toronto

Toronto Metropolitan University

Development of an Online Platform for Municipal Infrastructure Data Sharing and Collaborative Deterioration Modelling

To develop an online platform for infrastructure performance data sharing and collaborative deterioration modelling for Canadian municipalities, with a focus on roads, bridges, and sewers.

$270,315

$0

$209,200

Ontario

Toronto

University of Toronto’s Positive Zero Transport Futures

The Road to Net Zero

To better understand how government investments in infrastructure (public transit, active transportation, conversion of private vehicle infrastructure to green space) can best enable low-carbon mobility choices while enhancing air quality, public health, and equity.

$837,600

$0

$365,500

Quebec / Nova Scotia

Montreal /
Bridgewater

McGill University

BridgES – Bridgewater Energy Security

To assess the health impacts of the Energy Poverty Reduction Program (a component of one of the winning projects of INFC’s 2019 Smart Cities Challenge) to understand the potential impacts of similar programs in other communities and to better understand the relation of energy poverty to health. * Not received through the call for proposals.

$267,408

$20,000

$161,043

Quebec

Montreal

Ouranos

Tools to facilitate analyses of climate-related infrastructure risks

To develop a tool that estimates the probability of climate change hazards and their effects on infrastructure, to reduce risks and negative impacts over the long term. 

$445,083

$190,750

Quebec

Grande-Vallée

Union des transports adaptés et collectifs du Québec

Measures of access to opportunities through regional public transit in Quebec

To collect data and indicators to measure transit impacts to promote the use of public transit in suburban and rural communities. 

$250,557

$25,000

$91,625

Prince Edward Island

Charlottetown

Government of
Prince Edward Island

Developing new climate hazard data and knowledge mobilization tools on coastal infrastructure for professionals and communities in Prince Edward Island

To make province-wide coastal hazard information and floodplain maps broadly available and to support infrastructure adaptation, reduce community vulnerability and increase resilience in a changing climate.

$486,250

$213,050

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