| Western Economic Diversification Canada
| media advisories
Members of the media are invited to attend an important announcement with John Barlow, Member of Parliament for Macleod, on behalf of the Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, along with Ron Casey, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Banff-Cochrane, on behalf of the Honourable Diana McQueen, Minister of Alberta Municipal Affairs, in support of residents of the Town of Turner Valley.
| Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario - FedNor
| media advisories
Jay Aspin, Member of Parliament for Nipissing-Timiskaming, on behalf of the Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario (FedNor), will be in Temiskaming Shores on Wednesday, January 14, 2015 to meet with local stakeholders and to make an important announcement to support business growth and prosperity across Northern Ontario.
The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, and Canada's Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Gregory Taylor, today announced that the Government of Canada has deployed a third mobile laboratory and two additional Public Health Agency of Canada scientists to Sierra Leone.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| news releases
Mike Lake, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry, on behalf of his colleague, the Honourable Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology), today announced the renewal of funding for NeuroDevNet. This Vancouver-based national network will receive an additional $19.6 million to support collaborative research aimed at developing a new understanding of, and treatments for, children affected by neurodevelopmental disorders, specifically autism, cerebral palsy and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD).
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| backgrounders
Since its creation in 1989, the Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) program has successfully brought together the best minds from many disciplines and sectors in efforts to solve major social, economic or health issues for Canadians.
On January 13, 2015, Parliamentary Secretary Lois Brown, on behalf of the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, today announced $9.465 million in funding to The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) for the Scaling Up Paediatric Nursing Care in Ghana initiative.
Support for innovative scale-up project with SickKids expected to improve the health and survival of approximately 6.7 million newborns and children in Ghana
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
| news releases
Today Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart announced nearly $6.9 million for crop-related research through the Saskatchewan Agriculture Development Fund (ADF).
| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
| news releases
Today Jason Kenney, Minister for Multiculturalism, announced funding for the Holodomor National Awareness Touran initiative that will raise awareness among Canadians about one of the greatest crimes in human history.
