Call for Proposals Training and Capacity Building – Northern Region 2024-2027

The Call for Proposals Training and Capacity Building – Northern Region 2024-2027 is now closed.

Polar Knowledge Canada accepted proposals for 1, 2 and 3 year projects with a start date of June 01, 2024, for northern-based research and training and capacity-building projects.

The objective of this call was to support youth and/or adult programs or support the development and delivery of training and capacity building programs that aimed to develop new skills, enhance career experiences and/or participate in S&T activities. To be considered, projects had to:

• be Northern-placed or -based (see Northern according to Polar Knowledge Canada Conducting Research in Canada's North - Canada.ca); and
• demonstrate a commitment to fund projects that develop new skills, enhance career experiences and/or increase the ability of Northern youth and/or Indigenous peoples to participate in activities that meet Polar Knowledge Canada's Science and Technology (S&T) goals.

Projects funded under this call for proposals were aligned with at least one of Polar Knowledge Canada's Science and Technology (S&T) goals.

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Contact

For all questions regarding the Call for Proposals Training and Capacity Building – Northern Region 2024-2027, write to the Grants and Contributions Team.

Recipients

Recipient legal name	Agreement value in Canadian dollars (CAD)	Project description
Ecology North	$377,248	Build youth capacity and skills by developing a combined on-the-land (OTL) and Western learning model. Objectives are to: enhance youths' future career opportunities; deepen youth's relationships with the land; and mobilize youths' new knowledge to become leaders in their own communities.
Aurora College	$300,000	Build youth capacity and science literacy in the Northwest Territories (NWT) by inspiring and motivating youth to pursue advanced studies and careers in STEM fields, and by supporting educators and community members with improved access to hands-on STEM activities and resources, and northern STEM professionals.
Torngat Wildlife Plants & Fisheries Secretariat	$449,600	Build on the foundation laid by Phase 1 (2017-2024), apply a transformative approach to cultural education in the Eastern Arctic and infuse Inuit-led narratives on wildlife stewardship into the educational experiences of young Inuit across Nunatsiavut, Nunavik, and Nunavut.
World Wildlife Fund Canada	$450,000	Build on the momentum from POLAR funded WWF project Future-Proofing Community Access to Country Foods (ending August 20-24), provide land-based or on-the-job training and capacity building of the recently established Kurairojuark Hunters and Trappers Association's (KHTA) Guardians program to establish a year-round environmental monitoring program.
Aurora College - Aurora Research Institute	$223,152	Develop data collection methods, best practices, frameworks, and training programs for Western Arctic communities to integrate scientific climate data collection methods (western science) with Elders' and other Knowledge Holders' lived observations of the natural environment (i.e., a "Two-Eyed Seeing" approach).