PromoScience

Grant recipients (2019)

Organization Actua
Location OTTAWA/ON
Project title Equipping Teachers with STEM Toolsets, Skill Sets and Mindsets
Website actua.ca
Funding level Year 1 - $200,000.00
Year 2 - $200,000.00
Year 3 - $200,000.00
Organization Agriculture in the Classroom Canada
Location HEADINGLEY/MB
Project title Little Green Thumbs
Website aitc-canada.ca/en-ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $150,000.00
Year 2 - $150,000.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta
Location EDMONTON/AB
Project title APEGA's Experiential Learning Opportunities for K-12 Students and Teachers
Website apega.ca
Funding level Year 1 - $83,300.00
Year 2 - $83,300.00
Year 3 - $83,300.00
Organization Beakerhead Creative Society
Location CALGARY/AB
Project title Access to Innovation: Increasing STEAM Education Support Through Rural Alberta and Beyond
Website beakerhead.com
Funding level Year 1 - $200,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization BIG Little Science Centre
Location KAMLOOPS/BC
Project title BIG Little Science Centre Growth and Enhancement Program
Website blscs.org/
Funding level Year 1 - $26,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Biosphere Institute of the Bow Valley
Location CANMORE/AB
Project title Connecting Science, Conservation and Community in Southern Alberta
Website biosphereinstitute.org/
Funding level Year 1 - $30,000.00
Year 2 - $30,000.00
Year 3 - $30,000.00
Organization British Columbia Conservation Foundation
Location SURREY/BC
Project title Conservation Science in Action
Website bccf.com/
Funding level Year 1 - $35,000.00
Year 2 - $35,000.00
Year 3 - $35,000.00
Organization Canada Learning Code
Location TORONTO/ON
Project title Girls and Kids Learning Code Pay-What-You-Can Workshops
Website canadalearningcode.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $47,800.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Canadian Mathematical Society
Location OTTAWA/ON
Project title CMS Math Camps Program and CMS Competitions Program
Website cms.math.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $57,000.00
Year 2 - $57,000.00
Year 3 - $57,000.00
Organization Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Location CALGARY/AB
Project title Experience Environmental Science
Website cpaws-southernalberta.org/
Funding level Year 1 - $35,000.00
Year 2 - $35,000.00
Year 3 - $35,000.00
Organization Cape Breton University
Location SYDNEY/NS
Project title Mi'kmaw Night Sky Stories: Indigenous Science Community Outreach with StarLab
Website cbu.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $29,500.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Cape Breton University
Location SYDNEY/NS
Project title Island Women in Science and Engineering Program (Island WISE)
Website macquarrieresearch.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $27,800.00
Year 2 - $27,800.00
Year 3 - $27,800.00
Organization Carleton University
Location OTTAWA/ON
Project title AquaTrax Learning
Website carleton.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $27,200.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Carleton University
Location OTTAWA/ON
Project title Virtual Ventures Underrepresented Youth in STEM
Website carleton.ca/vv/
Funding level Year 1 - $80,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Chuntoh Education Society
Location FORT ST JAMES/BC
Project title Yunk'ut Whuts'odul'eh (We Learn from Our Land)
Website chuntoh.com/
Funding level Year 1 - $80,000.00
Year 2 - $80,000.00
Year 3 - $80,000.00
Organization Dalhousie University
Location HALIFAX/NS
Project title Sea to School with SuperNOVA at Dalhousie
Website supernova.dal.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $56,600.00
Year 2 - $56,600.00
Year 3 - $56,600.00
Organization Elephant Thoughts
Location COLLINGWOOD/ON
Project title Environmental Science Camps for Disadvantaged Children
Website elephantthoughts.com/
Funding level Year 1 - $60,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Environmental Youth Alliance
Location VANCOUVER/BC
Project title Wild Minds and Nature Stewards: Integrating natural science and Indigenous knowledge
Website eya.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $20,000.00
Year 2 - $20,000.00
Year 3 - $20,000.00
Organization Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations
Location SASKATOON/SK
Project title Science, Math & Technology Program
Website fsin.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $23,200.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization First Nations University of Canada
Location REGINA/SK
Project title SCI-Y: Science Camp for Indigenous Youth at the First Nations University of Canada
Website fnuniv.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $20,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Fresh Roots
Location VANCOUVER/BC
Project title ADST Through Edible Education on Schoolyard Market Gardens
Website freshroots.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $36,000.00
Year 2 - $36,000.00
Year 3 - $36,000.00
Organization Friends of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory Society
Location VICTORIA/BC
Project title Canadian Youth Exploring Space (CanYES)
Website centreoftheuniverse.org
Funding level Year 1 - $30,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Galiano Conservancy Association
Location GALIANO ISLAND/BC
Project title Galiano Conservancy Education Programs
Website galianoconservancy.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $40,000.00
Year 2 - $40,000.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Girls on Ice Canada
Location REVELSTOKE/BC
Project title Girls on Ice Canada
Website www.inspiringgirls.org/canada/
Funding level Year 1 - $55,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Green Thumbs
Location TORONTO/ON
Project title Kids Growing
Website greenthumbsto.org/
Funding level Year 1 - $45,900.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization High Park Nature Centre
Location TORONTO/ON
Project title High Park Nature Centre Science Through the Seasons
Website www.highparknaturecentre.com/
Funding level Year 1 - $92,400.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization International Institute for Sustainable Development
Location WINNIPEG/MB
Project title Experimental Lakes Area Science Education Program
Website iisd.org/ela/
Funding level Year 1 - $72,700.00
Year 2 - $72,700.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Kootenay Association for Science & Technology
Location TRAIL/BC
Project title Growing, Learning Opportunities With STEM
Website kast.com/
Funding level Year 1 - $95,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Lakehead University
Location ORILLIA/ON
Project title I Learn You Learn - STEM Outreach for youth and teachers
Website www.lakeheadu.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $6,700.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Les Scientifines
Location MONTREAL/QC
Project title Activités scientifiques pour filles
Website scientifines.com/
Funding level Year 1 - $80,000.00
Year 2 - $80,000.00
Year 3 - $80,000.00
Organization McMaster University
Location HAMILTON/ON
Project title STEM Engagement Project (StEP)
Website biology.mcmaster.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $37,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization McMaster University
Location HAMILTON/ON
Project title Fishing for Science with Let's Talk Science at McMaster
Website outreach.letstalkscience.ca/mcmaster/
Funding level Year 1 - $31,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Memorial University of Newfoundland
Location CORNER BROOK/NL
Project title Open Space: Engaging Teens in Western Newfoundland in Science and Astronomy
Website grenfell.mun.ca/Pages/Grenfell-Campus.aspx
Funding level Year 1 - $34,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Mount Allison University
Location SACKVILLE/NB
Project title Parent-Daughter Coding Workshops
Website mta.ca/Prospective/Default.aspx
Funding level Year 1 - $20,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Mount Royal University
Location CALGARY/AB
Project title Explore STEM
Website mtroyal.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $13,700.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Mount Saint Vincent University
Location HALIFAX/NS
Project title Etuaptmumk (Two-eyed Seeing) as a Guiding Principle for STEM Camp Development, Implementation and Evaluation
Website msvu.ca
Funding level Year 1 - $35,700.00
Year 2 - $35,700.00
Year 3 - $35,700.00
Organization North Island College
Location CAMPBELL RIVER/BC
Project title NICBotCamp
Website www.nic.bc.ca/life-at-nic/research/carti/
Funding level Year 1 - $20,500.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Ontario Water Centre
Location NEWMARKET/ON
Project title Clear Water Kids: multi-platform experiences in nature and science
Website ontariowatercentre.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $81,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Prospectors and Developers Assocation of Canada Mining Matters
Location NORTH YORK/ON
Project title Mining Rocks Earth Science Program
Website miningmatters.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $50,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Queen's University
Location KINGSTON/ON
Project title Learning with Dinosaurs: A gateway to multidisciplinary STEM learning
Website educ.queensu.ca/outreach-events
Funding level Year 1 - $58,300.00
Year 2 - $58,300.00
Year 3 - $58,300.00
Organization Queen's University
Location KINGSTON/ON
Project title Tech 'N' Tinker Trailer - Mobile STEM Classroom
Website queensconnections.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $35,000.00
Year 2 - $35,000.00
Year 3 - $35,000.00
Organization Queen's University
Location KINGSTON/ON
Project title Helping teachers integrate environmental science & Indigenous traditional knowledge in a rapidly changing world
Website qubs.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $53,700.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Raincoast Conservation Foundation
Location SIDNEY/BC
Project title Salish Sea Emerging Stewards
Website raincoast.org/
Funding level Year 1 - $25,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Red River College
Location WINNIPEG/MB
Project title Technology Exploration Camps
Website rrc.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $30,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Regroupement des collèges du Montréal métropolitain
Location MONTREAL/QC
Project title AcceSciences
Website rcm.quebec/
Funding level Year 1 - $61,600.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Ruby Lake Lagoon Nature Reserve Society
Location MADEIRA PARK/BC
Project title Wonders of Watersheds
Website lagoonsociety.com/
Funding level Year 1 - $61,300.00
Year 2 - $61,300.00
Year 3 - $61,300.00
Organization Science FUNdamentals
Location EDMONTON/AB
Project title Science FUNdamentals Classroom Programming
Website sciencefundamentals.org/
Funding level Year 1 - $2,500.00
Year 2 - $2,500.00
Year 3 - $2,500.00
Organization Science North
Location SUDBURY/ON
Project title Indigenous Outreach Across Northern Ontario
Website sciencenorth.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $72,800.00
Year 2 - $72,800.00
Year 3 - $72,800.00
Organization Simon Fraser University
Location BURNABY/BC
Project title Promoting Science and Cultural Literacy in Underrepresented Youth Toward Scholarship and Actions that Benefit Ecosystems and Communities
Website takeastandforconservation.com/
Funding level Year 1 - $75,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences
Location CORNWALL/ON
Project title Interactive Science Workshops - Learning Science from Scientists
Website riverinstitute.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $25,000.00
Year 2 - $25,000.00
Year 3 - $25,000.00
Organization Students on Ice Foundation
Location GATINEAU/QC
Project title Inspiring Future Scientists
Website studentsonice.com/
Funding level Year 1 - $40,000.00
Year 2 - $40,000.00
Year 3 - $40,000.00
Organization Techsploration Inc.
Location DARTMOUTH/NS
Project title Techsploration
Website www.techsploration.ca
Funding level Year 1 - $95,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization TELUS World of Science - Edmonton
Location EDMONTON/AB
Project title Science in Motion - Travelling Nature Exchange
Website telusworldofscienceedmonton.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $109,800.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization The Arctic Eider Society
Location ST. JOHN'S/NL
Project title Linking Inuit Knowledge & Science across the Arctic with SIKU & Arctic Sea Ice Educational Package
Website arcticeider.com/
Funding level Year 1 - $101,500.00
Year 2 - $101,500.00
Year 3 - $101,500.00
Organization The Riverwood Conservancy
Location MISSISSAUGA/ON
Project title LEADS - Leadership in Environmental Achievements through Diversity and Skills
Website theriverwoodconservancy.org/
Funding level Year 1 - $30,000.00
Year 2 - $30,000.00
Year 3 - $30,000.00
Organization The University of British Columbia
Location VANCOUVER/BC
Project title The Cedar Summer Camp and Mentorship Program
Website science.ubc.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $30,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization The University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus)
Location KELOWNA/BC
Project title Aboriginal Undergraduate Research Mentorship
Website ok.ubc.ca
Funding level Year 1 - $25,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization The University of British Columbia
Location VANCOUVER/BC
Project title UBC Summer Science Program for Indigenous Youth
Website health.aboriginal.ubc.ca
Funding level Year 1 - $40,900.00
Year 2 - $40,900.00
Year 3 - $40,900.00
Organization The University of British Columbia
Location VANCOUVER/BC
Project title Supporting Indigenous Youth and Teachers Across BC
Website geeringup.apsc.ubc.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $200,000.00
Year 2 - $200,000.00
Year 3 - $200,000.00
Organization The University of British Columbia
Location VANCOUVER/BC
Project title Let's Talk Science Outreach at the University of British Columbia
Website outreach.letstalkscience.ca/ubc
Funding level Year 1 - $15,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization The University of Western Ontario
Location LONDON/ON
Project title Space Matters
Website edu.uwo.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $62,500.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization The University of Western Ontario
Location LONDON/ON
Project title Expansion of Coding and Digital Skills Programming to Under-served Communities
Website eng.uwo.ca/outreach/
Funding level Year 1 - $40,000.00
Year 2 - $40,000.00
Year 3 - $40,000.00
Organization The University of Western Ontario
Location LONDON/ON
Project title Impact Earth: A Northern Citizen Science Initiative
Website space.uwo.ca
Funding level Year 1 - $56,600.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization THEMUSEUM
Location KITCHENER/ON
Project title S.T.E.M. Education in the Underground Studio MakerSpace
Website themuseum.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $30,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Université de Montréal
Location MONTREAL/QC
Project title 1000 Sciences: transformer l'intérêt des jeunes pour les sciences en trajectoires de réussite vers l'Université et les carrières scientifiques
Website seur.qc.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $20,000.00
Year 2 - $20,000.00
Year 3 - $20,000.00
Organization Université de Sherbrooke
Location SHERBROOKE/QC
Project title Plongez dans l'algorinthe
Website usherbrooke.ca/informatique/
Funding level Year 1 - $5,600.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Université du Québec à Montréal
Location MONTREAL/QC
Project title Sprint de sciences
Website coeurdessciences.uqam.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $8,600.00
Year 2 - $8,600.00
Year 3 - $8,600.00
Organization Université Laval
Location QUEBEC/QC
Project title Attraction Chimique (AC): au coeur de l'expérience
Website www2.chm.ulaval.ca/attractionchimique/
Funding level Year 1 - $53,300.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization University of Alberta
Location EDMONTON/AB
Project title WISEST Summer Research Program, SET Conference, Teacher Resource Development
Website ualberta.ca/services/wisest/index.html
Funding level Year 1 - $133,300.00
Year 2 - $133,300.00
Year 3 - $133,300.00
Organization University of Calgary
Location CALGARY/AB
Project title Water Quality and Unconventional Resource Development: Partnering with remote Indigenous communities to create a mentorship pipeline
Website ucalgary.ca
Funding level Year 1 - $60,000.00
Year 2 - $60,000.00
Year 3 - $60,000.00
Organization University of Manitoba
Location WINNIPEG/MB
Project title Science Rendez Vous and Discovery Days
Website www.sci.umanitoba.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $35,000.00
Year 2 - $35,000.00
Year 3 - $35,000.00
Organization University of Manitoba
Location WINNIPEG/MB
Project title Biometrics of polar bears in a changing world: youth-led research at the edge of the Arctic
Website umanitoba.ca/research/ors/
Funding level Year 1 - $33,000.00
Year 2 - $33,000.00
Year 3 - $33,000.00
Organization University of New Brunswick
Location FREDERICTON/NB
Project title Worlds UNBound Expansion of Girls & Indigenous Programming
Website worldsunbound.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $50,000.00
Year 2 - $50,000.00
Year 3 - $50,000.00
Organization University of Prince Edward Island
Location CHARLOTTETOWN/PE
Project title Promoting Girls in Research in Engineering and Sustainability (ProGRES)
Website upei.ca/engineering
Funding level Year 1 - $13,100.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization University of Prince Edward Island
Location CHARLOTTETOWN/PE
Project title Youth Engagement in Veterinary Medicine: A Model to Enhance Indigenous Youth Connection to STEM
Website upei.ca/avc
Funding level Year 1 - $29,400.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization University of Regina
Location REGINA/SK
Project title Expansion of Indigenous Outreach Programs
Website uregina.ca/engineering/eyes.html
Funding level Year 1 - $75,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization University of Saskatchewan
Location SASKATOON/SK
Project title SCI-FI Science Camps Rural and Indigenous Satellite Camps
Website scifi.usask.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $30,000.00
Year 2 - $30,000.00
Year 3 - $30,000.00
Organization University of Saskatchewan
Location SASKATOON/SK
Project title Caribou, Peatlands, Fire, and Permafrost: Student-Led and Community Engaged Climate Change Research
Website usask.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $43,000.00
Year 2 - $43,000.00
Year 3 - $43,000.00
Organization University of Toronto
Location TORONTO/ON
Project title InSPIRE: Inclusive Science Program with Immersion Research Experience
Website www.thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca
Funding level Year 1 - $32,300.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization University of Toronto
Location TORONTO/ON
Project title Embracing Mi'kmaw Skies: Intertwining western astronomy and Mi'kmaw knowledge
Website www.astro.utoronto.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $23,300.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization University of Toronto
Location TORONTO/ON
Project title Waste Free Tomorrow: Youth Engagement Program to Increase Science and Waste Literacy
Website rochmanlab.com/trashteam/
Funding level Year 1 - $50,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization University of Waterloo
Location WATERLOO/ON
Project title Girls Mean Business
Website cs.uwaterloo.ca/wics
Funding level Year 1 - $90,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization University of Waterloo
Location WATERLOO/ON
Project title Engineering Science Quest (ESQ)
Website uwaterloo.ca/engineering/engineering-outreach
Funding level Year 1 - $150,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Visions of Science Network for Learning Inc.
Location TORONTO/ON
Project title The STEM Learning Ecosystem
Website vosnl.org/
Funding level Year 1 - $75,000.00
Year 2 - $75,000.00
Year 3 - $75,000.00
Organization Water Rangers
Location OTTAWA/ON
Project title Water Rangers Shoreline Program: Immersive water science education to empower the next generation of water stewards
Website waterrangers.ca
Funding level Year 1 - $105,300.00
Year 2 - $105,300.00
Year 3 - $105,300.00
Organization Wilfrid Laurier University
Location WATERLOO/ON
Project title Mama Aki Camp
Website wlu.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $16,200.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00

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