PromoScience

Grant recipients (2020)

Organization Acadia University
Location WOLFVILLE / NS
Project title Acadia Robotics
Website https://robots.acadiau.ca/robotics-home.html
Funding level Year 1 - $32,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Actua
Location OTTAWA / ON
Project title Inspiring interest in science and engineering among underrepresented youth
Website https://www.actua.ca/en/
Funding level Year 1 - $200,000.00
Year 2 - $200,000.00
Year 3 - $200,000.00
Organization Brandon University
Location BRANDON / MB
Project title PromoScience@Mini U
Website https://miniu.brandonu.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $35,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Canadian Association for Girls in Science
Location MISSISSAUGA / ON
Project title CAGIS Virtual
Website https://girlsinscience.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $150,000.00
Year 2 - $150,000.00
Year 3 - $150,000.00
Organization Canadian Light Source Inc.
Location SASKATOON / SK
Project title Students on the Beamlines
Website https://www.lightsource.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $47,800.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Canadore College
Location NORTH BAY / ON
Project title Kikindaaswiwin Mookisin STEAM Library & Wiiidokwananig waasa wenjibawad Mentorship Program: Animating an Indigenous Digital STEAM Platform
Website https://www.canadorecollege.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $157,800.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Cape Breton University
Location SYDNEY / NS
Project title Mi'kmaw Night Sky Stories; Indigenous Science Community Outreach
Website www.cbu.ca
Funding level Year 1 - $77,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Cégep Garneau
Location QUEBEC / QC
Project title Centre de démonstration en sciences physiques - Partout la science - Volet autochtones
Website https://www.cdsp.qc.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $27,000.00
Year 2 - $27,000.00
Year 3 - $27,000.00
Organization Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute
Location OTTAWA / ON
Project title The Canadian Science Fair Journal
Website https://www.cheoresearch.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $28,600.00
Year 2 - $28,600.00
Year 3 - $28,600.00
Organization Christie Lake Kids
Location OTTAWA / ON
Project title Fun with Science Program
Website https://www.christielakekids.com
Funding level Year 1 - $20,000.00
Year 2 - $20,000.00
Year 3 - $20,000.00
Organization Coop FA
Location LEVIS / QC
Project title Carbone Scol'ERE
Website www.coopfa.com
Funding level Year 1 - $200,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Dalhousie University
Location HALIFAX / NS
Project title Imhotep's Legacy Academy (virtual and on-site) province-wide STEM After-School Program
Website www.dal.ca/imhotep
Funding level Year 1 - $101,200.00
Year 2 - $101,200.00
Year 3 - $101,200.00
Organization Earth Rangers
Location WOODBRIDGE / ON
Project title Earth Rangers School Assembly & BASF Kids' Lab Program 2021-23
Website www.earthrangers.com
Funding level Year 1 - $30,000.00
Year 2 - $30,000.00
Year 3 - $30,000.00
Organization Ecoforestry Institute Society
Location VICTORIA / BC
Project title Wildwood Ecoforest Outdoor Education Program
Website https://www.ecoforestry.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $35,700.00
Year 2 - $35,700.00
Year 3 - $35,700.00
Organization Elephant Thoughts
Location COLLINGWOOD / ON
Project title School in Nature at Kimbercote and Riverstone Facilities
Website www.elephantthoughts.com
Funding level Year 1 - $39,400.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Engineers Canada
Location OTTAWA / ON
Project title Future City Program
Website www.engineerscanada.ca
Funding level Year 1 - $17,600.00
Year 2 - $17,600.00
Year 3 - $17,600.00
Organization Esteem Women Inc.
Location ST. JOHN'S / NL
Project title Building With Becky / GoSETT
Website http://www.esteemwomen.com/
Funding level Year 1 - $56,400.00
Year 2 - $56,400.00
Year 3 - $56,400.00
Organization Exploramer
Location SAINT-ANNE-DES-MONTS / QC
Project title Baleines à l'école
Website www.exploramer.qc.ca
Funding level Year 1 - $25,662.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization FortWhyte Alive
Location WINNIPEG / MB
Project title Roots of STEM - Inspiring interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math in Nature
Website www.fortwhyte.org
Funding level Year 1 - $85,000.00
Year 2 - $85,000.00
Year 3 - $85,000.00
Organization Gibsons Marine Education Centre
Location GIBSONS / BC
Project title Sunshine Coast Youth Marine Sciences Program
Website https://gibsonsmarine-ed.org/
Funding level Year 1 - $59,500.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Green Bricks
Location COQUITLAM / BC
Project title Green Bricks Environmental Science Programs
Website https://greenbricks.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $65,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Green Thumbs
Location TORONTO / ON
Project title Growing Kids
Website https://greenthumbsto.org/
Funding level Year 1 - $50,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Hackergal
Location TORONTO / ON
Project title Hackergal's National Ambassador Program: Mentoring Canada's Next Leaders
Website www.hackergal.org
Funding level Year 1 - $20,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization IndigeSTEAM
Location CALGARY / AB
Project title IndigeSTEAM Power to Choose: Program Expansion
Website https://www.indigesteam.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $106,600.00
Year 2 - $106,600.00
Year 3 - $106,600.00
Organization Kids Code Jeunesse
Location MONTREAL / QC
Project title #kids2030 Challenge
Website https://kidscodejeunesse.org/
Funding level Year 1 - $75,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Lakehead University
Location THUNDER BAY / ON
Project title Niijii Indigenous Mentorship Program: Coding for the North
Website http://www.lakeheadu.ca
Funding level Year 1 - $36,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization McGill University
Location MONTREAL / QC
Project title Engineering Engagement in School Curricula: Multi-Year Design Thinking Projects for Indigenous and Marginalized Youth
Website https://mcgill.ca
Funding level Year 1 - $31,200.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization McMaster University
Location HAMILTON / ON
Project title Venture Academy & Indigenous Outreach
Website https://youthprograms.eng.mcmaster.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $103,200.00
Year 2 - $103,200.00
Year 3 - $103,200.00
Organization MindFuel
Location CALGARY / AB
Project title MindFuel Canada Tech Futures - Youth Innovation Gateway
Website https://mindfuel.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $184,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Morrin Centre
Location QUEBEC / QC
Project title S.T.E.M. Club: Discovery, Creativity, Innovation
Website https://www.morrin.org/en/
Funding level Year 1 - $7,500.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Ontario Tech University
Location OSHAWA / ON
Project title Accessible Coding Camps for Youth with Visual Impairment
Website https://ontariotechu.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $30,000.00
Year 2 - $30,000.00
Year 3 - $30,000.00
Organization Pinnguaq Association
Location LINDSAY / ON
Project title TEK on the Land: Past, Present, and Future
Website www.pinnguaq.com
Funding level Year 1 - $128,600.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada - Mining Matters
Location NORTH YORK / ON
Project title Virtual Mining Matters Rocks!
Website https://miningmatters.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $45,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Queen's University
Location KINGSTON / ON
Project title Helping teachers integrate environmental science and Indigenous Traditional Knowledge in a rapidly changing world
Website www.queensu.ca
Funding level Year 1 - $47,500.00
Year 2 - $47,500.00
Year 3 - $47,500.00
Organization Regroupement des collèges du Montréal métropolitain
Location MONTREAL / QC
Project title acceSciences
Website https://rcm.quebec/
Funding level Year 1 - $55,300.00
Year 2 - $55,300.00
Year 3 - $55,300.00
Organization Relay Education
Location TORONTO / ON
Project title Kids World of Energy - Canada
Website www.relayeducation.com
Funding level Year 1 - $100,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Riparia
Location MONTREAL / QC
Project title Riparia: Empowering the Next Generation of Female Science Ambassadors
Website www.riparia.ca
Funding level Year 1 - $43,255.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Robogals Canada Ltd.
Location OTTAWA / ON
Project title Developing, Captivating, and Encouraging Diversity in STEM: It starts with young Canadians
Website https://robogals.org/locations/north-america-na/
Funding level Year 1 - $12,400.00
Year 2 - $12,400.00
Year 3 - $12,400.00
Organization Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Location TORONTO / ON
Project title Robotic Telescope: Taking Students to Deep Space
Website www.rasc.ca
Funding level Year 1 - $50,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Saskatchewan Science Centre
Location REGINA / SK
Project title Saskatchewan Science Centre Outreach Programs
Website https://www.sasksciencecentre.com/
Funding level Year 1 - $100,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Science East
Location FREDERICTON / NB
Project title Sharing Science
Website http://www.scienceeast.nb.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $100,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Scientists in School
Location PICKERING / ON
Project title Heightening Youth STEM Outcomes Through Community Workshops
Website www.scientistsinschool.ca
Funding level Year 1 - $193,300.00
Year 2 - $193,300.00
Year 3 - $193,300.00
Organization SHAD
Location WATERLOO / ON
Project title Growing & Exploring New Delivery Models To Impact More Youth & Teachers
Website www.shad.ca
Funding level Year 1 - $100,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Sierra Club of BC Foundation
Location VICTORIA / BC
Project title Nature Science Education Program
Website https://sierraclub.bc.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $35,000.00
Year 2 - $35,000.00
Year 3 - $35,000.00
Organization Simon Fraser University
Location BURNABY / BC
Project title Pathway to STEAM: Providing equitable access to STEAM education to marginalized girls, Indigenous youth, and at-risk community in BC
Website https://www.sfu.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $133,500.00
Year 2 - $133,500.00
Year 3 - $133,500.00
Organization Society for Canadian Women in Science & Technology
Location VANCOUVER / BC
Project title SCWIST Youth programs
Website https://scwist.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $66,500.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization St. Francis Xavier University
Location ANTIGONISH / NS
Project title STEM and Coding for Girls and Underserved Rural Youth
Website http://www2.mystfx.ca/chemistry/x-chem-outreach/about
Funding level Year 1 - $30,000.00
Year 2 - $30,000.00
Year 3 - $30,000.00
Organization St. Thomas University
Location FREDERICTON / NB
Project title Wasisǝk kisihtohtit (Children made it). Coding, learning, and constructing digital/STEM literacies: Families and communities becoming creators
Website https://www.stu.ca/news/all-news/2018/coding-learning-and-constructing-digital-stem-literacies.php
Funding level Year 1 - $18,272.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Students on Ice Foundation
Location GATINEAU / QC
Project title Blue Futures Pathways Phase II, Wave 2
Website www.studentsonice.com
Funding level Year 1 - $198,300.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Techsploration Inc.
Location DARTMOUTH / NS
Project title Techsploration Goes Virtual
Website http://techsploration.ca
Funding level Year 1 - $37,860.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization TELUS World of Science - Edmonton
Location EDMONTON / AB
Project title Indigenous Land-based Science Programs
Website www.twose.ca
Funding level Year 1 - $63,458.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Terranaut Club
Location LOWER SACKVILLE / NS
Project title GreenSTEM: Hands-on Science and Nature Programs for Girls+ in the Maritimes
Website www.terranautclub.com/canada
Funding level Year 1 - $23,300.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization THEMUSEUM
Location KITCHENER / ON
Project title Continuation of Support for STEM Programming in THEMUSEUM's Underground Studio
Website www.themuseum.ca
Funding level Year 1 - $28,300.00
Year 2 - $28,300.00
Year 3 - $28,300.00
Organization Ulnooweg
Location MONTREAL / QC
Project title Digital Mi'kmaq Project Based learning
Website https://www.digitalmikmaq.com/
Funding level Year 1 - $144,400.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Location TROIS-RIVIERES / QC
Project title Sciences Uniques
Website https://www.uqtr.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $7,100.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Université Laval
Location QUEBEC / QC
Project title SMAC (Sciences et mathématiques en action)
Website https://www.smac.ulaval.ca/accueil/
Funding level Year 1 - $95,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Université Laval
Location QUEBEC / QC
Project title Chercheur d'un jour
Website http://www.crchuq.ulaval.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $70,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Université Laval
Location QUEBEC / QC
Project title Des protéines qui ont du muscle, un jeu vidéo sérieux sur les biotechnologies
Website www.ecoledesproteines.com
Funding level Year 1 - $60,000.00
Year 2 - $60,000.00
Year 3 - $60,000.00
Organization University of British Columbia
Location VANCOUVER / BC
Project title Fostering Science: a mentoring program to empower youth in care in British Columbia
Website https://pharmsci.ubc.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $76,300.00
Year 2 - $76,300.00
Year 3 - $76,300.00
Organization University of British Columbia
Location KELOWNA / BC
Project title Indigenizing Okanagan STEM Outreach
Website https://hes.ok.ubc.ca/about/istand/
Funding level Year 1 - $50,000.00
Year 2 - $50,000.00
Year 3 - $50,000.00
Organization University of British Columbia
Location KELOWNA / BC
Project title Supporting Indigenous Learners and Interior Youth
Website https://geeringup.apsc.ubc.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $120,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization University of British Columbia
Location VANCOUVER / BC
Project title Intergenerational Landed Learning Project
Website https://edcp.educ.ubc.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $103,800.00
Year 2 - $103,800.00
Year 3 - $103,800.00
Organization University of Calgary
Location CALGARY / AB
Project title Bridging Science & Culture with Stoney Nakoda Students
Website https://science.ucalgary.ca/biological-sciences
Funding level Year 1 - $200,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization University of Calgary
Location CALGARY / AB
Project title Schulich Ignite: Empowering Canada's Youth through a Digital Literacy and Adaptive Learning Framework
Website https://schulichignite.com/
Funding level Year 1 - $90,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization University of Guelph
Location GUELPH / ON
Project title Bees@School
Website https://biodiversitygenomics.net
Funding level Year 1 - $39,600.00
Year 2 - $39,600.00
Year 3 - $39,600.00
Organization University of Northern British Columbia
Location PRINCE GEORGE / BC
Project title A Science Escape at UNBC
Website www.unbc.ca
Funding level Year 1 - $31,200.00
Year 2 - $31,200.00
Year 3 - $31,200.00
Organization University of Ottawa
Location OTTAWA / ON
Project title uOttawa Faculty of Engineering Outreach STEM programs
Website https://engineering.uottawa.ca/outreach-programs
Funding level Year 1 - $200,000.00
Year 2 - $200,000.00
Year 3 - $200,000.00
Organization University of Ottawa
Location OTTAWA / ON
Project title Science Minutes
Website www.uottawa.ca
Funding level Year 1 - $10,600.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization University of Regina
Location REGINA / SK
Project title Science Camps for Saskatchewan Indigenous Youth
Website www.uregina.ca
Funding level Year 1 - $72,200.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization University of Saskatchewan
Location SASKATOON / SK
Project title Science Ambassador Program
Website https://artsandscience.usask.ca/scienceoutreach/ambassador.php
Funding level Year 1 - $41,300.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization University of Toronto
Location TORONTO / ON
Project title Let's Talk Science Outreach at the University of Toronto, St. George campus
Website https://lts.escalator.utoronto.ca/home/
Funding level Year 1 - $16,600.00
Year 2 - $16,600.00
Year 3 - $16,600.00
Organization University of Toronto
Location TORONTO / ON
Project title Nikibii Dawadinna Giigway: Engaging a New Generation of Indigenous Youth in Green Infrastructure
Website https://www.utoronto.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $90,100.00
Year 2 - $90,100.00
Year 3 - $90,100.00
Organization University of Victoria
Location VICTORIA / BC
Project title The Living Lab Project
Website https://livinglabproject.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $50,000.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization University of Waterloo
Location WATERLOO / ON
Project title Engineering Science Quest (ESQ) - STEM Outreach
Website https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering-outreach/
Funding level Year 1 - $108,300.00
Year 2 - $108,300.00
Year 3 - $108,300.00
Organization University of Western Ontario
Location LONDON / ON
Project title Expansion of High School STEM Programming to Underserved Communities
Website https://www.eng.uwo.ca/outreach/
Funding level Year 1 - $40,000.00
Year 2 - $40,000.00
Year 3 - $40,000.00
Organization University of Winnipeg
Location WINNIPEG / MB
Project title Pathways to Graduate Studies (P2GS)
Website www.uwinnipeg.ca
Funding level Year 1 - $21,429.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization Water First
Location CREEMORE / ON
Project title Water First Indigenous Youth Education Outreach
Website www.waterfirst.ngo
Funding level Year 1 - $175,000.00
Year 2 - $175,000.00
Year 3 - $175,000.00
Organization World Fisheries Trust
Location ESQUIMALT / BC
Project title Seaquaria Ocean Education
Website https://worldfish.org
Funding level Year 1 - $60,200.00
Year 2 - $0.00
Year 3 - $0.00
Organization York University
Location TORONTO / ON
Project title Kindergarten to Industry (K2I) Academy - Bringing STEM to Life in School
Website https://lassonde.yorku.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $200,000.00
Year 2 - $200,000.00
Year 3 - $200,000.00
Organization Youth Science Canada
Location PICKERING / ON
Project title Increasing middle school visits to a virtual/hybrid Canada-Wide Science Fair
Website https://youthscience.ca
Funding level Year 1 - $200,000.00
Year 2 - $200,000.00
Year 3 - $200,000.00
Organization Yukon University
Location WHITEHORSE / YT
Project title Youth Moving Mountains
Website https://www.yukonu.ca/
Funding level Year 1 - $80,000.00
Year 2 - $80,000.00
Year 3 - $80,000.00

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