Funding Opportunities

Indigenous Services Canada’s Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program for First Nations South of 60°
  • Indigenous Services Canada’s Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program (CCHAP) for First Nations South of 60°N supports First Nation communities to identify, assess, and respond to the health impacts of climate change.
  • The program supports projects that focus on the health impacts of climate change by helping communities:
    • develop and implement health-related adaptation or action plans;
    • develop and share knowledge-building and communication materials;
    • support adaptation decision-making at the local, regional and national levels.
  • CCHAP for First Nations South of 60°N can provide up to $125,000 per project for community- or regional-based climate and health research and action projects to support First Nation communities to minimize risks and adapt to the impacts of climate change on human health. Recipients have up to two years to complete their project.
  • Funding Application Guide is available for download by clicking here.

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EcoAction Community Funding Program
  • Protect, rehabilitate, enhance and sustain the natural environment, forms, guides, applicants and service standards.
Science Horizons Youth Internship Program (Science Horizons)
  • Science Horizons supports green jobs for youth by providing wage subsidies to eligible employers to hire interns in environmental and clean technology sectors. Interns must be recent college or university graduates in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM).
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada’s First Nation Adapt Program
  • Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada’s First Nation Adapt was developed to enable First Nations communities to prioritize adaptation actions around severe and repeated climate change impacts related to infrastructure and emergency management.  The program provides funding to First Nation communities south of the 60th parallel to do vulnerability assessments, adaptation planning and cost-benefit analyses to minimize risks and adapt to the impacts of climate change. For example, past projects have included detailed flood mapping studies, sea-level rise projection models, Firesmart assessments, winter road realignment studies and many others.  For more information on the program and a link to the funding guidelines see http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1481305681144/1481305709311.  The First Nation Adapt team is available to answer questions at: [email protected]
Indigenous Forestry Initiative (IFI)
The Indigenous Forestry Initiative (IFI) is an application-based funding initiative that supports the participation of Indigenous peoples in Canada’s natural resources sectors, especially the forest sector.
IFI funds a variety of projects that promote forest-based economic development. Application packages are available by emailing IFI / IFA  (NRCan/RNCan) <[email protected]>  and can be submitted throughout the year.
 
http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/forests/federal-programs/13125

​Indigenous Community-Based Climate Monitoring Program
  • This program was developed in response to needs that the National Indigenous Organizations identified through engagement on the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change. The program provides funding to support Indigenous communities in the development and implementation of community-based climate monitoring projects.
  • The goal of the program is to support Indigenous peoples in monitoring climate indicators, which will provide the data required to inform community adaptation actions. In addition, the data can help address climate data gaps within Canada and improve climate models and weather predictions. For more information on the program and a link to the funding guidelines see Indigenous Community-Based Climate Monitoring Program (rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca)
Indigenous Services Canada’s Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program for Northern First Nation and Inuit communities (CCHAP North)
  • Indigenous Services Canada’s CCHAP North has a history of funding community-based adaptation and research projects in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik and Nunatsiavut. The program has been renewed until 2022 and is partnering with INAC’s Climate Change Preparedness in the North program to strengthen adaptation in the north and make funding more accessible to communities.
  • The CCHAP North is looking to provide flexible funding for community-based projects. There is multiyear funding is available for projects with a regional or multi-community impact.  
 
The program is open to First Nations and Inuit organizations and communities in the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik, and Nunatsiavut.
  • For more information please contact Ben Linaker, Department of Indigenous Services Canada's CCHAP North Program Manager at [email protected] ‎or by phone at 867-766-8415.