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Through CIRA’s Community Investment Program, we have supported 130 innovative projects across Canada for a total of $5.45 million.

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CIP Projects

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Testing on-line farmers’ markets in food insecure neighbourhoods

This project brings two under-represented groups (urban food insecure communities and isolated rural ecological farmers) into the rapidly expanding digital food economy using open access tools.  These new tools can improve efficiencies for small s

  • Organization

    Wilfrid Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems

  • Funding Year

    2018

The Water Reader: Transforming Citizen Science for Waterways

This project will empower water lovers in Canada by developing an affordable way for them to test phosphorus using an inexpensive sensor and a phone to interpret results.

  • Organization

    Water Rangers

  • Funding Year

    2018

Circle of Indigenous Languages

The Circle of Indigenous Languages is a digital learning centre and database created to revitalize the endangered languages of Canada’s Indigenous peoples.  Its goal of revitalization encompasses three key offerings: digitization of existing recor

  • Organization

    University of Saskatchewan - The Office of First Nation & Metis Relations

  • Funding Year

    2018

Improving the Privacy of Internet Users

This project will study more advanced noise injection models and provide its privacy fundamental limits. Prototypes for noise injection tools will be developed and deployed for public use.

  • Organization

    University of Ottawa (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)

  • Funding Year

    2018

Re-storing Sensual And Sexual-Self: An Online Support Group for Cancer (ReSASS)

This project will address a service gap in cancer care.

  • Organization

    University Health Network - de Souza Institute

  • Funding Year

    2018

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