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Project Number: CL1-14-SK
Term of Project: January 2007 to March 2007
Status: Completed
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Project Summary:
In response to the community’s demand for a more responsive and transparent process for the funding of programs geared towards Aboriginal people, the UAS Steering Committee sought to develop a comprehensive database that would compile information regarding funding sources that are available to the urban Aboriginal community. This database would provide an integrative funding mechanism to support community-driven initiatives and collaborative partnerships by coordinating the mandates and programs of several organizational bodies, including governmental departments, First Nations and Métis
agencies, community-based organizations, and the non-profit sector. Through multi-sector collaboration and access to the maximum resources available to the Aboriginal community, it is hoped that the funding database will contribute to effective strategic planning to address challenges facing the urban Aboriginal community in Saskatoon.
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The first goal was completed via web-based searches. The data gathered was based on the information posted on the organizations’ websites. In some cases, organizations were contacted directly to clarify the information. The majority of the funding resources are government-based departments and organizations.
The second goal entailed transferring the compiled research into an Access database that was in turn used by penTECH solutions to create a web page, now accessible on the Urban Aboriginal Strategy (UAS) website at http://www.saskatoonuas.org/Fundorgs.php.
The project goals and outcomes fit with the UAS Saskatoon vision for a collaborative funding and granting model. The data collected informs the amount of funding and granting resources that are available for organizations who deliver programming for Aboriginal people living in Saskatoon.
Contingent upon a sustainability model with periodical updating, the funding database has the potential to become an important tool for community-based organizations and policy makers to direct change in Saskatoon.
Project Poster: Poster (pdf)
Final Report: Final Report (pdf)
Projected Expenditures: $9,000
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Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada / Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada
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