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  "retrieved": "2026-10-16T11:01:08Z",
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    "name": "QALIPU MI'KMAQ FIRST NATION BAND: federal grants and contributions",
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    "summary": "48 federal grant and contribution agreements worth $20.1M with QALIPU MI'KMAQ FIRST NATION BAND, 2011–2026.",
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        "display": "$20.1M"
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        "label": "departments",
        "value": 6,
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        "value": 14,
        "unit": "count"
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    "text": [
      "Qalipu Home Energy Efficiency Initiative",
      "Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)",
      "These funds are meant to support Aboriginal organizations to design and deliver labour market programs and services, work to build capacity within their organization, and ensure clients are well served",
      "This program is an integral component of the AFS and facilitates the voluntary retirement of commercial licences and the issuance of licences to eligible Aboriginal groups in a manner that does not add to the existing fishing effort, thereby providing Aboriginal groups with much-needed employment and income.",
      "Fuel Charge Proceeds Fund For Indigenous Governments",
      "The objective of the Supports for Student Learning Program (SSLP) is to help all learners improve their educational outcomes throughout their life course so that they can get the skills they need to succeed in the labour market.",
      "Support aboriginal communities in becoming successful participants in commercial fisheries and aquaculture",
      "This contribution supports Qalipu First Nation in determining the feasibility of establishing a National Marine Conservation Area in the South Coast Fjords Area and of redesignating Sandbanks Provincial Park as a National Park in Southwestern Newfoundland.",
      "Support aboriginal communities in becoming successful participants in commercial fisheries and aquaculture",
      "Support aboriginal communities in becoming successful participants in commercial fisheries and aquaculture",
      "Contributions to support increased Aboriginal participation in commercial fisheries, cooperative fisheries management arrangements and consultations respecting Aboriginal fisheries agreements",
      "Contribution as part of the Indigenous Capacity Support Program to Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation Band to assist in improving assessments, policy engagement, assessment monitoring and follow-up activities.",
      "Support aboriginal communities in becoming successful participants in commercial fisheries and aquaculture",
      "Mitigate the impacts of the total seal products ban imposed by the European Union (EU). This program is designed to assist Canadian Indigenous peoples access the EU market using the Indigenous exemption, and to assist the commercial seal products industry develop and renew access to other markets.",
      "Mitigate the impacts of the total seal products ban imposed by the European Union (EU). This program is designed to assist Canadian Indigenous peoples access the EU market using the Indigenous exemption, and to assist the commercial seal products industry develop and renew access to other markets.",
      "Support Indigenous groups as they develop, grow and maintain aquatic resource and oceans management departments that can provide fisheries, habitat, science, and oceans related services along a watershed.",
      "Support aboriginal communities in becoming successful participants in commercial fisheries and aquaculture",
      "Enhancing capacity for marine bird monitoring and research in Qalipu First Nation",
      "Support aboriginal communities in becoming successful participants in commercial fisheries and aquaculture",
      "Support aboriginal communities in becoming successful participants in commercial fisheries and aquaculture",
      "Support aboriginal communities in becoming successful participants in commercial fisheries and aquaculture",
      "Support aboriginal communities in becoming successful participants in commercial fisheries and aquaculture",
      "The purpose of the Indigenous Habitat Participation Program and the Salish Sea Initiative, is to support the participation of Indigenous peoples in activities relating to the conservation and protection of fish and fish habitat, including the development of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ (DFO) policies, program elements and regulations and the development of their technical capacity to support greater involvement in the conservation and protection of fish and fish habitat.",
      "Acoustic Monitoring of Bat Species in Central Newfoundland",
      "The purpose of the Indigenous Habitat Participation Program and the Salish Sea Initiative, is to support the participation of Indigenous peoples in activities relating to the conservation and protection of fish and fish habitat, including the development of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ (DFO) policies, program elements and regulations and the development of their technical capacity to support greater involvement in the conservation and protection of fish and fish habitat.",
      "Contribution as part of the Participant Funding Program to Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation Band to assist in preparing for and engaging in Indigenous consultation activities and public participation opportunities associated with the assessment process for the Regional Assessment of the Offshore Wind Development in Newfoundland and Labrador.",
      "Support aboriginal communities in becoming successful participants in commercial fisheries and aquaculture",
      "The objectives of the Program are: .• promoting volunteerism among seniors; .• engaging seniors in the community through.mentoring of others; .• expanding awareness of elder abuse, including.financial abuse; .• supporting social participation and inclusion of.seniors; and .• providing capital assistance for new and existing.community projects and/or programs for seniors. .",
      "The objectives of the Program are: .• promoting volunteerism among seniors; .• engaging seniors in the community through.mentoring of others; .• expanding awareness of elder abuse, including.financial abuse; .• supporting social participation and inclusion of.seniors; and .• providing capital assistance for new and existing.community projects and/or programs for seniors. .",
      "Capacity Building for the Co-Development and Implementation of Solutions for the Return of Federal Fuel Charge Proceeds – Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation Band",
      "Mitigate the impacts of the total seal products ban imposed by the European Union (EU). This program is designed to assist Canadian Indigenous peoples access the EU market using the Indigenous exemption, and to assist the commercial seal products industry develop and renew access to other markets.",
      "Acoustic Monitoring of Bat Species in Central Newfoundland",
      "Grant as part of the Participant Funding Program to Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation Band to assist in preparing for and engaging in Indigenous consultation activities and public participation opportunities associated with the assessment process for the Valentine Gold Project.",
      "Support aboriginal communities in becoming successful participants in commercial fisheries and aquaculture"
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      {
        "name": "Long Range Mountains",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/riding/10005-long-range-mountains/"
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      {
        "name": "Environment and Climate Change Canada",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/department/environment-and-climate-change-canada/"
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      {
        "name": "Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/department/crown-indigenous-relations-and-northern-affairs-canada/"
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      {
        "name": "Employment and Social Development Canada",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/department/employment-and-social-development-canada/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Fisheries and Oceans Canada",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/department/fisheries-and-oceans-canada/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Parks Canada",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/department/parks-canada/"
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      {
        "name": "Impact Assessment Agency of Canada",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/department/impact-assessment-agency-of-canada/"
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    "assay_record": "ASY-CA-061BCYQ1KV",
    "cite_as": "Assay Systems, \"QALIPU MI'KMAQ FIRST NATION BAND: federal grants and contributions\", https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/qalipu-mi-kmaq-first-nation-band/"
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