VUNTUT GWITCHIN FIRST NATION: federal grants and contributions

Construction of a solar energy facility including solar panel frames, electronic building, installation of panels, upgrade power distribution lines, install step-up transformer, battery storage system, micro grid controller and training of local workers.

• Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
• Strategic Investments in Northern Economic Development
• Yukon

Construction of an indoor accessible community gathering space attached to the nine unit Elder’s Complex.

• Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
• Canada Community Revitalization Fund (CCRF)
• Yukon

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

• Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
• Implementation

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

• Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
• Northern Affairs

Description (English)

• Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
• Community Infrastructure Program, Strategic Investments in Northern Economic Development Innovation

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

• Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
• Northern Affairs

The VGFN will study predator impacts on country food sources, through the combination of traditional and genomic identification methods, across Vuntut lands. Indigenous Land Guardians will work with scientific partners to collect non-invasive samples to assess wolf density, behaviour, diet and health, in order to facilitate local adaptations to shifts in country food availability.

• Polar Knowledge Canada
• Northern Science and Technology Program

NYCS will be an Indigenous-led think tank or “circle of experts” located in Northern Yukon where the most pressing impacts of climate change in North Yukon are discussed; solutions are studied and developed; and knowledge is consolidated and governed by the Nations. NYCS aims to build true full-life sustainability, climate resilience, and self-determination for First Nations in Northern Yukon by creating a space where climate solutions rooted in Indigenous science and ways of being are developed.

• Polar Knowledge Canada
• Northern Science and Technology Program

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

• Indigenous Services Canada
• Primary Care

The Recipient agrees to contribute to addressing the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system through activities such as prevention, diversion and/or reintegration.

• Department of Justice Canada
• Indigenous Justice Program
• Yukon

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

• Indigenous Services Canada
• Health Promotion & Disease Prevention, Public Health Protection, Primary Care

The Recipient agrees to contribute to addressing the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system through activities such as prevention, diversion and/or reintegration.

• Department of Justice Canada
• Indigenous Justice Program
• Yukon

This project is focused on pre-feasibility and feasibility opportunity scanning for forest economic development opportunities and Indigenous participation in the forest industy.

• Natural Resources Canada
• Contributions in support of Indigenous Economic Development

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

• Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
• Northern Affairs

This contribution supports Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in understanding how climate change is impacting Porcupine caribou habitat in Vuntut National Park. Knowledge gathered through the program will inform several key Porcupine caribou management and conservation planning efforts. In addition, the project will facilitate Indigenous leadership in ecological monitoring and cooperative management, empower Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation citizens to strengthen decision making in the regional conservation economy, and provide opportunities for citizens to re-connect with caribou landscapes within the

• Parks Canada
• General Class Grants and Contributions Program
• Yukon

The Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation (VGFN) is receiving a non-repayable contribution to advance a two year project to create a strategic food security plan for the community, complete a feasibility assessment and advance early stage activities in support of establishing the parameters of the operation of a community cold/dry food storage facility to provide safe, energy-efficient storage for country foods and perishables.

• Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
• Northern Isolated Community Initiatives
• Yukon

The recipient agrees to: contribute to addressing the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system through prevention, diversion and retintegration activites.

• Department of Justice Canada
• Indigenous Justice Program
• Yukon

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.

• Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy - Negotiation and Implementation of Fisheries Agreements (AFS / NIFA)

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

• Indigenous Services Canada
• Economic Development

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

• Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
• Treaties and Aboriginal Government

• Canadian Heritage

• Canadian Heritage

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

• Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
• Northern Affairs

This contribution supports the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation citizens with opportunities to share their culture and heritage with visitors, while also offering economic benefits and enhancing visitor experiences in Nan Thok Natr’iniin’aii (Vuntut National Park).

• Parks Canada
• General Class Grants and Contributions Program
• Yukon

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

• Indigenous Services Canada
• Social Development

• Canadian Heritage

• Canadian Heritage

• Canadian Heritage

The Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation will conduct a feasibility study of the viability of economically harvesting and processing willow and alder shrubs to create a renewable fuel and displace diesel for heating in Old Crow, Yukon.

• Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
• IDEANorth
• Yukon

• Canadian Heritage

• Canadian Heritage

• Canadian Heritage

• General Class Grants and Contributions Program
• General Class Contribution Program

All grants from Parks Canada

• Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy - Negotiation and Implementation of Fisheries Agreements (AFS / NIFA)

All grants from Fisheries and Oceans Canada

All grants from Environment and Climate Change Canada

• Treaties and Aboriginal Government
• Strategic Investments in Northern Economic Development
• Community Infrastructure Program, Strategic Investments in Northern Economic Development Innovation
• Aboriginal Peoples' Program

• Indigenous Justice Program
• Treaties and Aboriginal Government

• Health Promotion & Disease Prevention, Public Health Protection, Primary Care
• Social Development
• Primary Care, Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
• CIRNAC - Indian Registration