Vaccine Community Innovation Challenge

Recipient organization	Project title	Target audience	Amount
12697548 Canada Inc. (Arthur Schwimmer and Shawn Laraby)	Covid-19 & Vaccination Communication Campaign for First Nations by First Nations communities	First Nations communities youth, young adults and seniors, as well as those who have access to radio and digital networks across Canada	$10,000
Abilities Centre	The Vaccine is for YOU, ME and WE	People with diverse disabilities and intersecting identities in Durham Region and across Ontario	$25,000
Aboriginal Friendship Centre of Calgary	Urban Indigenous Immunization Clinic	Indigenous people (First Nations, Métis, Inuit) across Alberta, including in urban areas	$10,000
Access Alliance Multicultural Health & Community Services	Building vaccine confidence in newcomer languages through newcomer messengers: the medium is the message	Newcomers to Canada living in low-income and racialized communities in Toronto, Ontario	$10,000
African Canadian Association of Ottawa	Once We Are Vaccinated	Black Canadians in the National Capital Region in Ontario and Quebec	$5,000
African Communities of Manitoba Inc. (ACOMI)	ACOMI “40 Community Champions” Project	African and Black Canadian communities in Altona, Brandon and Winnipeg, Manitoba	$10,000
African Society for Culture, Economic Development and Arts	Straight Talk – COVID and our People	Black and other racialized communities, immigrants and refugees, individuals with precarious living situations or with low socioeconomic status in Alberta	$25,000
Afrique au Féminin	Campagne de promotion et de conception multilingue de la vaccination contre la COVID-19 des Aînés immigrants allophones	Seniors 60 years and over from immigrant communities in the Parc-Extension neighborhood, Montreal metropolitan region (Quebec)	$10,000
Alberta International Medical Graduates Association	Vaccination Matters! Let’s End COVID: A Collaborative Community Response	Newcomer communities, including immigrants, refugees and temporary migrants across Alberta	$10,000
Armenian Family Support Services	Promoting COVID-19 Vaccination	Armenian community in the Greater Toronto Area including Markham, Richmond Hill, as well as Hamilton, and St Catharines, Ontario	$5,000
Aspire for Higher Elite Basketball	Get Back to the Game	Black and racialized youth and parents in Brampton, Ontario	$10,000
Association for the Alberta Network of Immigrant Women	Community Engagement during and beyond COVID-19	South Asian community in Calgary, Alberta	$5,000
Bangladesh Centre and Community Services	COVID-19 Vaccine Promotion Campaign for Bengali and South Asian Communities in East Scarborough (Taylor Creek, Massey, Thorncliffe)	Bengali community members within the Taylor, Massey, Thorncliffe and East Scarborough (Victoria Park, Danforth) neighbourhoods in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Ontario	$5,000
Bangladeshi-Canadian Community Services	For You. For Them. Get Vaccinated.	Bangladeshi community in the Taylor-Massey-Oakridge neighbourhood in Toronto and Scarborough, Ontario	$10,000
Between Two Worlds	Tackling Vaccine Hesitancy among Latin American Population in the Ottawa-Gatineau region	Latin American populations in Ottawa-Gatineau region, Ontario and Quebec	$10,000
Brain Injury Canada	Accessibility Enabled: Providing vaccine education for individuals with acquired brain injury	Individuals living with acquired brain injury (ABI) and their caregivers across Canada	$10,000
Brampton Focus Community Media	#WeGotTheShot	Residents of Brampton, Ontario	$25,000
B’nai Brith National Organization of Canada	COVID-19 – Education and Vaccination	Residents of the Côte Saint-Luc and surrounding areas in the Greater Montreal region, Quebec	$5,000
Calgary Animated Objects Society	Nakoda AV Club: Get Vaccinated	Residents of Stoney Nakoda First Nation, Morley, and the Bow Valley Corridor, Alberta	$5,000
Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association	COVID-19 - Immune Calgary	Immigrant and newcomer communities, Calgary, Alberta	$5,000
Canadian Latin Heritage Association	V Together	Spanish-speaking community in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), including Peel and Halton, and in the Niagara Region (Ontario)	$10,000
Canadian Lebanese Academic Forum	Let Us Bust The Myth That COVID-19 Is A Challenge	Lebanese Canadian communities across Canada	$10,000
Canadian Support Workers Association	Vaccine Confidence and Information Campaign	Support workers in Ontario, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador	$5,000
Carrefour de ressources en interculturel	Ambassadrices 2.0	Immigrant communities, Montreal (Quebec)	$10,000
Centre de santé communautaire Hamilton-Niagara	VaccineNation, VaccineAction	Francophone populations in the regions of Hamilton and Niagara (Ontario)	$5,000
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)	Ready For My Shot	Persons with developmental disabilities, their caregivers and health professionals across Canada	$5,000
Centre for New Immigrant Well-Being	Let COVID-19 Vaccine Protect Us and Our Communities	Chinese-Canadian communities in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Ontario	$10,000
Chief Sunrise Education Centre	Get Vaccinated! The future looks good!	Youth attending Chief Sunrise Education Centre and their families, in the Katlodeeche First Nations Reserve, Hay River, Northwest Territories	$10,000
Coastal Research, Education and Advocacy Network Society	For Us, About Us: A Vaccine Literacy Campaign	Racialized youth aged 18 to 30 living in British Columbia	$5,000
Concordia University of Edmonton	Alberta Youth COVID-19 VacciNATION Campaign	Postsecondary students from diverse communities at Concordia University of Edmonton (Alberta)	$5,000
Council of Agencies Serving South Asians	Got My Teeka: Increasing Vaccine Confidence and Uptake among South Asian Communities Disproportionately Affected by COVID-19 in Canada	South Asian communities in Peel Public Health, Toronto Public Health regions of Ontario, and Fraser Health regions of British Columbia	$10,000
Denesh Peramakumar/Infectious Diseases Spotlight	Youth Vaccine Advocates	High school students from the Hamilton region, Ontario	$5,000
Folk Arts Council of St. Catharines	The Knowledge in You Language, The Vaccine in Your Arm	Newcomer population, including landed immigrants, refugees and international caregivers, in the Niagara region, Ontario	$10,000
Fraser Health Authority	Boosting Vaccine Confidence in Fraser Health’s South Asian Community	South Asian communities in the Fraser Health Authority region, British Columbia	$5,000
Fraser Northwest Division of Family Practice	Physician on a Mission	Ethnic minorities in Fraser Health Region and Vancouver Costal Health Region (British Columbia)	$125,000
Frontline Community Centre	#WhyVaccinate	Tamil and South Asian communities across Canada	$5,000
Global Village Centre	Staying Healthy: The Path to Community Wellness	Newcomers of all ages residing in Brooks and southeastern Alberta	$10,000
Governors of the University of Calgary	Cybermentor Community Arts Collaboration COVID Communication Campaign	Youth (aged 18 to 30) from Treaty 7 and in Calgary, Alberta	$10,000
Hamilton Public Library	Book your shot. We can help.	Residents of Hamilton, Ontario	$10,000
Hassan Ouali	Une campagne de sensibilisation à l’importance de se vacciner contre la COVID-19 auprés de la communauté musulmane vivant dans la région de Montréal	Members of the immigrant Muslim community living in the boroughs of Saint Léonard and East of Montreal (Quebec)	$10,000
Healthy Muslim Families	Saving Lives in the Newcomer Muslim Community through Vaccination	Muslim communities, including new Canadians, immigrants and refugee families in Winnipeg, Manitoba	$10,000
Healthy Start, Healthy Future/Life With a Baby	Addressing New Parents Vaccine Hesitancy	Parents of young children and families across Canada	$10,000
Hispanic Canadian Heritage Council	6 reasons to get vaccinated against COVID-19	Hispanic communities across Canada	$5,000
Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS)	Project Beacon – Communicating COVID-19 vaccines to newcomers	Immigrant and refugee claimants and migrants in Nova Scotia	$10,000
Inclusion Nova Scotia Society	Inclusion NS – I did it! I’m vaccinated.	Persons with intellectual disabilities in Nova Scotia	$25,000
Indian Society of Calgary	Increasing COVID-19 vaccine uptake and improving adherence to public health measures in the Indian and South Asian community in Canada	East Indians and South Asians in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta and across Canada	$25,000
Indigenous Friends Association	COVID-19 Indigenous Digital Community App Project	Indigenous peoples in urban centres across Ontario	$25,000
Initiative accès aux soins	Digital COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance Community Outreach	Canadians and immigrants of African descent in major centres across Ontario and in Montreal (Quebec)	$5,000
Iranian Canadian Teens Club	Vaccine Saves My Life	Residents of York region, Ontario	$5,000
Jada Beck	Our home, Our health, Our people	Residents in communities in the lesser slave lake area, Northwest Territories	$10,000
Jamaica Association of Montreal	Bridging the Gap, Safe Spaces, Putting Things into Historical Context, Community-Centre Dialogue, Advertising a Dedicated Phone and Text Number	Black communities in Montreal, Quebec	$5,000
Jane Finch Community and Family Centre	WADA Vaccine Awareness Campaign	The Somali community in Rexdale, Jane/Finch and Black Creek (Ontario)	$25,000
Julia Berkers	Together We Can	Residents from various communities in Ottawa, Ontario	$10,000
Kairos Development Mission	VacciNation – Way to go! Rid Country of COVID-19 and Stay Safe	Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities, including the African Canadian community across Canada	$5,000
Ken Bighetty	Chief Talks to the World About Vaccines	Indigenous communities across Canada	$5,000
Latincouver Cultural & Business Society	Estamos juntos – Understanding how to overcome the pandemic with COVID-19 Vaccinations	Latin American communities across Canada	$10,000
Les Volontaires de la Sensibilisation et de l’Action Humanitaire	Défi de l’innovation communautaire des vaccins	Immigrant and English-speaking communities in Estrie (Quebec)	$10,000
LetsStopAIDS	HeyCOVID19 2.0	Visible minority groups including Black, Indigenous, People of Colour (BIPOC), LGBTQ+ and immigrant/refugee populations across Canada	$10,000
Linda Sullivan	One Lump Or Two: Afternoon Tea and Talk	Older adults, seniors and their caregivers residing in Parry Sound, Muskoka, Haliburton and Kawartha Lakes regions, Ontario	$5,000
Living Positive Resource Centre Okanagan	Let’s Get to the Point	Persons living with, affected by or at higher risk of HIV, Hepatitis C and related conditions residing in the Interior of British Columbia, including Kelowna, Vernon and Peachland	$10,000
Living Space North Against Poverty	Mobile Outreach Support Team - MOST	Persons experiencing homelessness in Timmins and Cochrane District, Ontario	$5,000
MABELLEarts	Mabelle Community Heroes	Residents of Mabelle Avenue area in Central Etobicoke, Ontario	$10,000
Maritime Wave Association	Know Your Vaccine	Asian and Middle Eastern communities in the 18 to 25 age range in Halifax, Nova Scotia and across Canada	$10,000
Matthew McLaughlin/Bulldog Productions	It’s not roll up the rim, it’s roll up to WIN!	Queer community in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Ontario	$5,000
McMaster University	Public Health for the Twitch Generation	Young adults residing in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) including Peel and Hamilton regions, Ontario	$5,000
Métis Nation of Ontario	#MetisVacciNation: Healing from Within	Members of the Métis Nation of Ontario	$10,000
Michael Ondieki	Auntie wa Harrier	East African diaspora in Ontario	$5,000
missINFORMED	"I Got Vaccinated” Campaign	Young women aged 18 to 30 and visible minorities, specifically Black, South Asian and Latin American communities in the Greater Toronto Area (Ontario)	$25,000
Mosakahiken Cree Nation	Vaccines for MCN	Residents of the Mosakahiken Cree Nation, Manitoba	$5,000
MPC Foundation	Say YES to the VAX!	Seniors and older adults residing in Calgary, Alberta	$10,000
Multicultural Council of Windsor & Essex County	A World of Reasons	Newcomer, refugee, immigrant and underserved populations in the Windsor and Essex regions of Ontario	$10,000
Mustafa Tahir	The “Be a Hero” Campaign	Residents of Lawrence Heights and surrounding areas north of Toronto, Ontario	$5,000
National Association of Friendship Centres	In Friendship: Take Action in COVID	First Nations, Inuit and Métis in urban and related homelands	$10,000
New Brunswick Multicultural Council	Newcomer Vaccine Awareness Campaign	Newcomers, refugees and established members of the multicultural community in New Brunswick	$5,000
Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation Family and Community Wellness Centre	Ekitapatamak Kititheminanahk: Protecting Our People	Members of the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, Manitoba	$10,000
Noah Smith	Have a Talk Campaign	Young adults attending post-secondary institutions or recent graduates in Ontario	$5,000
North York General Hospital	Peers and Professionals: Vaccine Support in the Russian and FilipinX Communities in North York	Russian and Filipinx communities in North York, Ontario	$10,000
Northern Native Broadcasting	Protecting Each Other Now for a Better Tomorrow	82 communities in Central and Northern British Columbia, including 40 Indigenous communities representing Tsimshian, Nisga’a, Haida, Gitxsan, Wet’suwet’en, Haisla, Carrier Sekani, Heiltsuk, Nuxalk and Dene Thah Nations	$25,000
Northwest Metis Council	#Jiggingbacktogether	Métis communities in Manitoba, with a focus on Métis youth in the Northwest Region of the Manitoba Metis Federation	$5,000
Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCAD)	Solid Black! Vaccin8 for the Culture	Black community	$25,000
Options Community Services Society	Every Shot Matters	Arabic, Somali and Spanish speaking communities in the Fraser Health Region, particularly Surrey, Delta, White Rock and Langley, British Columbia	$25,000
Ottawa Chinese Community Service Centre	We Can Do It: WeChat for Vaccine Confidence	Chinese-speaking community in Ottawa, Ontario	$10,000
Overcomer Community Development Center	Defeat the Pandemic Campaign (DTPC)	Black Canadian communities	$5,000
Pediatric Urgent Care	COVID Immunity Protects our Community #covidunity	Brampton and Peel Region, Ontario	$5,000
Public Health Association of British Columbia	Kids Boost Immunity	Grades 4 to 12 teachers and students across Canada	$5,000
Piapot First Nation	COVID-19 Vaccine: Educating Our People	Community members living on and off reserve, of the Piapot First Nation, Saskatchewan	$5,000
Praveenah Sivabalan	Vaccines for All Initiative	Immigrants, migrants and undocumented workers residing in York Region, Ontario	$5,000
Pria Nippak	Increasing COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in South Asian Adults Aged 18 and Older	South Asian communities in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Ontario	$5,000
Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society	South Asian Youth Vaccine Commitment Project	South Asian youth residing in the Metro Vancouver area, British Columbia	$10,000
Regroupement de leadership et de bien-être pour Afro-Canadiens d’Alberta	Un vaccin pour une vie	Members of the Afro-Canadian community in Alberta	$10,000
Renato Justin Guidolin	Choose to Protect	Residents of Brampton, Mississauga and Caledon, Ontario	$5,000
REP Here In Canada	You and the Vaccine	Arabic-speaking communities across British Columbia	$10,000
Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning (McGill University)	WeCanVax	Black Canadians and Persons of Colour (BPOC) aged 20 to 45 in Ontario and Quebec	$10,000
Rural Development Network Society	This is My Shot	Rural youth in Alberta	$5,000
Russell Sun	Youth Vaccine-Nation: A proposal for an Ontario-based vaccine education programme	Youth aged 12 to 24 in southern Ontario, including communities of Windsor, London and Toronto and environs	$5,000
Ryerson University	Vax and Snax: Increasing vaccine confidence and uptake among Toronto’s underhoused communities	Community support organizations and persons living in underhoused communities in Toronto, Ontario	$5,000
Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation	Sagamok Chooses Fun over Frustration!	Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation on the North Shore of Lake Huron (Ontario)	$25,000
Scarborough Cares Community Network	Mr. VacSingh, the vaccinator!	Residents of Scarborough, Ontario	$10,000
Seven Oaks School Division	Together we can do this!	Newcomer and Indigenous communities in North West Winnipeg, Manitoba	$25,000
Sharon Malhi, Chirag Chopra, Rajeshwar Lally	Apni Vaccine	Second and third generation Canadians in Surrey, British Columbia	$5,000
Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation	Don’t Hesitate, just VACCINATE!!!	Residents of Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation, Newfoundland and Labrador	$10,000
Sikh Health Foundation	COVID-19 South Asian Vaccine Confidence Initiative	South Asian communities in the Lower Mainland, British Columbia	$10,000
Six Nations of the Grand River	#Vaccinate6Nay	Members of the Six Nations of the Grand River, Ontario	$5,000
Solid State Community Society	Cookout Conversations: Vaccine Hesitancy and the Black Community	Black people and the African diaspora in Surrey and the Lower Mainland, British Columbia	$5,000
Somali Canada Women and Children Association	Overcoming Vaccine Hesitancy: Building Resilience in immigrant communities	Newcomers, refugees and immigrant communities across Canada	$10,000
Sourav Arora	Multilingual Vaccine Awareness Movement	Punjabi-speaking population in British Columbia	$5,000
South Asian Canadians Health and Social Services	Multimedium Messaging in Mother Languages for Vaccine Confidence in Canadians of South Asian Origin	South Asians across Canada	$25,000
South Riverdale Community Health Centre	Vaccine Confidence Influencer Campaign	Young Black and racialized communities in Jane-Finch, Flemingdon, Throncliffe and Taylor-Massey, Ontario	$5,000
St. James Town Family Literacy Services	Vaccinate St. James Town	Residents in St James Town community in Toronto, Ontario	$10,000
Students Commission of Canada	#CanadaWeWant Vaccination Campaign	Black and Indigenous youth in Toronto, Ontario	$5,000
Sujane Kandasamy	South Asian Youth as Vaccine Agents of Change (SAY-VAC)	South Asian community in Peel and Toronto regions of Ontario	$10,000
Sumas First Nation	#CommunityNationVaccination	Indigenous youth and Elders in the Fraser Valley, British Columbia	$5,000
Syrian Canadian Foundation	Syrian Newcomer Pandemic Safety Campaign	Syrian newcomers in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Ontario	$5,000
The Immigrant Education Society (TIES)	Be Confident, Stay Safe, Get Vaccinated	Underserved communities in Calgary’s Upper and Lower Northeast and Southeast (Alberta)	$10,000
The Iscream	If you're a man, get vaccinated	Racialized men	$10,000
The Neighbourhood Organization (TNO)	Our community matters. Let’s protect it together!	Residents of Thorncliffe Park, Flemingdon Park, St James Town and Crescent Town in Toronto, Ontario	$10,000
Tools of Empowerment for Success (TOEFS)	Let’s Give It A Shot!	Residents of Niagara Region, Ontario	$10,000
Tracy Wanyama	Improving Vaccine Uptake in Marginalized Communities: Help break the chain, get your COVID-19 VACCINE	Black Canadian communities in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Ontario	$10,000
Undercurrent Youth Centre	I love my	Youth in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia	$5,000
United Cultures of Canada Association (UCCA)	Safe Together Bringing Ethnic Communities Together for an Effective COVID Vaccine Promotion Strategy	Newcomer and refugee communities in Edmonton, Alberta	$10,000
University of Regina	Countering Vaccine Hesitancy	Residents of Regina, Saskatchewan including Indigenous and newcomer communities, and young Canadians	$5,000
University of Saskatchewan	Aunty’s Challenge	Métis residing in Saskatchewan and Indigenous persons across Canada	$5,000
University of Toronto	Use of Innovative Health Design to Improve Peer to Peer Dialogue on COVID Vaccines – The Button Project	Healthcare workers within shelter settings in Toronto, Ontario	$25,000
Urban Society for Aboriginal Youth	COVID Vaccine Indigenous Animated Video and AR App	Indigenous youth aged 18 to 29 in Calgary, Alberta	$10,000
Uzima Women Relief Group International	Increasing Participation of Black Communities in Toronto in COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake	Residents of Black communities in Toronto Neighbourhood Improvement Areas (NIAs), Toronto, Ontario	$5,000
Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration	South Asian Community Vaccine Confidence	South Asian residents across Canada	$10,000
Vernon and District Immigrant and Community Services Society	North Okanagan Newcomer Community Vaccine Campaign	New immigrants, refugees, temporary foreign nations, naturalized and first generation Canadians across the North Okanagan (British Columbia)	$25,000
Vietnamese Association Toronto	KNOCK DOWN COVID-19	Vietnamese community in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Ontario	$10,000
Waveland	Looking Forward	Black Canadians across Canada	$10,000
Winnipeg Metis Association	#VMAflowerchain	Métis citizens in the Manitoba Metis Federation in Winnipeg	$10,000
Women of Colour Community Leadership Initiative	Women of Colour Grassroots Vaccine Campaign: Art as Our Voice	Racialized Canadians, immigrants and non-permanent residents in Winnipeg, Manitoba	$25,000
Yemen Canadian Community	#YallaJab	Arab-Canadian community residing in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Ontario	$10,000
YMCA of Greater Toronto	What’s your Y?	Low-income households in the Greater Toronto Area (Ontario)	$25,000
Yukon Aboriginal Women’s Council	Protecting Yukon’s Health	Communities across the Yukon	$25,000

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