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Name of Recipient: National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation

Start Date: 2003–04

End Date: 2010-11

Total Funding: $22M

Description: The National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (NAAF) promotes the development and education of Aboriginal peoples and their professional advancement in Canadian society through the implementation of such initiatives as the Blueprint for the Future, Post-Secondary Education Program, the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards and Taking Pulse. Overall, the Foundation's programs are made possible through the support of the federal government, corporate sponsors, charitable foundations and individual donors.

The Foundation’s core focus continues to be providing scholarships for Aboriginal students. NAAF is the largest supporter of Aboriginal education outside the federal government. In
2003–04, Canadian Heritage provided a $12M endowment for the establishment of an Aboriginal Post-Secondary Scholarship Program. An additional endowment of $10M was approved in March 2007. Investment revenues of the endowment are used to award scholarships and bursaries to Aboriginal post-secondary students across Canada.

This Endowment Fund encourages higher levels of achievement in education to help Aboriginal Canadians gain the skills and learning needed to fully contribute to the economic life of their communities and Canadian society.

Strategic Outcome: Canadians share, express and appreciate their Canadian identity

Summary of Results Achieved by the Recipient: Investment revenues from the endowment provided funding for bursaries to Aboriginal post-secondary students.

Program Activity: Engagement and community participation

2008-09 Actual Spending	2009-10 Actual Spending	2010-11 Planned Spending	2010-11 Total Authorities	2010-11 Actual Spending	Variance(s)
$227,000.00	$227,000	$340,000	$340,000	$340,000	N/A

Comments on Variance(s): N/A

Significant Evaluation Findings by the Recipient During the Reporting Year and Future Plan: N/A

Significant Audit Findings by the Recipient During the Reporting Year and Future Plan: N/A

Name of Recipient: Endowment Fund – Canadian Institute for Research on Linguistic Minorities

Start Date: 2001–02

End Date: perpetual

Total Funding: $10M

Description: Through an endowment fund from the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canadian Institute for Research on Linguistic Minorities (CIRLM) was created in March 2002 with a view to becoming a national centre of expertise for better understanding of the challenges faced by official‑language minority communities as well as the trends in their environment. Although it is based out of Université de Moncton, the Institute has a mission that is national in scope. It carries out research on official‑language minority communities with the revenues generated by this fund as well as other revenues.

The CIRLM seeks to enhance research on issues that pertain to official‑language minority communities. Increased and improved research will ensure that community leaders and government officials responsible for developing public policy clearly understand the issues affecting the development of Canada’s English‑ and French‑speaking minorities.

Strategic Outcome: Canadians share, express and appreciate their Canadian identity

Summary of Results Achieved by the Recipient:

The evaluation conducted of the Institute in 2008–09 confirmed the following results:

• Research capacity continues to grow nationally. CIRLM experts from across Canada were connected to foster cooperation, which led to a larger pool of researchers with an interest in linguistic minorities. Ties between researchers were solidified and information on research opportunities was disseminated.
• The Institute is recognized for the quality of its applied and academic research.
• Research findings are recognized as relevant and useful, especially in the field of education, and are used by many stakeholders, including governments, communities and other researchers.
• CIRLM researchers often attend seminars and conferences, and publish their research in university publications nation‑wide.

The formative evaluation presented recommendations that the Institute is implementing progressively.

For 20010-11 the CIRLM worked on 29 research projects, a number of which were in partnership with other research centres and community organizations. A total of 13 research projects were conducted on topics such as family, childhood and education, community vitality, minority community health, and OLMC law, governance and public policy. Another 16 projects focussing on the following projects are currently underway: arts, culture, identity and diversity; family, childhood and education; community vitality; minority community health; and OLMC law, governance and public policy. These projects involve academic and community partners. Aside from these projects, 17 other proposals were recently submitted; seven were rejected.

Program Activity: Official Languages

2008-09 Actual Spending	2009-10 Actual Spending	2010-11 Planned Spending	2010-11 Total Authorities	2010-11 Actual Spending	Variance(s)
$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	N/A

Comments on Variance(s): N/A

Significant Evaluation Findings by the Recipient During the Reporting Year and Future Plan: N/A

Significant Audit Findings by the Recipient During the Reporting Year and Future Plan: N/A

Name of Recipient: Trans Canada Trail/Sentier transcanadien

Start Date: December 2003

End Date: March 2010*

* The agreement with Canadian Heritage was extended to March 31, 2011 and is now terminated. (Note: The organization has now entered into a $10 million agreement with Parks Canada, ending March 31 2013.)

Total Funding: $15M, entirely paid in 2003-04

Description: Trans Canada Trail/Sentier transcanadien leads an initiative, based on widespread voluntary support, to establish a national recreational trail that runs through every Canadian province and territory, linking hundreds of communities. The federal grant for this project is used solely to establish a fund to achieve the following objectives: to administer a program of grants to community-based groups in support of trail-building capital projects (thereby leveraging additional support from other sources); to provide planning for and coordinate development of the Trail; and to establish Trail Pavilions and signage along the route.

The Trail will connect Canadians from all regions of the country with each other, their environment, and Canada’s cultural and natural diversity.

Strategic Outcome: Canadian artistic expressions and cultural content are created and accessible at home and abroad

Summary of Results Achieved by the Recipient:

In March 2010, the initial agreement, originally scheduled to end on March 31, 2010, was extended to
March 31, 2011. This allowed the organization responsible for the Trail to use the entire $15.0 million, as well as $2.245 million in interest in accordance with the terms of the agreement, to meet the planned objectives.

Approximately 72.5% of the Trans Canada Trail, or over 16,500 km, has been completed. More than
4 out of 5 Canadians live within 30 minutes or less of the Trail. Once completed, it will be the longest trail (or network of trails) in the world. 

Since 2004, when the grant was awarded, the Trans Canada Trail has contributed to a total of 134 Trail construction projects and 23 engineering studies. As well, 86 pavilions have been built to display the names of people and organizations that have contributed to the Trail’s development from coast to coast to coast.

Program Activity: Heritage

2008-09 Actual Spending	2009-10 Actual Spending	2010-11 Planned Spending	2010-11 Total Authorities	2010-11 Actual Spending	Variance(s)
$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	N/A

Comments on Variance(s): N/A

Significant Evaluation Findings by the Recipient During the Reporting Year and Future Plan: As prescribed by the agreement, the recipient has provided, for the period 2004-05 to 2009-10, a third-party evaluation of the expenditure of the grant and its impact toward completion of the Trail. A final update, covering the year 2010-11, will be provided by July 31, 2011.

Significant findings of the evaluation include the following: over the period of the grant, there were substantial and significant increases to the length of the Trail and to the amount of the Trail that was operational. Significant development of Trail segments occurred during this period. There were also major developments under other categories covered by the agreement: the number of pavilions, as key markers and venues for recognition of support, grew from 64 to 86; six regional coordinators, hired under the agreement’s planning and coordination category, made significant contributions to Trail plans and developments at the regional level; and a Trail master planning process was initiated in 2009, with the completion of the first stage in 2010.

Significant Audit Findings by the Recipient During the Reporting Year and Future Plan: The 2010-11 annual report and audited financial statements will be provided to the Department by July 31, 2011, in compliance with the agreement’s closing procedures.

Name of Recipient: Grant to the 2010 Games Operating Trust

Start Date: 2004–05

End Date: perpetual

Total Funding: A total of $55M was provided by the Government of Canada to the 2010 Games Operating Trust.

Description: In accordance with a Multi-Party Agreement (MPA), the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia each contributed a one-time $55M grant to the Legacy Endowment Fund, which is managed by the 2010 Games Operating Trust. The 2010 Games Operating Trust Society is the legal entity that oversees the business activities of the 2010 Games Operating Trust. The Legacy Endowment Fund supports the maintenance and operating expenses of specific 2010 Winter Games sporting venues and charitable and not-for-profit organizations conducting high-performance amateur sport and coach development programming at those venues and elsewhere in Canada. The three legacy facilities receiving the funds are the Richmond Oval (Richmond, BC), Whistler Olympic Park and the Whistler Sliding Centre (Resort Municipality of Whistler, BC). This commitment by the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia ensures that Canadians will continue to use the venues and benefit from sport programming well beyond 2010 (http://www.vancouver2010.com).

The Board of Directors of the 2010 Games Operating Trust Society consists of eight representatives from the signatories to the MPA (Government of Canada, the Province of British Columbia, the Canadian Olympic Committee, the Canadian Paralympic Committee, the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC), the City of Vancouver, the City of Richmond, and the Resort Municipality of Whistler). The 2010 Games Operating Trust Society will oversee and manage this Trust until an agreed-upon future date or until the end of the Monarchy.

Sustainable social, economic, cultural and sports benefits for Canadians are the overall strategic goals for hosting the Olympic Games. Beyond maintaining and operating the three principal venues, the 2010 Games Operating Trust will provide the needed funding to continue high-performance programming for Canadian athletes at these venues and elsewhere in Canada.

Strategic Outcome: Canadians participate and excel in sport

Summary of Results Achieved by the Recipient:

The Trust successfully maintained and operated the three legacy venues and continued to fund high-performance programming for Canadian athletes at these venues and elsewhere in Canada.

During the 2010 calendar year, the 2010 Games Operating Trust distributed $4.5M to the 2010 Games Legacies. In addition, the 2010 GOT was able to generate a net investment return in excess of $10.0M (about 10%) and has declared that distributions totaling $5.4M ($2.7M for the Richmond Legacy and $2.7M for the Whistler Legacies) will be made during the 2011 calendar year. This represents an increase over 2010 distributions of 20%.

The Trust Fund’s assets ended the year at $114.7M, compared to $109.0M at the end of the previous year.

Program Activity: Sport

2008-09 Actual Spending	2009-10 Actual Spending	2010-11 Planned Spending	2010-11 Total Authorities	2010-11 Actual Spending	Variance(s)
$ 0.0	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	N/A

Comments on Variance(s): Note that financial information reflects funding provided by the 2010 Games Operating Trust to the designated legacy venues for the calendar year ending December 31 falling within the fiscal year identified. There were no funds provided by the Government of Canada to the 2010 GOT or to the distribution recipients during the year.

Significant Evaluation Findings by the Recipient During the Reporting Year and Future Plan: N/A

Significant Audit Findings by the Recipient During the Reporting year and Future Plan: N/A