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

Program activity: Engagement and community participation

Name of recipient: National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation

Start date: 2003-2004

End date: N/A

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 2003–2004, 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.

($ millions)

Total Funding	Prior Years' Funding	Planned Funding 2010-11	Planned Funding 2011-12	Planned Funding 2012-13
22.0	22.0	n/a	n/a	n/a

Summary of annual plans of recipient: The NAAF is a nationally registered non-profit organization devoted to excellence and to providing the tools necessary for Aboriginal youth to achieve brighter futures. NAAF encourages and empowers Aboriginal youth by providing important career planning information, by connecting youth with industry and by providing financial support for post-secondary studies in all disciplines.

The objectives of the NAAF are to:

- Actively assist Aboriginal peoples by providing financial resources that will allow them to pursue further education and professional development.

- Encourage young Aboriginal peoples to discover their talents and realize their potential by creating awareness of the full spectrum of career development possibilities in all areas.

- Encourage the retention and cultivation of language and culture by financially supporting Aboriginal organizations and initiatives related to cultural preservation.

- Instill pride—individually and collectively—in the Aboriginal community.

- Identify and honour the exemplary achievements of Aboriginal peoples in all areas of endeavour so that their accomplishments can serve as inspiration to young people.

- Raise the Canadian public's awareness of the contributions that First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples have made to Canada.

The multi-year agreement enables the NAAF to leverage resources; to recognize excellence and role models in Aboriginal communities; to inform and motivate youth regarding potential career options; and to provide Aboriginal youth with bursary and scholarship awards to achieve brighter futures and support Aboriginal cultural projects. The target populations for NAAF Programs are First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples across Canada.

Scholarships and Youth Initiatives
Scholarships and youth initiatives include the NAAF's Blueprint for the Future (BFF) activities—scholarships and bursaries awarded through the Education Program. The BFF is a series of one-day career fairs that provide Aboriginal high-school students valuable resources and information on career opportunities while promoting education as significant to labour market participation. Events are held across the country.

More than 30,000 Aboriginal students from across the country have attended BFF career fairs over the event's 10-year history. Students across Canada have had the opportunity to meet experts in their fields, learn about individual career options, the education and training required for those options, and employment trends in these areas. Planned career fairs include:

- In Fiscal Year 2009–2010: Prince Rupert, BC and St. John's, NL (subject to confirmation)

The NAAF's Education Program encompasses the Post-Secondary Scholarship Program, which disburses approximately $2M a year to First Nations, Inuit and Métis students across Canada. NAAF scholarships cover three categories: Fine Arts and Cultural Projects; Health Careers; and Post-Secondary Education.

The NAAF will support post-secondary studies that are a minimum of two academic years at an accredited university, college or CEGEP for the pursuit of a certificate, diploma or degree. An exception is made for one-year upgrading or certification programs after the completion of a Bachelor's Degree, or specialization certificates of one year if an applicant has an existing diploma or degree. Study outside of Canada is eligible for jury consideration when the student is enrolled in graduate studies towards Master's or PhD degrees.

The NAAF monitors and tracks students who receive bursary and scholarship awards. On an annual basis, students are asked to complete questionnaires regarding their current studies and future plans. A final report is prepared annually.

URL of recipient site: http://www.naaf.ca

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

Program activity: Official Languages

Name of recipient: Endowment Fund-Canadian Institute for Research on Linguistic Minorities

Start date: 2001-2002

End date: Perpetual

Description: Thanks to an endowment funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canadian Institute for Research on Linguistic Minorities (CILRM) was created in March 2002 for the purpose of becoming a national centre of expertise to better understand the challenges that official-language minority communities face and the trends in their environment. Although it is housed at the Université de Moncton, the Institute has a national mission. It carries out activities related to official-language minority communities through revenues generated by the Endowment Fund and other revenues.

The goal of the Institute is to increase research on issues related to official-language minority communities. More and improved research will ensure that leaders of minority-language communities and officials responsible for developing public policy will have a better understanding of the issues that affect the development of Canada's Francophone and Anglophone minority communities.

($ millions)

Total Funding	Prior Years' Funding	Planned Funding 2010-11	Planned Funding 2011-12	Planned Funding 2012-13
10.0	10.0	n/a	n/a	n/a

Summary of annual plans of recipient: For Canadian Heritage, CILRM will publish an annual report of its activities and performance measures six months after the end of the fiscal year.

URL of recipient site: http://www.icrml.ca/index.php?lang=en

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

Program activity: Heritage

Name of recipient: Trans Canada Trail/Sentier transcanadien

Start date: December 2003

End date: March 2010*
* The Department is currently considering a possible extension until March 2012.

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.

($ millions)

Total Funding	Prior Years' Funding	Planned Funding 2010-11	Planned Funding 2011-12	Planned Funding 2012-13
15.0	15.0	n/a	n/a	n/a

Summary of annual plans of recipient: Over 15,525 kilometres of the Trans Canada Trail (TCT) have already been built, with only 6,475 kilometres remaining. The TCT Five-Year Strategic Plan 2010-2015 calls upon the trail building community and related entities, individual citizens, corporate Canada, all levels of government and those trade sectors that benefit most from trail use to join with them in completing the Trail by 2017, as a national legacy and celebration project for Canada's 150th anniversary of Confederation. The plan outlines the following key action steps: Generate Funding, Build Reputation (branding), Facilitate Trail Building, Promote the Benefits of the Trail, Drive Trail Use and Develop Organizational Strength. TCT is also currently developing a Master Plan that will contribute to the maintenance and sustainability of the Trail after completion.

URL of recipient site: http://www.tctrail.ca/

Strategic outcome: Canadians participate and excel in sport

Program activity: Sport

Name of recipient: Grant to the 2010 Games Operating Trust

Start date: 2004-2005

End date: perpetual

Description: In accordance with a Multi-Party Agreement (MPA), the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia each contributed $55M 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 principle 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.

($ millions)

Total Funding	Prior Years' Funding	Planned Funding 2010-11	Planned Funding 2011-12	Planned Funding 2012-13
55.0	55.0	n/a	n/a	n/a

Summary of annual plans of recipient: The 2010 Games Operating Trust Society will continue to monitor the investment of the Legacy Endowment Fund with regular advice and guidance from a team of investment professionals in order to maximize its growth and ensure the continued operations of legacy venues and leaving a lasting sports legacy for all Canadians beyond 2010. The Society will hold annual general meetings to determine and approve the annual distribution amounts for the venues and determine if funds are available for related high-performance sports development initiatives. Payments are contingent upon post-Games Operating Agreements provided by the Legacy Venues owners and operators and are monitored regularly by a Society sub-committee. The Society is also committed to undertaking and publicly disclosing annual audits of the Trust and the Trust Society's Financial Statements.

URL of recipient site: http://www.vancouver2010.com