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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> env-faculty <env-faculty-bounces@lists.uwaterloo.ca> on behalf of Sandra Ramautarsingh <sramauta@uwaterloo.ca><br>
<b>Sent:</b> April 12, 2023 12:44 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Env-faculty@lists.uwaterloo.ca <env-faculty@lists.uwaterloo.ca><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Andrew Dale <andrew.f.dale@uwaterloo.ca>; Thiam Phouthonephackdy <thiam.phouthonephackdy@uwaterloo.ca><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [env-faculty] FW: Apply for the 2023 Ontario Community Environment Fund by May, 30, 2023 @ 5 p.m.</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">Sent on behalf of the ADR, Dr. Rob de Loë</span></u></b></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear ENV. Researchers,</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="">‘From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style=""> Ontario Community Environment Fund (MECP) <<a href="mailto:OCEF@ontario.ca">OCEF@ontario.ca</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 12, 2023 12:15 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ontario Community Environment Fund (MECP) <<a href="mailto:OCEF@ontario.ca">OCEF@ontario.ca</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Apply for the 2023 Ontario Community Environment Fund by May, 30, 2023 @ 5 p.m.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Good Afternoon,
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks is now accepting applications for the 2023
</span><a href="https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-community-environment-fund"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#5F5F5F">Ontario Community Environment Fund</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
(OCEF) – a program that directs money collected from environmental penalties to community-based environmental projects like shoreline cleanups, habitat restoration and tree planting.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This year, more than $1.5 million is available for projects in three of the five regions where environmental penalties were collected. Please
visit the </span><a href="https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-community-environment-fund"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#5F5F5F">OCEF webpage</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> to
see if your project proposal would fall within one of the following eligible regions with funding available:</span></p>
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<li class="x_MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Southwest Region: $1,096,703.55</span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">West-Central Region: $364,080.68</span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Northern Region: $75,246.00</span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Central Region: $0 – no funding available</span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Eastern Region: $0 – no funding available
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">OCEF funding is open to non-profit organizations, First Nations and Métis communities, municipalities, conservation foundations, schools, colleges
and universities. Applicants must demonstrate that their project proposal is well designed and will lead to community and environmental benefits. Funding is available for environmental projects in the following two categories:
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<li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Increase environmental restoration and remediation activities that repair environmental harm. Project examples may include, but are
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<li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">planting trees, shrubs or plants to help mitigate and adapt to climate change</span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">rebuilding fish habitat and creating fish spawning beds</span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">stabilizing stream banks and creating buffer strips to reduce nutrient run-off</span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">restoring streams to improve habitat and water quality</span></li></ul>
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<li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt; margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Build resilient communities and local solutions to environmental issues. Project examples may include, but are not
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<li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">improving the resilience of natural ecosystems by restoring wetlands and preserving areas of significant environmental and ecological
importance</span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">installing rain gardens to reduce the risk of flooding and help communities adapt to climate change</span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">environmental monitoring that provides data to understand and support the protection and conservation of the natural environment</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The deadline to submit an application through the
</span><a href="https://www.ontario.ca/page/get-funding-ontario-government"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#5F5F5F">Transfer Payment Ontario portal</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
is <b>Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at 5 p.m.</b> </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please review the program
</span><a href="https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-community-environment-fund-application-guide"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#5F5F5F">application guide</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
for guidance on applying to the program. </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We will be holding
<b>webinars</b> to provide information and updates on the program and application process. To attend a webinar, please register for one of the following sessions via Eventbrite:
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<li class="x_MsoNormal" style=""><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/608502466257"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#5F5F5F">Thursday, April 20</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#5F5F5F">,
<b>2023 </b>– 2 pm to 3 pm</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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</span></span></span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/608521673707"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#5F5F5F">Tuesday April 25, 2023</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#5F5F5F">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Meeting details, including a link to the Microsoft Teams meeting, will be emailed to you in the days leading up to the event.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you have any additional questions, please email
</span><a href="mailto:OCEF@ontario.ca"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#5F5F5F">OCEF@ontario.ca</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you,</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jeff Hudebine</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Director, Divisional Compliance Branch</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks’</span></p>
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