Events — Community Support, Multiculturalism, and Anti-Racism Initiatives Program:

Only project-related expenses which can be of cash and in-kind value are eligible. These may include:

• salaries and professional fees and expenses, including costs of honoraria (but not for directors);
• recruiting, training or supporting local volunteers (e.g., child care, uniforms or transportation);
• performers’ and artists’ fees and expenses;
• domestic travel for event participants;
• liability insurance (public events funded under the Events component must be covered by liability insurance);
• translation from one official language to another;
• communications, publicity, promotional material;
• facility rental, production and set-up costs.

To be eligible for funding your event must meet all of the following requirements:

• establish concrete opportunities for positive interaction among cultural, religious or ethnocultural communities
• demonstrate involvement of more than one single cultural, religious or ethnocultural community or target a single cultural community and provide opportunities to engage with and foster pride in the community’s history, culture and/or identity, such as heritage months recognized by Parliament
• help foster intercultural or interfaith understanding
• be open to and intended for the general public