The purpose of this program is to enhance further Canadians' understanding of the importance of biological diversity in forest-dominated ecosystems. The program is not intended to fund research projects on specific species, but to focus on ecosystems as a whole.
Consideration is restricted to projects based in Ontario or national projects including Ontario.
One effective tool for doing this is teletriage, a means of providing health information and advice on preferred courses of treatment, usually over the telephone, using physician-developed, computerised protocols or algorithms. Teletriage services can range from providing information on the treatment or management of common illnesses, to directing callers to proceed to the closest hospital emergency department. A fuller description of this grantmaking program can be found under Program Rationale.