Our organization has the same challenge as Ilisaqsivik. We are also only project-based funded. We don't have core funding, although we try continuously to find it. We also rely on proposal driven funding. We also love federal funding. We've been fortunate in being able to apply for it and to receive multi-year funding through the Public Health Agency, but it's usually through a research or innovation focused initiative.
Makimautiksat is a good example of this where we received a five-year grant to develop, pilot, and implement the program. Unfortunately, when we finished that, and we had this wonderful program, it was impossible to try and find the funding to fund the program delivery now that the innovation part has been concluded. That part has been a challenge, as well as trying to navigate the different streams of funding through Health Canada and the Public Health Agency. We were shimmied between different departments, and then it ended up just being no one's responsibility to help us find the right pathway. That was a challenge at our end.
When we do get that multi-year funding, then it's perfect, and it's great, and it works well in being able to work with the different departments. All of that is very smooth. We do appreciate that.
When it comes to the question of narrow criteria, I don't think I can comment on that. In my experience, the criteria have been broad enough to capture a wide variety of proposals, and in our experience we haven't had that problem necessarily.