Our Pan-Canadian Coalition Is Officially Launched!
First Lady of Israel, Michal Herzog, with professional leaders of Canadian Jewish federations and JFC-UIA, at the Pan-Canadian Coalition launch event in Etzba HaGalil
We are excited to announce that the Pan-Canadian Coalition, convened and led by Jewish Federations of Canada-UIA and fueled by the emergency campaign funding efforts of all Jewish federations across the country, is now officially underway! This news follows months of preparation and field-analysis, which has yielded this groundbreaking, multi-year collaborative philanthropic venture.
The $20M CAD of the Coalition will implement Project Regeneration, a strategic response to improve education in the Galilee Panhandle with a focus on academic infrastructure and region-wide educational initiatives. In turn, improving education will improve the quality of life. The Galilee Panhandle was evacuated for more than 18 months as a result of terror attacks by Hezbollah. Residents identified the issue of education as the most burning for them, after security, when it came to returning to or staying in the region.
Supported by additional matching funds from government, partner organizations, and leading Canadian foundations, the total investment will exceed $40M CAD. This funding will drive transformative capacity building and innovation through a select group of JFC-UIA initiatives with Tel-Hai College – University on the Rise, Kiryat Shmona Community Centres, Kedma Student Villages, Maoz Educational Leadership Incubator, and HaBaita Regional Excellence Centres.
The Pan Canadian Coalition is led by a team of Jewish Federations of Canada-UIA senior professionals and volunteer leaders, together with Israel-based federation representatives, federation professional leadership and Israel Emergency Allocations Committees. Jewish federations across Canada are taking part in this collective national effort namely: Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Atlantic Canada, Hamilton, London, Victoria, Windsor and small communities across Canada.
Project Regeneration builds on Canadian Jewish federations’ history of philanthropic investments and personal relationships with the region, through the CTC/P2G Partnership, of Vancouver, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and Atlantic Canada with the communities of the Galilee Panhandle.
Project Regeneration is a collective expression of Canadian Jewry’s care and commitment through the federation system, to the people of Israel’s north and to ensuring its future generations thrive.
We look forward to sharing the growth of the Coalition as additional foundations and funding entities join, through real-time reports about the impact on communities and individuals on the ground as it unfolds.