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CANADEM GPS UPDATES!
June, 2009
1) To accommodate an expanding market, CANADEM GPS will no longer refer to its services as the International Career Advancement Placement (ICAP) program. The general mandate of CANADEM GPS will remain the same – that of Navigating the Direct Route to your international Career.
2) The physical office, after 3 years of being situated in Perth , Ontario has just been re-located back to CANADEM Headquarters at #1 Nicholas in downtown Ottawa . While in Perth , the GPS program was directed by Randy Weekes. Randy Weeks will be taking on new responsibilities in CANADEM, but will stay with the GPS Program as an Advisor. We would like to congratulate Randy on the success he has brought to CANADEM GPS. His dedicated passion will be missed and we would like to wish him the most amount of luck in his future endeavours. Filling Randy’s shoes is Laura Jowsey who was previously with CANADEM as a Program Officer in charge of the Rule of Law, Anti-Corruption, Child Protection and Human Rights sections. Anita Warwick-Wall will remain an integral member of the team.
2008 Global Youth Fellowships Awarded
Former CANADEM Participants Katherine Reyes and Magdalena Smieszek were among the 10 Youth who received the 2008 Global Youth Fellowship award. View the Announcement. They join Michael Wodzincki as former CANADEM Participants who have received this award that are designated for young emerging leaders in Canada who have a passion for and a proven commitment to enhancing Canada’s role in the world.
Learn more about our award winners and their work
Congratulations to your wonderful successes Katherine, Magdalena and Michael! ….the CANADEM Team
Participants Update
We have sent out 13 ICAP self funded participants since October 2007. The program is growing and we hope to assist another 40 this year! The demand is great for qualified Canadians to work and volunteer overseas in International Development. Check out who our participants are.
Participants Update
Our participants have now finished their placements and 7 out of the 8 are in new contracts and are making great strides in their prospective offices. Please visit our Participants' Blogs in our online communities section.
Congratulations to Michael Wodzincki (Past participant - 2004) for receiving the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation Global Youth Fellowship!
We are delighted to announce the 2007 Global Youth Fellowship award recipients: Eriel Deranger, Louis Dorval, Chris Henschel, Rita Soares Pinto, Amitabh Saxena, Shibil Siddiqi, Surendrini
Wijeyaratne, Michael Wodzicki and Christina Mai-ling Yeung.
Their Bios
This year we received more than 150 applications from young emerging Canadian leaders, all equally passionate about Canada's role in the world, and all committed to finding equitable, innovative solutions for global challenges. We want to express our appreciation to all applicants for their hard work and dedication. We would also like to thank and acknowledge the contribution of our Global Youth Fellowship Selection Committee members: Nancy Bennett, Farouk Shamas Jiwa and Doug Kerr.
Justice projects funded in Afghanistan
Canada is giving $8 million to projects in Afghanistan that aim to establish a national legal-aid program and promote other justice and rule-of-law initiatives, the federal government said yesterday.
Jose Verner, Canada's minister of international co-operation, said the projects will be implemented by the International Criminal Defence Attorneys Association, Rights and Democracy, and CANADEM, Canada's Civilian Reserve agency.
Read more: Montreal Gazette | Times Colonist | Canada Legal News