We are excited to announce a new collaborative partnership, the Pan-Canadian Coalition, a collective national funding effort which includes all Jewish federations across the country contributing funds raised through Israel Emergency campaigns. This news follows months of preparation and field-analysis, which has yielded this groundbreaking, multi-year collaborative philanthropic venture. 

Convened and led by Jewish Federations of Canada-UIA, the $20 million 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. 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 $40 million CAD. This funding will drive transformative capacity building and innovation through a select group of grantees: 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 Federation representatives, federation professional leadership and Israel Emergency Allocations Committees. Jewish Federations across all of 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 Halifax and 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 real-time reports about the impact on communities and individuals on the ground as it unfolds and as new funders join the venture.