Grants and Contributions

With the support of Global Affairs Canada (GAC), CANADEM responds to urgent requests for short-term technical assistance by providing rapid and qualified technical expertise on topics of international peace and security importance. Project activities include: (1) contracting, financing, insuring and deploying selected experts; (2) developing specific set of Terms of Reference; (3) conducting pre and post-deployment debriefs with experts; (4) monitoring deployments, including ongoing duty of care services and procedures and collect reports; and (5) receiving and processing experts’ reports and evaluations, and sharing lessons learned.

This project aims to address the challenges of socio-economic inclusion and women's safety in Tunisian medinas, particularly in M’saken, Mahdia, Sousse, and Kairouan, while integrating climate change adaptation measures and access to water. The project seeks to promote the socio-economic empowerment of women residing in the medinas by improving public spaces and strengthening the capacities of municipalities to integrate gender considerations into their sustainable urban planning processes.

The project's activities include: 1) online communication and awareness campaigns on the inclusion and engagement of women in the medinas, as well as strengthening the capacities of Tunisian municipalities to integrate women's needs into city governance ; 2) identifying local NGOs led by women to manage and animate rehabilitated spaces ; 3) creating products aimed at capturing, documenting, and sharing lessons learned, best practices, and impacts achieved during the first phase of the Femmedina Inclusive City Program, to demonstrate the importance of gender integration in public space planning and to enable the replication of the project's successes in other regions ; 4) training for municipal executives and staff on integrating a gender perspective into governance and urban planning, as well as knowledge and experience exchanges with other Tunisian cities and international city networks, including Canadian cities pioneering inclusive urban development.

This project ultimately aims to ensure high-quality, coordinated, and accessible multisectoral services for survivors of violence, as well as for women and girls at risk, enabling them to live a life free of violence in the regions of Casablanca-Settat and Fès-Meknès.

The project activities include: 1) Support for the strengthening of services for women victims of violence (continuing capacity building for institutional actors, particularly in the areas of positive masculinities and attitudes favorable to combating gender-based discrimination); 2) Support for civil society in assisting survivors of violence towards their empowerment and economic rehabilitation; and 3) Establishment of a pilot one-stop center to capitalize on existing survivor support infrastructure and strong commitment from all institutional partners.

Empowering women and girls in tourism management, through the creation of women groups to combat GBV, creating opportunities for women to enter the tourism sector and promoting financial autonomy.

Psychological support and humanitarian assistance for women and children in Jenin Camp.

The Gitlaxt’aamiks Village Government will complete an active transportation plan for their community. In this plan, key infrastructure gaps in active transportation will be identified and several future active transportation projects will be analyzed for feasibility. The project will include both engineering desktop review and community engagement to use real life experiences of residents to plan the most effective active transportation infrastructure.

This project will enhance the Whiskey Jack on-the-land healing camp to better support the Délı̨nę Got’ı̨nę people with recovery from addiction and overdose. By upgrading the camp's infrastructure, the project will offer individuals a safe, culturally rooted environment to reconnect with their heritage and heal, as well as support from a dedicated healing coordinator.

To support the federal government’s commitment to maintain a strong and effective publicly funded health care system through investments in emerging and demonstrated innovations in priority areas, such as palliative and end-of-life care, home and community care, mental health care and other federal, provincial-territorial and emerging priorities.

Develop digital adoption plan

Develop digital adoption plan