Canada 's largest Jewish and Muslim community organizations are joining together in a groundbreaking partnership. The Jewish-Somali Project will engage the resources of the Jewish community to provide mentorship to young Somali professionals, as the first in a series of what partners in the project hope will be a series of collaborative ventures, under the auspices of the Canadian International Peace Project.

The Somali-Jewish Friendship Scholarship Fund will also be announced.

  This large-scale initiative presents a new paradigm for the forging of substantive relationships between members of Canada 's diverse communities, and will serve as a model for future projects and partnerships.

The following panelists will make brief presentations to be followed by a question and answer period:

Mark Persaud:               President, Canadian International Peace Project

Ahmed Hussen:             President, Canadian Somali Congress

Bernie Farber:               CEO, Canadian Jewish Congress

Howard English:          VP, Corporate Communications, United Jewish

                              Appeal of Greater Toronto

Date:                                     Tuesday, October 28 th 2008

Time:                                    10:00 a.m. – Panel Discussion

                                                10:30 a.m. – Question Session

Location:                           Kipling Collegiate Institute

                                380 The Westway

                                ( Kipling Ave. & The Westway)

                                                Etobicoke , ON

                                                M9R 1H4

                                                416.394.7930

Kipling Collegiate Institute was recently listed as one of “ Canada 's Top 10 Extraordinary High Schools” by Maclean's Magazine, and recognized by the Toronto Star for its peace building initiatives.

For more information, please contact:  

Raffaella Tardioli, Director of Public Relations & Development at 416.384.0123 x 2003, or via email at Raffaella.Tardioli@canadianipp.org

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