Paige MacPherson

The Canadian Federation of Jewish Students (CFJS) is launching the Campus Campaigns Project 2009. This exciting new initiative aids Jewish and pro-Israel student campaign teams in their efforts to launch self-planned grassroots campaigns on their respective campuses, through financial and organizational support. After applying for funding and being accepted into the program, CFJS has multiple ways in which assist the campus’ endeavor, such as the Campus Campaigns Project 2009 manual, full of resources for creating successful campaigns. Additionally, CFJS executive and board members will travel to the selected campuses across Canada and train the campaign teams on how to make their campaigns effective.

The purpose of this project is to provide students with the training and support they need to make their campaigns successful. The result, CFJS believes, will be an amazing year of Canadian Jewish students’ ideas coming to life, by way of meaningful grassroots student campaigns.

For More information contact : Paige@cfjs.ca

From October 16-18, 75 Jewish student leaders from across Canada met in Guelph, Ontario for the Camp Guelph 2009 – Canadian Federation of Jewish Students (CFJS) Leadership Retreat. The goal of the weekend was to formulate a plan for the year’s upcoming national strategy for Jewish programs on university campuses. Focusing on both Israel advocacy and Jewish identity initiatives, the retreat was a time for generating new ideas, learning useful skills and sharing valuable resources for creating a national design for programs targeted to specific campuses. Israel sessions ranged from advocacy training to understanding the Arab-Israel conflict to media sessions. The sessions presented numerous approaches for tackling advocacy issues, such as the session on Social Media and Branding Israel, led by Hillel Toronto and UOC staff, which provided insight into effective social media techniques for promoting causes on campus. Students established new friendships and strengthening the CFJS-Hillel relationship. The weekend was a great success and the beginning of what promises to be a wonderful year for Jewish students involved in the CFJS.

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