Proud to have 3rd Btln Royal Canadian Regiment here supporting evacuation flights out of
#Sudan
. Huge thanks to the Jordanian Armed Forces for providing us with runway access and hangar — شكرًا جزيلا
@CFOperations
@CanadianForces
@GAC_Corporate
An honour to present my diplomatic credential letters to HM King Abdullah II of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. I look forward to strengthening Canada-Jordan cooperation and our people-to-people ties
@CanEmbJordan
@GAC_Corporate
Thrilled to be serving 🇨🇦in Jordan 🇯🇴 and touched by the warm welcome from the MFA and this amazing Embassy team! Au plaisir de travailler
@CanEmbJordan
afin d’avancer nos relations bilatérales. أتطلع قدماً لتعزيز العلاقات الثنائية بين البلدين
Of all the languages I’ve learned, Arabic is the most mathematical. Its balanced logic of verb roots and forms (افعل) always reminds me of algebra. Then I remember that they invented
#algebra
.
An energized reunion in Ottawa with Canadian Ambassadors from around the world. Listening to our PM, Governor General, and discussing the future of Canadian diplomacy.
#GHOMM2023
@CanEmbJordan
At
@GlblCtzn
,
@CanadianPM
@LisaLaFlamme_
& I talked about the importance and power of women’s rights organizations in Sudan, Afghanistan, Canada, and everywhere else.
Video here:
Grateful to have Foreign Minister
@melaniejoly
visit at this critical time. Canada and Jordan are committed to humanitarian response in
#Gaza
@CanEmbJordan
Wonderful to have human rights lawyer and fellow Manitoban Senator Marilou McPhedran at this year’s regional
#FemParl
meeting on countering violence against women in the
#digitalspace
. Welcome Senator!
@CanEmbJordan
@SenMarilou
A great day with Minister of National Defence Hon Anita Anand and Chief of Defence Staff General Wayne Eyre, incl an audience with HM King Abdullah II to discuss Canada-Jordan security cooperation.
@AnitaAnandMP
@CanEmbJordan
@CanadianForces
Our friends visit us in the winter. Wonderful to receive His Majesty King Abdullah II on his official visit to Canada!
@CanEmbJordan
@GAC_Corporate
Tamriat Omar makes mouth watering Nabulsi ‘tamriat’: deep fried fritters sugarcoated and filled with semolina. Serious competition for Ottawa
#BeaverTails
. A young man in the queue insisted on paying for ours
#JordanianHospitality
incomparable!
Proud to support the new Jalal Abbasi Center for Community Justice in
#Zarqa
via the
#CFLI
. Inspired by human rights champion Hadeel Abdel Aziz and the Abbasi family: bringing legal aid and dignity to
#GBV
victims.
@hadilaziz
@JusticeCntr
@CanEmbJordan
We marked World Press Freedom Day with a frank discussion on the threats faced by women journalists around the world. Thinking about the determination and the courage of those who keep us informed.
@MediaFreedomC
@CanEmbJordan
@NLinJordan
Fier du 3e bataillon du Régiment royal canadien, ici pour soutenir les vols d'évacuation hors du
#Soudan
. Un grand merci aux forces armées jordaniennes pour accès à la piste d’atterrissage et au hangar.
@ForcesCanada
@CFOperations
@AMC_corporatif
Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives! Non-governmental organizations making a difference in local communities across
#Jordan
.
#CFLI
@CanEmbJordan
Meet the Transparency Knights: youth from across Jordan who have been championing anti-corruption efforts. Thanks to our
#CFLI
partners
@HILDAAJELAT1
and
@jotransparency
for a frank exchange about this challenging work
@CanEmbJordan
An hour flew by as we had the honor of engaging in meaningful discussions about transparency with
@tarikdev
. It was an enlightening exchange of ideas, aiming for a better future for our 🇯🇴. Inspired by this meeting, let's continue the dialogue!
#Transparency
#Accountability
#CFLI
We continue to welcome Palestinian-Canadians returning home from the West Bank via Jordan. Wishing them safe travels to Windsor, Winnipeg, Mississauga, St.John and Vancouver.
@TravelGoC
@CanEmbJordan
رحلة سعيدة
Wishing recovery and healing for Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor and their families. Grateful for the unwavering efforts of our diplomats
@GAC_Corporate
to bring them home. A beautiful weekend!
Earlier tonight, the aircraft carrying Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor left Chinese airspace. After an unbelievably difficult ordeal, they are on their way home. I want to thank every single person and partner around the world who helped secure their release.
Learning Arabic is like following a thread back through history. Connecting us to the ancient libraries of Cairo, Baghdad, and Damascus, the semi-nomadic tribes of the Levant and Hijaz, the Nabataeans, and the first Aramaic-Semitic peoples. Happy
#ArabicLanguageDay
!
2/ The origins of Arabic letters can be traced to the writing of the semi-nomadic Nabataean tribes, who inhabited southern Syria and Jordan, Northern Arabia, and the Sinai Peninsula. Surviving stone inscriptions in the Nabataean script show strong similarities to the modern
Still reflecting on
#Ramadan
, a month of renunciation and renewal. And the privilege of visiting Islam’s three most sacred spaces in Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem (Al Quds) in the final week. Witnessed so many acts of kindness and generosity.
#Fortunate
My grandmother Shah Jehan Begum had this tahviz (amulet) made in 1930s Rampur (U.P.) India to protect her newborns, with du’a (prayer) wrapped tightly inside. She lost 1/3 of her children to disease. Grateful for the ancestors who got us here.
Looking forward to working with Ms Wessam El Beih, the new MENA Director at Canada’s International Development Research Centre. Finding solutions that make a difference.
@IDRC_CRDI
@CanEmbJordan
@elbeihw
Meet Jordanian ultramarathoner Mohammad Al Swaiti who organizes the amazing
#RumInternationalMarathon
every year. Loved battling the heat and sand of incredible
#WadiRum
!
Je remercie notre Ministre des affaires étrangères
@melaniejoly
pour sa visite à ce moment critique. Le Canada et la Jordanie sont engagés à la réponse humanitaire au
#Gaza
@CanEmbJordan
Grateful for the warm Jordanian welcome offered to the Speaker of the Senate of Canada Hon. George Furey from His Majesty King Abdullah II and the Jordanian Senate. شكرًا كثير
#SenateofCanada
@CanEmbJordan
@GeorgeFureyNL
A pleasure meet the new US Ambassador to Jordan Yael Lempert. Canada and the US share the longest border in the world and an enduring bond of friendship. Welcome to my neighbour from the other side of Lake Ontario!
@CanEmbJordan
@USEmbassyJordan
A great exchange this morning with the honourable Ms Aseel Aljboor, elected representative from
#AlMwaqqar
in Amman Governorate. Looking forward to learning more about her work and her district!
@Aseelso50371310
شكرًا!
Canada + 195 countries signed the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child which recognizes the right to education for all, with gender equality. Let's work together to ensure that ALL children can access safe, quality education.
#TogetherforLearning
Meet the community and municipal leaders of Um Al Basateen: improving solid waste management, composting, and modeling green rooftops with support from
@FCM_online
@gabsenaybonjour
and
@CanEmbJordan
!يعطيكم العافية
Islamophobia. Are all
#antiMuslimhatecrimes
examples of a 'phobia': a diagnosable mental health disorder? Empathy for those who suffer from genuine phobias. And maybe we should call out racist hatred for exactly what it is . . .
Umm Qais in northern Jordan holds the ruins of Gadara, one of ten cities (decapolis) in the Roman province of ‘Syria-Palaestina’. Outstanding community-based
#ecotourism
. And Bedouin farmers are still finding artifacts in their neighbouring fields.
#UmmQais
One of the best ways to hear the
#voicesofjordan
is to read the Voices of Jordan! A pleasure to listen and learn from its author, media creative Rana Sweis. Thank you
@ranasweis
From our family to yours on the occasion of the holy month, best wishes for a blessed and peaceful Ramadan.
من عائلتنا إلى عائلتكم بمناسبة الشهر الفضيل، أطيب التمنيات بشهر رمضان المبارك.
Loved talking with these future leaders at the Tla’a Al Ali School for Girls. Canada supports the LEAP project in Jordan via
@CBIE_BCEI
and
@INJAZorg
: Education, Life Skills, Business and Entrepreneurship, and Employment
@CanEmbJordan
A pleasure to have my first meeting with Jordanian DPM & FM HE
@AymanHsafadi
to discuss strengthening our bilateral relations.
@CanEmbJordan
سعدت بلقائي الأول مع معالي نائب رئيس الوزراء ووزير الخارجية وشؤون المغتربين
@AymanHsafadi
وبحث تعزيز العلاقات الكندية الأردنية.
Il m’a fait plaisir aussi de rencontrer son Excellence
@majedalqatarneh
Looking forward to working with him soon to advance Canada’s relationship with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan!
It was a pleasure receiving
@tarikdev
, 🇨🇦 Ambassador designate to 🇯🇴. His years of experience along w/ his enthusiasm will bring all the success his way.I’m so excited to work together to strengthen the relations between Jordan&Canada. Happy to introduce him to his first Mansaf
Great to discuss Jordan’s tourism development plans with H.E. Makram Al Queisi, Minister of Tourism & Antiquities. Proud to be one of Jordan’s 18,000 Canadian visitors this year!
@CanEmbJordan
@MakramQueisi
@MOTA_Jordan
جانب من لقاء وزير السياحة والآثار مكرم القيسي مع سعادة السفير الكندي طارق خان في عمان بحضور مدير عام دائرة الاثار العامة الاستاذ الدكتور فادي بلعاوي، ومدير عام هيئة تنشيط السياحة الدكتور عبدالرزاق عربيات……..
Congratulations to Jordan’s new Ambassador Designate to Canada, Ms Sabah Al Rafie. I look forward to working with you!
آلف مبروك!
@CanEmbJordan
@snrafie
Canada is proud to support Shermeen Sarbast and
@arabifactshub
. Research on hate and online violence supported by
@IDRC_CRDI
helps defend women’s political participation in the Middle East. Check out:
@CanEmbJordan
#FemParl
Canada has just sworn in its first Indigenous
#GovernorGeneral
, Mary Simon. She is our new head of state, and is speaking in her native tongue,
#Inuktitut
I am not going to lie. This is getting me in the feels in all kinds of ways. We need this.
#RepresentationMatters
History buffs, don’t miss this stellar weekly podcast with
@DalrympleWill
and
@tweeter_anita
! The first 20 episodes discuss the British in India, from the East India Company to the trauma of Partition. And then come the Ottomans!
A pleasure to exchange today with Victoria Sabula
@Vickybirir
CEO of the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund making a difference for women and
#SMEs
across the continent. Check out:
@AECFAfrica
Sustainable peace requires women. Yet they're facing rising violence, rollbacks of rights, & ongoing exclusion.
Three years ago, Canada became the first country to appoint an Ambassador for
#WomenPeaceSecurity
. Today we’re pleased to announce the reappointment of
@jacqui_oneill
Great discussions with
#Aqaba
civil society on improving rights and opportunities for women and girls. Special thanks to the local producers at Bait Al Ward / House of Roses Women’s Cooperative Association!
!شكرًا بيت الورد
@CanEmbJordan
"Le gouvernement du Canada est très engagé dans les questions de la défense des droits des femmes et des filles. En mars 2017 le canada a investi 650 Millions dollar canadien sur une période de 3 ans, ceci était une priorité pour nous." Tarik Khan
#RAPO2020
تتقدم كندا بأحر تمنياتها للأردنيين بمناسبة الذكرى الـ 77 لاستقلال المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية. #استقلال 77 🇯🇴
Canada extends its warmest wishes to Jordanians as they commemorate the 77th anniversary of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s Independence.
#IndependenceDay
77 🇯🇴
In Amman, Jordan today. Sudan and other regional issues on the table in a meeting with fellow Canadian ambassadors
@tarikdev
,
@dawdsCAN
and
@LisaStadelbauer
. One team - Team Canada
Very cool to read about Nour and her Syrian refugee origins. Mentored by Canada's first female Inuk pilot. And flying for Air Inuit, which serves Nunavik in northern Québec. Canada's diversity flies!
@CanEmbJordan
@dominik_bartsch
@AirInuit
We celebrated the retirements of two of our longstanding staff members today, Norma Leyva Alegado and Edna Velarde. With certificates of appreciation signed by our Prime Minister. Salamat po!
@CanEmbJordan
A pleasure to work with our Jordanian partners and
@IOM_Jordan
to construct new facilities at the Jordan-Saudi Arabia border crossing
#AlDurra
in
#Aqaba
. An improved border crossing to help move people and goods.
@CanEmbJordan
"Canada is proud to support this initiative, which will contribute significantly to strengthening border security and facilitating trade and economic opportunities for Jordan.” Said
@tarikdev
the Ambassador
@CanEmbJordan
🇨🇦
Read press release
We join our friends, the people of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, in celebrating the wedding of HRH Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II and Princess Rajwa Al Hussein. A day to remember!آلف آلف مبروك
#CelebratingAlHussein
#JordanRoyalWedding
تهنئ السفارة الكندية صاحبي الجلالة الملك عبدالله الثاني والملكة رانيا بمناسبة زفاف سمو ولي العهد الأمير الحسين بن عبد الله الثاني وصاحبة السمو الملكي الأميرة رجوة الحسين. أمنياتنا للعروسين حياة مليئة بالصحة والسعادة. ألف ألف مبروك! #نفرح_بالحسين #الأردن
Un plaisir de me joindre aujourd’hui
@POuagaPF
pour appuyer les droits sexuels et reproductifs des femmes et des filles en Afrique de l’Ouest francophone!
For those remembering our late colleague
#DeborahChatsis
, here is an interview worth reading on Indigenous representation in the foreign service. RIP Deborah: EVENTS_DiversityInDiplomacy_Chatsis_TranscriptShared
Celebrating the
@WorldUniService
WE LEAD project with Jordanian Minister of Youth. It provided vocational training and removed a key barrier for women in the workforce: lack of daycare facilities.
@MFNabulsi
@CanEmbJordan
Proud to join BGen Wade Rutland to hand out medals and coins to Rotation 7 of the Canadian Training Assistance Team-Jordan. On reconnaît leurs efforts et leur coopération avec les Forces armées jordaniennes. Merci à tous!
@CanEmbJordan
Learning with
@CanBorder
and Jordanian, Israeli, and Palestinian Authority officials on how to improve the safe and efficient movement of people and goods across a complicated border.
@LisaStadelbauer
@dawdsCAN
@CanEmbJordan
An honour to join HRH Prince Hassan Bin Talal to inaugurate the reconstructed main street of
#Sahab
Municipality. Canada contributes to urban revitalization in Jordan via the WB Municipal Services and Social Resilience Project.
@CanEmbJordan
Nous continuons d'accueillir les Canadien(ne)s d'origine palestinienne qui rentrent de la Cisjordanie via la Jordanie. Nous leur souhaitons un bon retour à Windsor, Winnipeg, Mississauga, St.John et Vancouver.
@VoyageGdC
@AmbCanJordanie
رحلة سعيدة
Thanks, ambassador
@tarikdev
for a serious and warm discussion (and a nice meal as well) at your residency. We appreciate Canada's support for human rights
Congratulations to Jordanian entrepreneur Sally Alquraini for today’s launch of
#TheMapleKitchen
in Swefieh Village. Check out her high-quality desserts (incl vegan) using real Canadian maple syrup!
FB: /themaplekitchenjo IG:
@themaplekitchen
Loved reading touching article too
@karolina_guay
Inspired by the legacy of Ambassador
@DChatsis
and esp her outreach to Indigenous communities in Guatemala.
She was "Ambassador" to me as a former boss in Guatemala but remains to this day a source of inspiration. She has left a true legacy
@GAC_Corporate
. Just this morning, I sent her an example of the many seeds she planted that have now become trees. An amazing tribute
@DChatsis
Thank you Queen Rania Teachers Academy and Princess Taghreed Secondary School for showing impressive results in improving public education quality. Teachers change lives.
@QRTAJO
@CanEmbJordan
@edugovjo
H.E
@tarikdev
visits Princess Taghreed Secondary School for Girls in Amman. An excellent opportunity to see the impact of
@QRTAJO
's training programs funded by Canada on the leadership and teaching skills of educators in Jordan.
@CanadaDev
@QRTAJO
@edugovjo