CANADEM is an Ottawa based non-profit, government-related organization established in 1996 with funding from Global Affairs Canada.

The U.S. State Department's Office for Reconstruction and Stabilization lists CANADEM as one of its International Partners in peacebuilding.

CANADEM provides additional support to the Canadian government and various international organizations to address recruitment problems such as gender inequalities or geographical misrepresentation of its personnel.

CANADEM maintains regularly updated personal and professional information and advance-screens its experts to a 'short-list' standard.

Once technical skills are confirmed, CANADEM screening concentrates on critically important interpersonal skills and personal capacity including an individual's abilities to effectively work in international field missions: Do they work well in teams?