6-K

                                   FORM 6-K

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549

                       REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
                     PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
                     THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                        For the month of January 2006
                      Commission File Number: 001-14148


                     CANWEST GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP.
               (Translation of registrant's name into English)


                          3100 CANWEST GLOBAL PLACE
                              201 PORTAGE AVENUE
                             WINNIPEG, MANITOBA,
                                CANADA R3B 3L7
                                (204) 956-2025
                   (Address of principal executive offices)

         Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.


                        Form 20-F [ ]         Form 40-F [X]

      Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in
paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):

      Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper
of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to
security holders.

      Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in
paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ___________.

      Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper
of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the
registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of
the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally
organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home
country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the
report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has
not been distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a
material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other
Commission filing on EDGAR.

      Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in
this Form the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


                              Yes [ ]         No [X]

      If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ______


SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


                                        CANWEST GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP.



Date: January 9, 2006                   By:   /s/ JOHN E. MAGUIRE
                                              ----------------------------------
                                              John E. Maguire
                                              Chief Financial Officer


                                  EXHIBIT INDEX





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Number      Description
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1           CanWest Global Communications Corp. Press Release dated January 6, 2006.

EX-99.1

                             (CANWEST GLOBAL LOGO)


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JANUARY 6, 2006

                           NOTICE OF INVESTOR DAY 2006

                       CANWEST GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP.
                         INVESTOR DAY - JANUARY 26, 2006
                                TORONTO, ONTARIO

WINNIPEG: On January 26, 2006 CanWest's senior management team will provide
investors with an overview of the performance, strategy and outlook in each of
the Company's operations. The event will feature presentations and remarks from
Leonard Asper, CanWest President and CEO; Tom Strike, President, CanWest
MediaWorks International; Peter Viner, President & CEO, CanWest MediaWorks; John
Maguire, Chief Financial Officer and other CanWest executives. The programs will
provide opportunities for question and answers with CanWest's senior management
team.

Interested analysts and institutional investors are invited to participate in
person in Toronto at the King Edward Hotel (Vanity Ballroom), 37 King Street
East or via teleconference call. For those attending in person, breakfast will
be served at 8:00 am with formal presentations and remarks beginning at 9:00 am.
Lunch will also be served with the event wrapping up at 1:30 pm.

Those wishing to attend in person please RSVP to rhooper@canwest.com or
204-925-2025.

If you wish to participate in the conference call, please note the call-in
numbers shown below. All interested participants will require this number to
access the teleconference.

Participation in Investor Day is for analysts and investors only.

Media may participate on the conference call in listen-only mode.

CONFERENCE CALL-IN NUMBER:           416-640-4127 OR 800-814- 4862
REPLAY PHONE NUMBER:                 416-640-1917 OR 877-289-8525
ENTER RESERVATION #:                 21157856# (REPLAY IS ACCESSIBLE FOR 5 DAYS)

AUDIO STREAM AND POWERPOINT PRESENTATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE AT
WWW.CANWESTGLOBAL.COM


For more information contact

Dalbir Bains
Vice President, Strategic Planning and Investor Relations
(204) 956-2025