In 1994, the Government of Canada formally committed to address violence against women and children, releasing a report that called for, among other things, the development of guidelines and training programs for organizations within the voluntary sector. This recommendation was...
Besides reading, writing and arithmetic, one of the key goals of education in Canada is to produce good citizens. With this in mind, in 1999 the Ontario Ministry of Education began requiring every high school student to complete voluntary community...
If I told you my kid was a computer hacker, you’d probably think of Julian Assange, the breach of US government computers, and every data theft movie you’ve ever seen. A hacker, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is “a person...
Putting on an awards gala, orchestrating a day-long river cleanup or coordinating a shelter adoption event are just a few examples of critical nonprofit work that relies on a lot of volunteers to be a success. Yet these marquee events,...
There’s a story about two masons at work. When asked what they were doing, the first mason replied, “I’m laying bricks,” and the second said, “I’m building a cathedral.” Similarly, Kate (not her real name) had two recent encounters with...
You know how the volunteer management cycle goes: you have a need for volunteers, you put out the call, then you recruit, screen and select some amazing volunteers. Then comes the ongoing challenge of supporting those volunteers in their new...
Soon after the 2015 federal election, it became clear that it was no longer a question of if Syrian refugees would be coming to Canada, but when and how many. The fact that this would be the largest refugee resettlement...
Over the last few years, a number of people in the nonprofit sector have started to question how the sector has always operated, wondering if things could be done differently. Some are even trying entirely new approaches to typical nonprofit...
More than four in 10 Canadians volunteered in 2013, according to the latest General Social Survey released earlier this year. While that’s impressive, volunteering is down since 2010, the last time the survey was conducted. That’s not terribly surprising considering...
Want to learn more about how to get the best from your volunteers? The author, Lori Gotlieb, presented a free webinar on September 24 - you can watch the full recording here.Register here. Managing a volunteer program can be a...
