Category: Management Practices

Building the Mosaic: Making Volunteering Multicultural

Posted On By Katrielle Ethier

We have heard it before when it comes to multiculturalism; that the US is a melting pot and Canada is a mosaic. Personally, I love the visual of a colourful mosaic creating a larger Canadian identity that’s greater than the sum of its parts. Since today is Canadian Multiculturalism Day, it’s the perfect opportunity take a minute to reflect on how we can make volunteerism more diverse! Canadians are proud of our reputation of being welcoming to other cultures; though it’s not always clear how we can practice that in a meaningful way. To help us, I reached out to […]

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Category: Public Policy/Volunteer Engagement

Catalyst for Change: A Roadmap to a Stronger Charitable Sector

Posted On By Paula Speevak

Congratulations to The Special Senate Committee on the Charitable Sector on the timely release of its report, Catalyst for Change: A Roadmap to a Stronger Charitable Sector, synthesizing the views of thousands of witnesses, submissions, and reports, and putting forward 42 clear recommendations (see Page 14). The report challenges all sectors to work together to contribute to a stronger charitable sector, given the critical and growing role that we are being called upon to play in addressing social, economic, and environmental issues. The recommendations cover a wide range of key areas including: Volunteering Creating a national voluntary action strategy, supporting […]

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Category: Special Feature

Canada’s Volunteer Awards – Highlighting past recipients under the Thérèse Casgrain Lifelong Achievement Award

Posted On By Canada’s Volunteer Awards

All over Canada, there are people dedicating decades of their lives to serving their communities. Their lifelong selfless contributions are deserving of celebration. Each year, Canada’s Volunteer Awards recognizes one very commendable individual in this category of “Lifelong Achievement”. Named after Thérèse Casgrain, this category of the awards recognizes truly inspiring individuals who have dedicated twenty or more years of service to their communities.

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