Category: Volunteer Engagement

Together Project: Learning From the Shift to Virtual Volunteering

Posted On By Andrew Lusztyk The Together Project

Together Project, a charitable initiative of MakeWay, connects refugee newcomers and Canadians to build stronger, more integrated communities. Based in the Greater Toronto Area, our flagship Welcome Group program matches groups of five or more volunteers with newly arrived refugees for six months of social and integration support. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit and the lockdown occurred in March, Together Project had about 150 volunteers who were already participating in six-month matches with Government-Assisted Refugees, and we were just launching a new pilot program to match another 150 volunteers with refugee claimants. We realized that we had to transition our […]

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Category: Corporate Citizenship

Highlights of the Corporate Community Engagement Gathering from a non-profit perspective

Posted On By Alison Stevens

Volunteer Canada and its Corporate Community Engagement Council organized a three-day virtual gathering during the month of August, an event that brought together 90 delegates including the 21 member companies of the Council with nonprofit community partners. The purpose was to reflect together on the current context of living through a pandemic and to re-imagine ways Canadians can volunteer, give and otherwise contribute so that the country can re-build and move towards resilience.  It was our hope that delegates leave with ideas on new ways to work with and motivate Canadians who wish to help, and new ideas on ways […]

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Category: Corporate Citizenship

Highlights from the Corporate Community Engagement Council Gathering from a Corporate Perspective

Posted On By Janna Meneghello TELUS

From August 17 to 19, 2020, Volunteer Canada held its bi-annual Corporate Community Engagement Council (CCEC) Gathering, bringing together over 90 attendees, including Council member companies, their nonprofit partners, and speakers from Canada, the United States, Ireland and Peru. The summit’s theme of Re-Building and Resilience – Re-Imagining Volunteering and Community Engagement was timely and aimed to help what many corporate community engagement professionals are struggling with―the state of community engagement six months into the COVID-19 pandemic and where we go from here. This was the first CCEC Gathering to be held 100% virtually and the result was increased attendance […]

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