Category: Corporate Citizenship

Corporate Volunteering for a Post-Pandemic World

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Overview IAVE creates a more just and sustainable world by enabling the leaders, organizations, and environments that empower volunteers to become recognized as legitimate and important actors in achieving a just and sustainable world. Lorrie Foster, Director of Corporate Strategy joined Volunteer Canada to discuss IAVE’s new research report, Corporate Volunteering for a Post- Pandemic World for the [email protected] webinar series. Gathering insights from 80 companies operating across 175+ countries, this report provides an in-depth, global look at the current state of corporate volunteering. The report is built on examinations, of the realities, trends and best practices that continue to […]

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Category: Corporate Citizenship

Community Impact and the Role of Employee Resource Groups (ERG’s)

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Equity and belonging are foundational principles in diversity and inclusion strategies for many companies. Employee Resource Groups can play a pivotal role in advancing these principles, in the company and in society. During our April 2022 [email protected] webinar, we heard how HSBC Canada has co-created community investment programs with HSBC’s employee resource groups to deliver positive impact in the community. During this webinar Laurel Jay, Manager of Inclusion and Talent gave an in-depth overview of HSBC’s employee resource groups and their functions within the company. Kate Minson, Manager of Community investment, highlighted HSBC’s best practices for success and illustrated the […]

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Category: Special Feature

Listen, Learn, Adapt, Innovate, Celebrate: National Volunteer Week 2022

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From coast to coast to coast, in formal and informal settings, volunteers create caring, collaborative, and compassionate communities. During National Volunteer Week 2022, we celebrate the contributions of Canada’s millions of volunteers: their actions, their understanding, and their genuine concern for the world around them. This National Volunteer Week we are acknowledging the strong connection between volunteering and empathy – empathy as it motivates us to volunteer, how empathy can be developed as a result of volunteering, and how empathy can be a catalyst for learning, understanding and change. While COVID-19 restrictions are beginning to lift across the country, there […]

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