Authors: Jodene Baker, David Lasby, Imagine Canada This post is a collaboration with Volunteer Canada. Statistics Canada’s June 23 edition of The Daily released preliminary findings from the 2023 Survey of Giving, Volunteering, and Participating (GVP). These findings provide an important update on giving and volunteering trends in Canada, providing a snapshot of how Canadians […]
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For three years, Synopsys and Volunteer Canada have worked together to create purposeful volunteering experiences, activating employees across Synopsys’ Canadian offices in Ottawa, Calgary, Nepean, Mississauga, and Markham. With a commitment to employee-supported volunteering (ESV), the Synopsys for Good program managed by their social impact team, has steadily increased the number of projects to get […]
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By: Lisa Mort-Putland, Board Chair, Volunteer Canada and Executive Director, Volunteer Victoria As volunteer managers we often spend time explaining to the new people we meet that we are not unpaid managers, but we are paid professionals who are experts in volunteerism. Now, imagine the excitement of 1400 volunteer sector professionals introducing themselves to each […]
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