Synergize! Collaboration in Action–2019 Annual Conference for Volunteer Management Professionals

From May 15 to 16, 2019 volunteer engagement professionals from across Canada will converge in Ottawa for Synergize! Collaboration in Action. They will share expertise, build new connections and discover tools and practices to enhance their volunteer engagement strategies. Volunteer managers play many roles. They are convenors, trainers, recruiters and administrators. They are risk assessors, […]

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Telling the untold stories: The Volunteer Factor and the Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, the United Nations adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to mobilize global efforts to improve social, economic and environmental conditions around the world by 2030. The goals help tackle the pressing challenges facing the world today: eliminating poverty, advocating for human rights, protecting the planet, and creating thriving and resilient communities. Volunteer Canada […]

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Canada’s Volunteering Awards’ National Advisory Committee

Call for Applications open to public from January 14, 2019 to February 15, 2019 An important message from Nancy Averill, exiting Chair of the Canada’s Volunteer Awards’ National Advisory Committee It’s important to recognize and celebrate volunteers in Canada because they’re really the best of our citizens. My name is Nancy Averill and I’m the […]

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