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Community Volunteer Income Tax Program
Under the program, volunteers from a variety of backgrounds provide eligible individuals with free help to complete their income tax and benefit returns.
Source : Government of Canada. Canada Revenue Agency.
Contact Information :
- Toll-Free: 1 800 959-8281
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Application :
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Volunteer Canada
Volunteer Canada is a Web site offering information on volunteering.
Source : Volunteer Canada
No information found for British Columbia on this subject.
The following links, however, may be of interest:
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AFS Interculture Canada
AFS Interculture Canada is a volunteer-driven, non-governmental, and non-profit organization. AFS Interculture Canada promotes global education and intercultural understanding through quality exchange programs for youth and adults.
Source : AFS Interculture Canada
Coaching / Mentoring
Coaching/mentoring is an activity in which a manager/experienced employee takes a less-experienced worker "under his/her wing."
Source : Jobs, Workers, Training, and Careers
Community Volunteer Income Tax Program - Become a volunteer
This site invites volunteers to help people, who cannot pay for assistance, to complete their income tax and benefit returns.
Source : Canada Revenue Agency
Environment Canada Volunteers
Environment Canada's Volunteers Web site contains exciting volunteer opportunities for people from every walk of life.
Source : Environment Canada
The Health Benefits of Volunteering
People may not realize that volunteering can improve their own health. Volunteering is a great way to make new friends, to develop new skills and abilities, attain valuable employment experience, and to broaden one's perspective. It also improves quality of life and the health of communities.
Source : Government of Canada. Public Health Agency of Canada.
Helping Newcomers Settle in Canada
Here is information for community groups about helping newcomers adapt to life in Canada. Find out about the integration of newcomers into Canadian society.
Source : Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Host Program
The Host Program in your community helps new immigrants learn about our values and traditions, and how we go about our daily lives.
Source : Citizenship and Immigration Canada
How to Become a Volunteer with Correctional Service Canada
This site explains how to become a volunteer at CSC who recognizes that a supportive community makes it easier for offenders to become responsible citizens.
Source : Correctional Service Canada
Contact Information :
- Office Telephone: 613-995-5272
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Job Postings & Volunteering
This page provides information on volunteer work as weel as job opportunities with the Canadian Diabetes Association.
Source : Canadian Diabetes Association
New Horizons for Seniors Program
This program supports local projects across Canada that encourage seniors to contribute to their communities through social participation and active living.
Source : Human Resources and Social Development Canada
Contact Information :
- Toll-Free Number: 1 800 277-9914
- TTY Service: 1 800 255-4786
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Forms and Publications :
Application Guidelines
Application Form (MS Word Format)
Application Form (PDF Format)
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Additional Information :
For questions on New Horizons for Seniors, select "0" to speak with an agent.
Agents are ready to answer your questions Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm local time and from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Newfoundland
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Older adults and volunteering: A Booming Trend
Volunteering ... A Booming Trend is a colourful and attractive publication promising to inform its audiences about the overall importance of volunteerism to Canadian communities. (Downloadable resource)
Source : Volunteer Canada
Partnership With the Voluntary Sector
This web site describes the voluntary health sector, its contribution to the health and well-being of Canadians, and explores Health Canada's partnership with the sector.
The Royal Canadian Legion
The Royal Canadian Legion is Canada's largest Veterans "ex-service person" and community service organization with more than 480,000 members and 1,600 branches in Canada, USA and Germany. They provide services to Veterans, ex-service persons, seniors, youth and numerous community-based charities.
Source : The Royal Canadian Legion
Voluntary Sector Initiative
The VSI is a joint initiative to strengthen the capacity of the voluntary sector and to enhance the relationship between the Sector and the Government of Canada.
Source : Voluntary Sector Initiative Canada
Voluntary Service Overseas Canada (VSO)
VSO Canada is proud to be part of the VSO network. VSO is an international development agency that works through volunteers. We promote volunteering as a way to fight global poverty, by supporting people to share their skills, creativity and learning with people and communities around the world. Through personal commitment and practical action, volunteers help build a fairer world.
Source : Voluntary Service Overseas Canada
Volunteer centre
The Centre's mission is to involve the entire community to : support and add to public programs developed by the NCC, and to offer volunteers the opportunity to experience the pleasure of helping to improve the quality of life in their region.
Source : National Capital Commission
Volunteer Centres
There are about 200 volunteer centres in Canada. Volunteer Centres raise awareness of the power of service, encourage people to volunteer, provide information about volunteerism and recognize the contribution of volunteers.
Source : Volunteer Canada
Volunteer Participation as a Contributor to Healthy Communities
This site developed by Health Canada promotes the participation in voluntary organizations as a means of developing healthy social environments and healthy communities.
Source : Public Health Agency of Canada
Volunteer Recruitment, Retention and Recognition
This fact sheet produced by the Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto with the participation and support of the New Horizons: Partners in Aging Program, Health Canada discusses how to find and keep volunteers.
Source : Public Health Agency of Canada
Volunteer Work
Volunteer work is way of getting work experience while helping out your community. This Web site offers resources to help you in your search.
Source : Jobs, Workers, Training, and Careers
Volunteer Work
Information on volunteer work.
Source : Jobs, Workers, Training, and Careers
Volunteer Opportunities Exchange
The VOE is a free online service that uses the Internet to connect volunteers to voluntary organizations. Through the VOE, Volunteer Canada provides in one Web site, more recruitment possibilities for agencies than have ever been available before. For potential volunteers, the Web site makes finding the right volunteer position as easy as turning on a computer.
Source : Human Resources Development Canada.
Volunteering
Some national parks and national historic sites take applicants (foreign and Canadian) for volunteer positions.
Source : Parks Canada
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