Volunteering

The purpose of this unit is to find ways of increasing and maintaining a high level of volunteer participation in support of the work of ethnocultural organizations.

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Following are sources of additional information on volunteering. Organization Website Comments United Way of Canada http://www.boarddevelopment.org The materials have been adapted from the Board Basics Manual. Government of Ontario, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/rural/facts/factshts.htm Government of Ontario FactSheet: Volunteers the Heart of Community Organizations. Volunteer Canada http://www.volunteer.ca Lists all volunteer centers in Canada; functions as a central resource on volunteering. Canadian Heritage http://www.pch.gc.ca/Cyberstation/html/vzone2f_e.htm The Volunteer Zone for history of volunteering in Canada. Statistics Canada http://www.statcan.ca/start.html Caring Canadians, Involved Canadians - A survey of volunteering and giving: Catalogue number 71-542-XIE. Volunteer UK http://www.volunteering.org.uk/missions.php?id=325 Good materials on how to involve volunteers from ethnic communities. Canadian Council on Social Development http://www.ccsd.ca/pubs/2003/fm/index.htm Report: Funding Matters. Cornerstones of Community http://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&Id=5827 The National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations (NSNVO), conducted in 2003, is the first comprehensive study of nonprofit and voluntary organizations in Canada, and provides essential baseline information about these organizations.