Our People

Our Work

Volunteer Canada’s leadership and expertise on volunteer engagement and participation focuses on the following core goals:

1. BE A LEADER IN DATA-DRIVEN KNOWLEDGE

AND THE IMPACTS OF VOLUNTEERISM

a. Knowledge about volunteer engagement: Volunteer Canada identifies, generates, and mobilizes knowledge about volunteer engagement through research, tools and resources, learning activities, speaking engagements, and public dialogues on volunteering and volunteer engagement.

b. Standards of practice: Volunteer Canada works in collaboration with stakeholders to develop, revise, and promote standards of practice in volunteer engagement, adaptable and scalable to organizations of different sizes, mandates, populations served, and geographies.

2. BE A NATIONAL VOICE ON VOLUNTEERISM

AND PARTICIPATION

a. National Volunteer Week: Volunteer Canada takes the lead on National

Volunteer Week each year, designing and promoting the theme. The goals of the campaign are to thank and recognize Canada’s volunteers and raise the profile of volunteering in Canada.