Message from President & CEO

Territory Acknowledgment

Volunteer Canada acknowledges that our networks and operations sit on the unceded territories of many diverse nations—First Nations, Inuit and Metis Peoples—from coast to coast to coast. We acknowledge that our ability to live, work, and volunteer on this land is a result of the historical oppression of lands, cultures, and First Peoples in what we now know as Canada.

Volunteer Canada acknowledges that our physical head office is located on Anishinabewaki and Omàmìwininìwag (Algonquin) territory, along the banks of the Ottawa River, and we recognize the role the Algonquin Peoples play as traditional waterkeepers and defenders of the river, its tributaries, and this land.

We heed the calls to reconciliation and recognize the potential that volunteering and service hold in contributing to healing. We commit ourselves to the ongoing work of decolonization and to building better relations with our Indigenous partners.