Nouvelles

Every hour is precious

Par: Shari Deere I haven’t been volunteering as long as many ladies at Bayview hospital, located right next door to me, at 27 Lakeshore, Pointe Claire, QC. But I’ve come to love the staff, residents and volunteers there. The summer view of bay Valois can be breathtaking. You’ll see a few residents out with their family […]

Call for participants for a project on volunteering and citizen mobilization

The “volunteering on the move” interuniversity research team is currently carrying out a research project on volunteer practices and the plural civic implications existing in non-profit communities and organizations in Quebec.This research project is a continuation of a first research project on the plural meanings associated with volunteering in Montreal and its surroundings. Presentation of the research […]

The Chain-saw Certificate

By Kirstie McAllum The prevalence of bureaucratic obstacles that prevent volunteers doing what they came to do was one of the key motivations that pushed me to research changes in nonprofit organizing and volunteering in the first place. Nonetheless, demands for “expert volunteers” who complete various training modules still surprise me. A recent example from a family […]

Shadowed Work … a Confessional Tale

By Marie-Claude Plourde   For three years, I have been passionately involved in a professional association labelled as a non-profit organization (NPO). The mission of the Association du design urbain du Québec (ADUQ; Urban Design Association of Quebec) is to promote and to make known the practice of urban design. Urban design is a field […]

Being a “good” volunteer: For whom? Why?

By Consuelo Vásquez I enter the ballroom wondering if I’m dressed appropriately for this event. The vast room of the montrealer hotel, decorated with suspended chandeliers, is crowded with middle-aged people, mostly white women. I try to make my way through this happy and noisy mass of people, hoping to recognize a familiar face. Among […]

Discovering the Value of Volunteering Through Experience

By Nicolas Bencherki   As I entered the building, the stench burned my nostrils. The air in the building smelled like nothing I had ever experienced – I would later understand this was the odor of a rare type of mold that developed following the building’s severe water infiltrations. I kept walking, following Lindsey up the […]