Canada Volunteerism Initiative - Final Report
Anticipated Results
We believe that the Canada Volunteerism Initiative could achieve
the following results:
- Improve the ability of voluntary organizations to engage and
support volunteers, respond quickly to change, and readily adapt
to emerging needs. Voluntary organizations will have better
access to consistent information, tools and development opportunities
that respond to specific organizational and community needs.
- Enable voluntary organizations to improve their administration
of volunteer resources and provide more meaningful and rewarding
opportunities for volunteers, while still fulfilling their mandates.
- Improve networking and information-sharing to advance learning
at a much more rapid pace than in the past. Voluntary organizations
will be able to adapt new models as they are tested and found
to be useful. Increased collaboration will provide voluntary
organizations with access to resources and ideas from across
the voluntary sector.
- Increase awareness of the importance of volunteerism to Canada's
quality of life and social fabric, and encourage more people
to volunteer and participate. Canada's communities will gain
strength as a result of this improved civic participation and
service. Canada will have a society in which voluntary service
is highly valued and volunteering is considered to be an integral
part of citizenship.
The further development and implementation of any of the recommendations
of this report should include the development of specific indicators
to measure and assess progress towards the overall goals of the
Canada Volunteerism Initiative.
