Human Resources committee  Thank you. Hello. I will address everybody in English, and can answer questions in both languages. All of our documentation is available in English and in French. To begin with, I just want to thank you for considering the very important topic of how our experience in the co

Human Resources committee  Did you want me to take that?

Human Resources committee  One of the things we track is volunteer rates. We ask, for instance, whether a person volunteered in the last 12 months. Youths 15 to 24 have the highest volunteer rate, but when you think about the overall average of Canadians, 44% of Canadians 15 and over volunteer, which is al

Human Resources committee  That is a great question. One of the things we're trying to promote.... First, we're working with organizations, and organizations are creating these volunteer opportunity descriptions in a manner that uses the competencies from the National Occupational Classification system. W

Human Resources committee  Any volunteer can be issued this certificate.

Human Resources committee  The volunteer centre of Quebec City, the Centre d'action bénévole de Québec. A number of other volunteer centres in Quebec are starting to use this program. We're looking at that.

Human Resources committee  That's a good question. I make a distinction between unpaid work and volunteering. At Volunteer Canada, we don't promote unpaid internships. For us, internships are either paid internships or they're associated with an educational program where there are clear learning objective

Human Resources committee  I have a couple of thoughts. If there's summer employment, one of the things we also encourage at Volunteer Canada is for employers to support employees in volunteering as part of their workday. You may know that of the 12.7 million Canadians who volunteer, a third report that t

Human Resources committee  As I was mentioning, 44% of Canadians aged 15 and over volunteer. For newcomers who have been in Canada for less than five years, it's 39%, which is not significantly less. The difference, though, is that in many small cultural communities, particularly where there are many newco

Human Resources committee  One of the things that we learned in doing some focus groups with youth volunteers is that there is, unfortunately, some ageism in the non-profit sector at some points. I remember a youth who was saying how concerned he was about food security, so he went to a meal program wantin

Finance committee  Thank you very much. Hello, members of the finance committee. My name is Paula Speevak and I have the pleasure of serving as president and CEO of Volunteer Canada. Our organization is pleased to respond to your request to meet with you this afternoon and to answer your questions

Finance committee  That's correct.

Finance committee  That is correct.

Finance committee  I understood that the approval process for the framework was still pending and that it was not possible to make information public.

Finance committee  On May 20...yes.