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The Season of Service continues!Synopsys Canada employees joined Ontario Streams at Toogood Pond Park in Markham yeste...
10/22/2026

The Season of Service continues!

Synopsys Canada employees joined Ontario Streams at Toogood Pond Park in Markham yesterday for a hands-on environmental restoration project!

Volunteers rolled up their sleeves to help manage invasive European buckthorn, supporting efforts to protect native plants, restore local ecosystems, and preserve biodiversity. 🌱

This was a meaningful morning of environmental stewardship and giving back to the community!

Thank you to Ontario Streams, Synopsys, and Points of Light for helping make this volunteer experience possible.



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La saison de bénévolat d'entreprise continue !

Les employés de Synopsys Canada se sont joints à Ontario Streams au parc Toogood Pond à Markham hier pour un projet pratique de restauration environnementale!

Les bénévoles ont travaillé ensemble pour gérer le Nerprun cathartique, une espèce envahissante qui cause des dommages aux plantes indigènes, contribuant ainsi à la protection et à la restauration de l’écosystème local.🌱

Ce fut une matinée significative de gérance environnementale et de redonner à la communauté!

Merci à Ontario Streams, Synopsys et Points of Light d’avoir rendu possible cette expérience de bénévolat.

What helps make volunteer engagement meaningful? Building strong relationships and sharing impactful stories! ✨🎉 Now FRE...
10/22/2026

What helps make volunteer engagement meaningful? Building strong relationships and sharing impactful stories! ✨

🎉 Now FREE to attend! In celebration of International Volunteer Manager Day, join us in partnership with Volunteer Alberta on November 5 for this webinar! Register for free or choose a Pay-What-You-Can option to support future VA learning opportunities and webinars like this one.

Volunteer coordinators come from all kinds of paths, some with formal training and some learning as they go. VA’s own Erin Navarro, CVA, has been there herself, and after six years in the field, she’s sharing the two things that matter most for meaningful volunteer engagement: relationship-building and storytelling.

Relationships are at the centre of every thriving volunteer program. When you take the time to know your volunteers as whole people, with their own dreams, motivations, and challenges, you create trust and a sense of belonging. Storytelling is what turns that trust into lasting engagement. Volunteers want to feel part of something meaningful, and your job is to show them how their work connects to the bigger picture. Coordinators who tell that story well can turn casual helpers into lifelong champions.

You’ll leave this session with new tools and encouragement to feel empowered to welcome and engage volunteers in your organization. This session is presented with support from the Government of Alberta.

📅 Date: November 5, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. MDT

• Tickets: FREE | Pay What You Can (optional)
• Attendee Giveaway: Join us for the full session and enter for a chance to win a $200 Co-op gift card or one of two $100 Co-op gift cards!

🔗 Register today: https://ow.ly/aGok51007qF

Yesterday, Volunteer Canada brought together corporate community engagement leaders from across industries in Toronto fo...
10/21/2026

Yesterday, Volunteer Canada brought together corporate community engagement leaders from across industries in Toronto for our Good Company Leadership Lab, hosted by Deloitte.

We had an honest conversation about the opportunities and challenges facing employee volunteering, from workplace culture and barriers to participation to building stronger partnerships with nonprofits and creating programs that have lasting impact.

One thing was clear: there's tremendous knowledge and experience in this community, and real value in bringing it together.

As we advance the National Volunteer Action Strategy, conversations like these are essential. We need to keep sharing what's working, asking difficult questions, and finding practical ways to make volunteering more accessible, meaningful, and sustainable.

A huge thank you to everyone who showed up ready to share, listen, and learn from one another. Special thanks to Deloitte for hosting us and Sarah Saso from Meridian Credit Union for helping bring this group together.

Important work lies ahead and we're excited to keep the conversation going across Canada.

If there's one thing most Volunteer Coordinators have in common, it's that very few planned to end up in volunteer engag...
10/08/2026

If there's one thing most Volunteer Coordinators have in common, it's that very few planned to end up in volunteer engagement. Many of us might have felt like we were thrown into the deep end, spending our first few months wishing someone had handed us a metaphorical floatie while we figured out the role.

In celebration of International Volunteer Manager Day on November 5, and in partnership with Volunteer Alberta, this session was created to help you feel more confident in your role and a little less like you're treading water. Whether you are new to volunteer engagement or have been doing this for years, we will share fresh insight into what matters most for meaningful volunteer engagement: relationship-building and storytelling.

Relationships are at the centre of every thriving volunteer program. When you take the time to know your volunteers as whole people, with their own dreams, motivations, and challenges, you create trust and a sense of belonging.

Storytelling is what turns that trust into lasting engagement. Volunteers want to feel part of something meaningful, and your job is to show them how their work connects to the bigger picture. Coordinators who tell that story well can turn casual helpers into lifelong champions.

📅 Date: November 5, 2026, 1:30 PM MDT

• Tickets: $20 members / $30 non-members (We believe cost should never get in the way of the support you need. Contact Volunteer Alberta anytime to talk through pricing options that work for you.)

• Attendee Giveaway: Join us for the full session and enter for a chance to win a $200 Co-op gift card, or one of two $100 Co-op gift cards!

🔗 Register here: https://ow.ly/6JbI50ZVx4f

Today is DAF Day, Canada's national giving day for donor-advised funds. If you have a donor-advised fund, consider Volu...
10/08/2026

Today is DAF Day, Canada's national giving day for donor-advised funds.

If you have a donor-advised fund, consider Volunteer Canada when recommending a grant. Your gift makes it easier for people to volunteer and contribute to their communities.

For 50 years, Volunteer Canada has worked to strengthen volunteerism across the country. We support a network of approximately 1,000 organizations with tools, research, learning, and shared resources. Invest in the infrastructure that powers volunteers, stronger communities and lasting change. Volunteers power Canada, you can help Power Volunteers. Support civic engagement with a gift to Volunteer Canada today.

Learn more at volunteer.ca

Learn more about DAF Day and how DAF giving works at dafday.ca



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Aujourd’hui, c’est le DAF Day, la journée nationale du don par fonds orientés par les donateurs au Canada.

Si vous avez un fonds orienté par les donateurs, pensez à Bénévoles Canada lorsque vous recommandez un don. Votre don permet aux gens de s’engager plus facilement dans le bénévolat et de contribuer à leur communauté.

Depuis 50 ans, Bénévoles Canada travaille à renforcer le bénévolat dans tout le pays. Nous soutenons un réseau d’environ 1 000 organisations avec des outils, de la recherche, de l’apprentissage et des ressources partagées. Investissez dans l’infrastructure qui alimente les bénévoles, renforce les communautés et favorise un changement durable. Les bénévoles font avancer le Canada; vous pouvez contribuer à dynamiser le bénévolat. Soutenez l’engagement civique en faisant un don à Bénévoles Canada aujourd’hui.

En savoir plus ici : benevoles.ca

Pour en savoir plus sur le DAF Day et comment fonctionne le don par DAF : dafday.ca/fr

They’re back! Synopsys Canada employees returned to YMCA Camp Otonabee in Ottawa this Season of Service, for another yea...
10/07/2026

They’re back! Synopsys Canada employees returned to YMCA Camp Otonabee in Ottawa this Season of Service, for another year of site maintenance and improvement projects.

From clearing brush around buildings and removing debris from the forest, to cleaning shared spaces and raking rocks from roadways, these volunteers tackled important upkeep across the camp.

These hands-on efforts helped maintain the safety, accessibility, and overall condition of this cherished community space. YMCA Camp Otonabee provides local youth and families with opportunities for connection, learning, and personal growth in a natural setting.

Thank you to YMCA of the National Capital Region, Y Camps Ottawa, Synopsys, and Points of Light for their continued partnership in making this volunteer day possible.



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Ils sont de retour ! Les employés de Synopsys Canada sont retournés au Camp Otonabee du YMCA à Ottawa cette saison de service, pour une nouvelle année de projets d’entretien et d’amélioration du site.

Qu’il s’agisse de débroussailler les bâtiments et d’enlever les débris de la forêt, de nettoyer des espaces partagés ou de ramasser des pierres sur les routes, ces bénévoles ont réalisé d’importants travaux d’entretien partout sur le site.

Ces efforts pratiques ont contribué à maintenir la sécurité, l’accessibilité et l’état général de cet espace communautaire si précieux. Le Camp Otonabee offre aux jeunes et aux familles de la région des occasions de créer des liens, d’apprendre et de s’épanouir dans un cadre naturel.

Merci à YMCA of the National Capital Region, Y Camps Ottawa, Synopsys et Points of Light pour leur partenariat continu qui a permis d'organiser cette journée de bénévolat.

DAF Day is this Thursday, October 8. If you have a donor-advised fund, consider including Volunteer Canada in your givin...
10/06/2026

DAF Day is this Thursday, October 8.

If you have a donor-advised fund, consider including Volunteer Canada in your giving plan this DAF Day.

Your recommended grant can support work that strengthens the systems and partnerships behind meaningful volunteer experiences across Canada, including initiatives such as the National Volunteer Infrastructure Fund (NVIF).

Through the NVIF, Volunteer Canada advances policy and strategy, strengthens nonprofit capacity, and fuels innovation in corporate volunteering. Your investment also supports a network of over 1,000 organizations with tools, research, learning, and shared resources.

Learn more about the NVIF by reading the report here:https://volunteer.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/NVIF-2026-Impact-Report.pdf

Learn more about supporting Volunteer Canada here: https://volunteer.ca/donate/



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Le DAF Day c'est ce jeudi 8 octobre.

Si vous avez un fonds orienté par les donateurs (DAF), pensez à inclure Bénévoles Canada dans votre plan de dons à l’occasion du DAF Day.

Le don que vous recommandez peut soutenir les efforts qui renforcent les systèmes et les partenariats qui rendent possibles des expériences de bénévolat enrichissantes partout au Canada, y compris des initiatives comme le Fonds national des infrastructures de bénévolat (FNIB).

Grâce au FNIB, Bénévoles Canada fait progresser les politiques et la stratégie, renforce la capacité des organismes sans but lucratif et stimule l’innovation dans le bénévolat d’entreprise. Votre investissement soutient également un réseau de plus de 1 000 organisations avec des outils, des recherches, de l’apprentissage et des ressources partagées.

Découvrez comment soutenir Bénévoles Canada : https://benevoles.ca/dons/

Employees from Vertex in Toronto, ON, came together at Variety Village for a Day of Service focused on supporting inclus...
09/30/2026

Employees from Vertex in Toronto, ON, came together at Variety Village for a Day of Service focused on supporting inclusive spaces for the community.

Volunteers supported Variety Village by:
• Completing outdoor fall property clean-up
• Organizing indoor spaces in preparation for upcoming renovations
• Learning firsthand about adaptive recreation through an adaptive sports experience

Every project helped ensure Variety Village can continue delivering accessible recreation and sport programs for people of all ages and abilities. Thank you to and Points of Light for your continued commitment to giving back.



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Les employés de Vertex se sont réunis à Variety Village pour une journée de bénévolat consacrée à la création d'espaces plus inclusifs pour la communauté.

Les bénévoles ont :
• participé au nettoyage extérieur du site
• organisé les espaces intérieurs en préparation des rénovations à venir
• découvert les sports adaptés grâce à une activité interactive

Chaque contribution aide Variety Village à poursuivre sa mission d'offrir des programmes de sport et de loisirs accessibles aux personnes de tous âges et de toutes capacités. Merci aux et à Points of Light pour leur engagement envers la communauté.

Today, we recognize the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This day calls us to reflect on the truths of residen...
09/30/2026

Today, we recognize the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This day calls us to reflect on the truths of residential schools, the intergenerational impacts of colonialism, and the responsibility we all share in advancing reconciliation.

We recognize the colonial constructs present in narratives around volunteerism and are working to shift these narratives to reflect diverse models of community participation in an effort to actively move towards reconciliation.

At Volunteer Canada, we are committed to ensuring that volunteerism reflects and respects all forms of community participation. Guided by the principles of Justice, Accessibility, Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (JAIDE), we will continue to listen, learn, and stand in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples as we champion, support, and celebrate volunteerism.

Today, and every day, we encourage individuals and organizations to take time to listen, learn, and consider the actions they can take in support of truth and reconciliation.

Aujourd’hui, nous soulignons la Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation. Cette journée nous invite à réfl...
09/30/2026

Aujourd’hui, nous soulignons la Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation. Cette journée nous invite à réfléchir sur les vérités des pensionnats, les effets intergénérationnels du colonialisme et la responsabilité que nous partageons tous pour faire avancer la réconciliation.

Nous reconnaissons les constructions coloniales présentes dans les discours sur le bénévolat et travaillons à transformer ces récits afin qu’ils reflètent divers modèles de participation communautaire, dans le but de progresser activement vers la réconciliation.

À Bénévoles Canada, nous nous engageons à faire en sorte que le bénévolat reflète et respecte toutes les formes de participation communautaire. Guidés par les principes de la justice, de l’accessibilité, de l’inclusion, de la diversité et de l’équité (JAIDE), nous continuerons à écouter, à apprendre et à nous tenir en solidarité avec les peuples autochtones, tout en promouvant, soutenant et célébrant le bénévolat.

Aujourd’hui, et chaque jour, nous encourageons les personnes et les organisations à prendre le temps d’écouter, d’apprendre et de réfléchir aux mesures qu’elles peuvent prendre pour soutenir la vérité et la réconciliation.

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