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Canadian Code for Volunteer Involvement

The Canadian Code for Volunteer Involvement is a road map for voluntary organizations, large or small, that proposes strategies to effectively involve volunteers. The Canadian Code for Volunteer Involvement is designed to set the stage for organizations to discuss how their volunteers are engaged and supported. It is structured to initiate thought and discussion about the role volunteers can play in helping the voluntary organization achieve its purpose or mission. This resource provides a starting point for this kind of thinking and discussion.

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Canadian Code for Volunteer Involvement: An Audit Tool

Organizations can use this Audit Tool to analyze their volunteer program and to identify and prioritize areas for development. In its most formal application, the Audit Tool can be used as part of a process within an organization to formally adopt the Canadian Code for Volunteer Involvement.

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A Guide for Cultural Competency Application of the Canadian Code

This Guide is designed to assist managers of volunteers, in organizations of all sizes and levels of resources, to incorporate a Cultural Competence perspective in their application of the Code. It reframes the Code as a tool to increase the accessibility and inclusiveness of volunteer programs, which in turn, will lead to diverse and stronger organizations that are responsive to Newcomers, in particular, and the community at large. This Guide provides basic strategies for organizations at the beginning stages of better engaging, integrating and reflecting the diversity of their stakeholder communities.

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