Volunteer Position Description |
For those who would like to use their professional skills in a volunteer setting.
Frequency can depend on availability and
Professional volunteering can be, for example:
- Hairdressing/styling/braiding
- Tax clinics (during income tax season)
- Medical check ups/clinics
- Nail Technician
- Massage therapy
- Health workshops (teaching about healthy living, prevention, child development, child health, etc.)
- ESL teaching
- Cooking
- Moving
- Legal clinics, etc.
If volunteers think of other areas of interest, they can plan and coordinate with the Volunteer Coordinator. |
On/Off Campus |
Off-campus (Montreal) |
Position Type |
Volunteer opportunity |
Location |
On-site |
Address |
C.P. 266 Succursale Notre-Dame-de-Grace |
Neighborhood/Area |
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce |
Contact with Clients? |
Direct volunteering with clients, Behind the scenes volunteering |
Volunteer Tasks |
Accompaniment, Advocacy, Friendly Visiting, Manual Work, Mentoring / Tutoring, Teaching, Transportation |
Volunteer Tasks (Other) |
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French required? |
Yes |
Volunteer Position Requirements |
French and English required for working in direct contact with clients.
Knowing other languages is always an asset.
Police background checks will be done by the organization. |
Open to students in all degrees and disciplines? |
Yes |
Targeted Degrees and Disciplines |
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Time Period |
Rolling basis |
Start Date |
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End date |
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Length of Commitment Expected |
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Time Commitment |
Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Weekend |
Hours per Week |
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Training provided? |
Yes |
Other Benefits |
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Benefits (Other) |
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Application Procedure |
Online application form, Email organization contact, Call organization contact |
Application Contact Information |
jessica.g@aubergetransition.org |
Application Deadline |
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Application Material Required |
Résumé |
Additonal Application Information / Comments |
The shelter's address will remain confidential for safety and security reasons, it will be given upon the first scheduled training.
As this is a shelter for women who have often experienced intimate partner violence from male perpetrators, only non-male identifying people will be accepted as volunteers for roles that must take place within the residence.
**For volunteer roles such as movers, we can accept male-identifying people as volunteers. |