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Organization Position Location Description
Autisme sans limites

volunteer

Le Sud-Ouest

Our organization works with high social and cognitive functioning autistic adults from 18 to 35. We are currently searching for non-autistic participants to take part in our activities. We are not looking for people wishing to do interventions but rather to participate in the activities offered by the organization with our customers. One of the problems often encountered by our customers is the desire to participate as well as motivation. On the other hand, we have noticed that the presence of neurotypical people of the same age during our activities increases the motivation of our participants. Therefore, it would be interesting to be able to do business with you given the prestige granted to your university as well as the presence of your student life service.

Our organization offers a wide variety of programs in partnership with influential players in our community. There is no minimum time required and our recruiting time is generally from mid-august until late September. I personally oversee the bank of non-autistic participants and will direct them daily. I will also give them a small information and formation class before joining our ranks.

On the plus side, students and post-graduates who would like to join our team of non-autistic participants would have a great opportunity to get to know this clientele and understand how it works. In addition, the number of our activities and partnerships is very diversified, which allows us to reach several interests for the participants: cooking workshop at the ITHQ, dance workshop with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, theater workshop with the TNM, art therapy with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, evenings of board games, physical activities, improvisation workshop with The National League of Improvisation, documentary theatre, with the organization Porte-Parole, etc. I invite you to look at our website at:

www.autismesanslimites.org

Th3rdPlace

Peer Supporter

Th3rdPlace provides data-driven tools for post-secondary education building a connected, collaborative campus environment, and strengthening student resilience in response to the emerging mental health problems. Please visit our web app at th3rdplace.com.

Our team is working with Concordia and McGill university administrations, student clubs, and associations, and student volunteers will help us:
- Develop in-depth knowledge of university missions, goals, structures, and operational challenges and evaluation methods for student mental health and student campus experience.
- Develop and implement communication plans, outreach, and participate in the negotiation process with Canadian and UK universities
- Collect and evaluate university and student feedback on our web application and help define the product development based on conversations with universities and students.
- Work in close partnership with the university administration, and the department's student clubs to support projects.
- Write, edit and post executive messages and stories to various media, such as websites, e-newsletters, e-broadcasts, and social media.
- Plan and develop campaigns and materials including, promotional copy, presentations, brochures, photos, video clips, web, and social media.

Parrainage civique Montréal

Volunteers for computer support for adults with intellectual disabilities

Le Plateau-Mont-Royal

Volunteers for computer support for adults with intellectual disabilities
Our organization is committed to its adult members living with an intellectual disability through twinning. We offer monthly training workshops for our members on various subjects. We are looking for computer support volunteers for the winter of 2023. Training to support your volunteer work will be provided.
The computer workshop volunteer is responsible for helping the computer workshop run smoothly for the members in collaboration with the activities coordinator. The volunteer will be responsible for facilitating workshops to teach computer skills to people with intellectual disabilities. The volunteer will be responsible for the following tasks
- Facilitate computer workshops to teach skills
- Provide assistance to participants as needed on their computers and tablets
- Monitor the progress of participants
- Support the activity coordinator
- Follow established policies and procedures
- Assist with other tasks as needed

Parrainage civique Montréal

Volunteers for the animation of art workshops for adults with intellectual disabilities

Le Plateau-Mont-Royal

Our organization is committed to its adult members living with an intellectual disability through twinning. We offer monthly training workshops for our members on various subjects. We are looking for volunteers to facilitate art workshops for the winter of 2023. Training will be provided to support your volunteering.
The volunteer will work in collaboration with the activities coordinator to facilitate art workshops for people with intellectual disabilities. The volunteer will be responsible for the following tasks:
- Facilitate art workshops for people with intellectual disabilities
- Assist in maintaining a clean, safe and welcoming environment
- Provide assistance to participants as needed
- Prepare a creative activity based on the given materials
- Assist with other tasks as needed
- Support the activity coordinator

Concordia's Used Book Fair

Book sorter

Ville-Marie

Sort books with the volunteers of the Concordia EPIC Used Book Fair!
Why sign up?
It's a fun way to connect with the Concordia community
You get a free book every time you volunteer
Students can add their volunteer work to their co-curricular record (see https://www.concordia.ca/students/ccr.html)
You can volunteer as much or as little as you like, even 15 minutes is a great help
All funds raised go towards student scholarships and the Student Emergency Food Fund

Book sorts will be held every Wednesday, from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. in the LB Building basement (LB-029), until our next EPIC event at the end of March.

Sign up now and join the EPIC Book Fair family!
Visit https://www.concordia.ca/alumni-friends/events/used-book-fair.html#volun...
Or write to luke.quin@concordia.ca

Chateau Sur le Lac

Animator

Pierrefonds-Roxboro

We are looking for positive and outgoing volunteers to bring joy to our residents! Our residents have physical and/ or cognitive disabilities; activities would be very short and simple (around 1-2 hours) and can range from building a connection and playing games, reading, listening to music, arts and crafts, fitness, etc. Preferably volunteers would come in weekly (option of 1-3 times/ week), schedule is very flexible and ideas are encouraged- activities can be done in groups or one on one. We are excited to hear from you!

Canada Charity Partners

Film/Video Production Mentors

Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

InterGenStudio.ca is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to bridging the divide between youth and golden agers by encouraging collaboration and storytelling.
We will be hosting a series of workshops with youth with seniors during which participants will learn about interviewing, production and editing. Students and seniors will work together to create 30 x 2-7min videos which will focus on the unique histories, values, and wisdom of the seniors as well as any barriers they have or continue to face. Our focus is to profile seniors from a wide range of diverse communities so if you know of a Senior who would be interested in participating please let us know.

We are looking for film/video production mentors able dedicate 1 or more days for 1 or more of the following:
1. Production Workshops. April 29-June 03, 2023. Mentors will work with a small group of students exploring interviewing techniques, video recording, sound recording, lighting and editing. (Mentors can be proficient in 1 or all of these). Workshops with be held Saturday mornings between 10am-12pm at the Explorations learning lab. https://explorationslearning.com/

2. School Production Workshops. Weekdays May - June in schools in Montreal (Time/dates TBD). These workshops will be shorter than the weekend workshops and will focus separately on interviewing, sound, video recording and editing.

3. Live on-stage recording Session. End of May & Sept. 2 x 1-day recording sessions will take place at a Seniors residence (most likely Vista). This will be a sit-down interview set up filming the youth interviewing seniors in front of a live audience of seniors. 1-2 camera set-up.

4. Video Production. July - August (Schedule TBD according to Senior, Youth and Mentor’s schedule). Video Production will take place at the Explorations’ Learning
lab https://explorationslearning.com/ using the lab’s SLR cameras, ipads or mobile phones. Tripods, Wireless lav mics and basic lighting equipment will be provided. Sound will be recorded directly onto a laptop.

5. Editing Workshops. September-October - Explorations as well as online via collaborative editing software, according to the senior, youth and mentor’s schedule. Mentors can participate will offer assistance/feedback at various stages in the editing process either in person or online.

Please note that this is a volunteer position with a possibility of a small honorarium depending on the number of mentors and the amount of participation.

Connecte Santé

Volunteer Health Connector

Connecte Santé is looking for volunteers to help onboard new patients who had been on the waiting list for a family doctor (GAMF) and have been recently assigned one. Connecte Santé volunteers will call patients, provide practical information for their first appointment with the family doctor and provide additional support documents. The personalized outreach and information means patients don’t get sent back to the GAMF and gives new patients and new family doctors a good start on a satisfying health partnership.

Concordia Sustainability Volunteer Program

Campus Gardening Volunteer

Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

Concordia University's Sustainability Volunteer Program is your one-stop-shop for sustainability volunteering on campus! Benefits of participating include: a quick tutorial to support you in identifying your best fit for volunteering; easy tracking of the hours you dedicate; recognition on co-curricular record for your volunteer hours; virtual certificate recognizing time spent volunteering (for 25+ hours); and there is no time commitment required to join-- once you're signed up, pick and choose the volunteer slots and opportunities that work best for you!

This summer, we have volunteer opportunities connected to 7 gardens on the Loyola campus: the Concordia Pollinators Initiative, Hamidou Horticulture, Sankofa, People’s Potato, City Herbal Apprentice Gardens, Mind.Heart.Mouth, and CoopCultivAction. Each group has a different reason for how and what they grow, as well as scheduling. You can view all of the active opportunities, including gardening, on our website at https://concordia.cervistech.com/

Follow the application link to see only opportunities related to gardening and urban agriculture.

Angelman Quebec Society - Centre de répit Angelman

Respite Care Volunteer

Pierrefonds-Roxboro

We are looking for a volunteer who is a motivated, dynamic and a responsible team player that is able to maintain good relationships with guests and staff.

Responsibilities & Tasks:

-To ensure the well-being of respite guests and be familiar with their needs and interests,
-Ensure the safety of all guests at all times and that guests are accounted for at all times;
-To prepare and serve healthy and well-balanced meals;
-Follow and facilitate all procedures and routines.

Guest Engagement & Participation:

-To plan, prepare and implement stimulating programming (i.e., science, art, pet therapy, cooking, etc..). that is adapted based on the guests’ individual interests and needs;
-With the assistance of staff, ensure that guests are engaged in programming and have opportunities to take part in a variety of activities that benefit their well-being and bring them enjoyment throughout their stay;
-Facilitate guests’ communication as well as socialization among peers;
-Practice a strength-based approach and encourage independence while having fun.

The volunteer must be above the age of 16, bilingual (English & French), & able to commute to our center which is located at 14400 Boul. Gouin O, Pierrefonds, QC H9H 1B1 on Saturdays.