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Help with Children’s Library :
Shelving returned library bookings
Reading and interacting with children

A university or college student who is a member of a Best Buddies chapter and paired up with an adult/student with an intellectual disability. Peer Buddies are expected to meet with their Buddy pair every two weeks to go out for coffee, dinner, movies, walks, etc.

Updated Dec 2022: The current available volunteering days/times are as follows:
Wednesdays, from 9:00am-10:10am &/or from 11:20am-1:10pm, &/or 2:20pm-3:30pm
Fridays, from 9:00am-10:10am.

We are a Centre that works with adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities 3 days a week (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays) at the Loyola campus of Concordia University.  Our participants have creative arts therapies twice/day from 10:00-11:30am, and from 1:00-2:30pm. The other times are our “community” times and this is when volunteers play a vital role.  Volunteers are a very important part of our program!

The role of volunteers is to help the Centre fulfill its mandate of social inclusion by facilitating the integration of our participants into the Concordia community. This is done through socializing with our participants during three different time periods; mornings, lunch times, and afternoons.

Volunteers greet our participants as they arrive in the morning and then accompany them to a different building where they meet with the facilitators of their therapeutic program. At lunch time, volunteers accompany our participants from their therapeutic activities to the cafeteria, located in a different building. Lunch time is spent socializing together, and then volunteers accompany our participants back to the building where therapeutic activities take place. At the end of the day, volunteers accompany our participants back from their therapeutic activities to the building where they socialize as they await their taxis back home.

This volunteering opportunity is active, you’ll get your steps while you gain experience!

Volunteers are not expected to be therapists, and although experience with this population is great, it is not necessary.

Volunteers are well supported in this volunteering role. All applicants are welcome.

We ask that you commit to a regular schedule, the hours available are:

Mornings 9:00–10:00am
Lunch 11:30am-1:00pm
Afternoon 2:30-3:30pm

You are welcome to apply for one of more of these time periods.

The days are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Feel free to apply for one or more days.

Thanks for your interest in volunteering at The Centre for the Arts in Human Development.

Help learners communicate their needs and express their interest with ease and be familiar with computer software such as Teams application and filling and saving a PDF form. You will help in how to download teams, use PowerPoint, Saving a World document title with their name and finding its location. It is sharing basic computer knowledge that many universities' students have mastered throughout their learning.