This document discusses volunteering in Canada and provides guidance on identifying skills and finding volunteer opportunities. It encourages identifying one's technical, transferable, and personal skills. Examples of technical skills include photography, coding, and cooking. Transferable skills include being organized, resourceful, and sociable. The document recommends searching for volunteer positions online or with charitable organizations, community centers, schools, hospitals, and religious institutions. It highlights the "Meals on Wheels" and "Rupert's Land Caregiver service" programs as examples and provides the website www.volunteermanitoba.ca to explore more opportunities.

1. Volunteering in Canada
Week 2
How & Where

2. • Where would you like to volunteer?
• What would you like to do?
Group discussion

3. …an ability to do something well
• Technical
• Transferable
• Personal
Step 1: Identify Your Skills
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4. • Photography
• Data analysis
• Driving
• Computing
• Mobile app development
• Handling electrical
equipment
• Software programming
• Cloud computing
• Coding
• Cooking
• Typing
• Proof reading
• Painting
• Sewing
• Knitting
• Technical writing
• Social media expertise
• Plumbing
Technical Skills

5. • to plan and delegate
• to supervise and instruct others
• to increase sales
• to accept responsibility
• to learn and improve
• to manage time and meet deadlines
• to manage and organize projects
• to work independently
• to meet and manage clients
• to repair things
• to compare, inspect and record facts
Transferable Skills

6. • Articulate
• Assertive
• Capable
• Diplomatic
• Efficient
• Energetic
• Hard working
• Imaginative
• Logical
• Organized
• Patient
• Resourceful
• Trust worthy
• Sociable
• Punctual
• …
Personal Skills

7. Language Tips
• one who listens is a listener.
• one who organizes is an organizer.
• one who supervises is a supervisor.
• one who paints is a painter.
• one who manages is a manager.
• We use er/or to change the action verb into a noun
(name of a person, place, animal or thing)
But not always!

8. • one who has lots of energy is energetic.
• one who understands with logic is logical.
• one who speaks fluently and coherently is
articulate.
• one who is always on time is punctual.
• one who types is a typist.
• one who can be trusted is trust-worthy.

9. 1. One has to be very resourceful to start a charitable
organization.
2. I can be a volunteer photographer for the event.
3. Volunteers are responsible to distribute food.
4. Being articulate, my dad volunteered to deliver an
opening speech.
5. You can volunteer as an organizer as we need
people to set up the event.
Examples

10. Step 2: Find a Place
• Online
• Charitable organization
• Community centres
• Pet shops
• Schools
• Hospitals
• Welfare centers
• Religious institutions (churches, mosques,
temples, synagogues, etc.)

11. “Meals on Wheels”

12. Rupert’s Land Caregiver service

13. Teen Talk Program

15. Visit the following website to get
started with volunteering today!
www.volunteermanitoba.ca
Lots of opportunities
are waiting for you!

16. Wrap-up
What was new for you?
What was surprising?
What can you use right away?
What requires more practice?

17. Questions?