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Mon Sheong Foundation
Founded in Toronto in 1964 as a charitable organization to promote Chinese culture and heritage through caring for the elderly and nurturing the young, Mon Sheong Foundation provides programs and services to the elderly and to the young in response to the needs of Canada’s culturally diverse communities.
Website: https://www.monsheong.org/get-involved/volunteer-with-us/
Contact: Michelle Kwan | michellekwan@monsheong.org | (905) 883-9288 ext. 3119
Sub-Sector: Seniors & Long-term Care
Volunteer Role Type: Frontline or Client-Facing
Location(s): Downtown Toronto| East Scarborough | Broader GTA (York, Peel & Durham Regions)
Habitat For Humanity
Habitat for Humanity Greater Toronto Area (Habitat GTA) leads the way in addressing one of the most pressing issues: the need for affordable homes. They partner with working families in need of an affordable, safe, and secure place to live and enable their family’s ability to thrive. They are a land developer, a home builder, a fundraiser, and a mortgage holder. And are an innovative, entrepreneurial social enterprise that have been increasing their capacity for impact every year. Through their collaborative partnerships, they aim to build a better, more inclusive GTA for everyone.
Website: https://habitatgta.ca/volunteer/
Contact: Janine Smith | janine.smith@habitatgta.ca | 416-755-7353 ext. 2275
Sub-Sector: Human Rights, Equity & Advocacy
Volunteer Role Type: Frontline or Client-Facing| Leadership
Location(s): East & West Toronto | East Scarborough | Broader GTA (York, Peel & Durham Regions) | North Etobicoke | North York | Beaches & East York
Single Seniors for Tax Fairness (SSTF)
SSTF is an advocacy group aimed at remedying the unfairness in Canada's tax system for all single seniors. They work towards levelling the playing field for single seniors who are not/have never been homeowners. Their goal is to raise awareness about the unfairness faced by all single seniors, especially for non-homeowners.
Website: https://www.singleseniorsfortaxfairness.com
Contact: Jane Robertson | janerobertson@sympatico.ca | (416) 481-2542
Sub-Sector: Civic/Political Engagement | Human Rights, Equity & Advocacy
Volunteer Role Type: Leadership | Fundraising | Advocacy & Community Organizing
Location(s): Virtual | Hybrid
ASO
ASO is the only agency in Ontario, Canada that is solely devoted to serving those with Level 1 ASD, their families and other interested individuals.
Website: https://www.asontario.org/
Contact: Rosiel Tang | volunteer@asontario.org | 416-651-4037
Sub-Sector: Child & Family Services | Disabilities & Accessibility | Healthcare, Health Promotion & Mental Health
Volunteer Role Type: Frontline or Client-Facing | Leadership | Fundraising | Advocacy & Community Organizing
Location(s): Across Ontario | Virtual/Hybrid
City of Toronto – Cultural Events
City Cultural Events is a full-service unit of the City of Toronto's Economic Development & Culture division developing and promoting dynamic, innovative and accessible events and festivals, including Nuit Blanche, Doors Open, New Year's Eve and more!
Website: https://bttr.im/zwq87
Contact: Callia Garwood | spevvol@toronto.ca | 416-392-9315
Sub-Sector: Arts & Culture
Volunteer Role Type: Frontline/Client-Facing
Location(s): Across Toronto
Alzheimer Society of Toronto
Alzheimer Society of Toronto offers support, information, programs, and education to people living with dementia, their families, and their caregivers, to increase public awareness of dementia, to promote research, and to advocate for services that respect the dignity of the individual.
Website: https://alz.to
Contact: Janice Ho | jho@alz.to | 416-322-6560 x 6336
Sub-Sector: Healthcare| Health Promotion & Mental Health
Volunteer Role Type: Frontline or Client- Facing| Fundraising| Leadership| Advocacy & Community Organizing
Location(s): Toronto| Etobicoke| Scarborough| North York| Virtual & Hybrid
Baycrest Foundation
The Baycrest Foundation's mission is to enrich the community's quality of life by supporting programs and services that promote excellence in research, innovation, education and care in aging and brain health. As the fundraising arm of Baycrest, the Foundation helps provide crucial funding for breakthrough research into cognition, Alzheimer's disease, dementia, and aging brain health; medical programs and services for older adults living in our community; and education that supports healthy aging and healthcare solutions for a growing aging population. Currently, the Foundation is on a mission to defeat dementia and help every older adult Fear No Age (TM).
Website: https://bikeforbrainhealth.ca/volunteer/
Contact: Marie Marilla | BaycrestEventVolunteers@gmail.com | 4167852500
Sub-Sector: Healthcare, Health Promotion & Mental Health
Volunteer Role Type: Advocacy & Community Organizing
Location(s): Downtown Toronto
Cuso International
Cuso International is an international cooperation and development organization that works to create economic and social opportunities for marginalized groups. They are focused on efforts to advance gender equality and social inclusion, improve economic resilience, and deliver progress on climate action. Founded in 1961, Cuso International works in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Canada.
Website: https://cusointl.org/423RxjK
Contact: Lorraine Monteiro | cuso.recruitment@cusointernational.org | 6138297445
Sub-Sector: Child & Family Services| Education & Literacy| Human Rights, Equity & Advocacy
Volunteer Role Type: Leadership| Fundraising | Advocacy & Community Organizing
Location(s): Ontario (outside GTA)
East and West Learning Connections
The organization is a Toronto-based, federally registered not-for-profit organization that helps people of different heritages break cultural barriers and get connected through learning, communicating, and volunteering activities and have organized more than 230 cultural events for the public for free.
Website: https://www.eawlc.org/
Contact: Yang Wang | info@eawlc.org | 647-859-0188
Sub-Sector: Arts & Culture| Education & Literacy
Volunteer Role Type: Frontline or Client-Facing |Leadership| Fundraising| Advocacy & Community Organizing
Location(s): Toronto| Scarborough| Etobicoke| Beaches & East York| North York| Broader GTA (York, Peel & Durham Regions) | Hybrid & Virtual
Fred Victor
Fred Victor is a social service charitable organization that fosters daily & long-lasting and positive change in the lives of about 3000 homeless and low-income people living across Toronto. Fred Victor staff help people rebuild their lives by offering: - Affordable housing - Transitional housing - Shelters and Emergency Respite Site - Food access services - Job training and counselling - Health information and community services - Community mental health outreach - Specialized support programs
Website: https://www.fredvictor.org
Contact: Diane Janzen | djanzen@fredvictor.org | 416-364-8228 x1330
Sub-Sector: Food Security | Healthcare, Health Promotion & Mental Health| Information & Referral
Volunteer Role Type: Frontline or Client-Facing | Leadership
Location(s): East, Downtown, Midtown Toronto | Virtual
Friends of Toronto Public Library
Friends of Toronto Public Library is a member-owned organization that supports the Toronto Public Library through fundraising and volunteering. There are two chapters: North Chapter (at North York Central Library) and South Chapter (at Toronto Reference Library). Each Chapter runs a used bookstore (BOOKEnds) and has occasional special sales. Volunteers who work in the bookstores, sort donated books, run special sales, manage communications, and serve on committees and boards.
Website: https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/support-us/friends/
Contact: Rosemary Fontaine | rosemaryfontaine@rogers.com
Sub-Sector: Education & Literacy
Volunteer Role Type: Frontline or Client-Facing |Leadership| Fundraising| Advocacy & Community Organizing
Location(s): Downtown Toronto| North York
Good Neighbour Project
Good Neighbour Project is a charitable organization aiming to address gaps in equitable access to resources supporting health, accessibility, and food security. GNP provides necessary support to vulnerable populations through poverty relief initiatives, mental health services and advocacy.
Website: goodneighbourproject.com/join-us
Contact: Maduba Ahmad | maduba@goodneighbourproject.com | 2266002868
Sub-Sector: Child & Family Services| Food Security| Seniors & Long-term Care
Volunteer Role Type: Frontline or Client-Facing| Leadership| Fundraising
Location(s): Broader GTA (York, Peel & Durham Regions) | Virtual | Hybrid
Harbourfront Centre
Harbourfront Centre is an international centre for contemporary arts, culture and ideas, and a registered, charitable not-for-profit cultural organization operating a 10-acre campus on Toronto’s central waterfront. Harbourfront Centre provides year-round programming, seven days a week, supporting a wide range of artists and communities. They promote contemporary Canadian artists throughout their careers, presenting them alongside international artists and help by fostering national and international artistic exchange between disciplines and cultures.
Website: https://harbourfrontcentre.com/
Contact: Saskia Rinkoff | srinkoff@harbourfrontcentre.com | 416-973-4944
Sub-Sector: Arts & Culture
Volunteer Role Type: Frontline or Client-Facing | Leadership
Location(s): Downtown Toronto | Hybrid
Kensington Health
Kensington Health is a unique, non-profit, health and community care organization in downtown Toronto that provides a diverse range of services including long-term, hospice and community care, cancer screening, ophthalmology, and eye tissue processing for transplant.
Website: https://www.kensingtonhealth.org/volunteer
Contact: Sally Blainey | volunteer@kensingtonhealth.org
Sub-Sector: Disabilities & Accessibility| Healthcare, Health Promotion & Mental Health| Seniors & Long-term Care
Volunteer Role Type: Frontline or Client-Facing
Location(s): Downtown & Midtown Toronto| Hybrid
JA Central Ontario
JA Central Ontario provides immersive learning experiences for grades 3-12 empower youth through work readiness, financial health, entrepreneurship, and other programs
Website: https://www.jacentralontario.org/get-involved/volunteer/
Contact: Maleeha Mujib | mmujib@jacentralontario.org | 4372900382
Sub-Sector: Education & Literacy
Volunteer Role Type: Frontline or Client-Facing |Leadership| Fundraising| Advocacy & Community Organizing
Location(s): Toronto| Scarborough| Etobicoke| Beaches & East York| North York| Broader GTA (York, Peel & Durham Regions) | Hybrid & Virtual
Management Advisory Service
MAS (Management Advisory Services) helps with the recruitment and matching of highly experienced volunteers to provide pro bono consulting help to not-for-profit organizations of all kinds, for the past 30 years. Their volunteer base consists of individuals with diverse experience and backgrounds in strategic planning, governance, finance/IT, marketing and communications, human resources - including executive coaching and volunteer management. There is an opportunity to help organizations provide vital community services, and the choice to work on projects based on areas of interest, expertise, availability, and schedule.
Website: https://www.masadvise.org/volunteers/
Contact: Nina Rahenbrock | info@masadvise.org | 4169635792
Sub-Sector: Child & Family Services | Healthcare, Health Promotion & Mental Health| Sports & Recreation
Volunteer Role Type: Leadership
Location(s): Toronto| Etobicoke| Scarborough| North York| Broader GTA (York, Peel & Durham Regions) | Ontario - Outside GTA| Virtual & Hybrid
Nankind
Nanny Angel Network (NAN) was founded by Audrey Guth to help provide respite to moms with cancer. The organization’s mission is to innovate and lessen the social and emotional impact of cancer on families by providing free support to mothers, fathers, and primary caregivers with cancer. NAN has evolved to Nankind, providing critical intervention to children experiencing the trauma of parental cancer. One family at a time, Nankind has built a community of volunteer angels, referral partners and sponsors that together provide free supportive cancer care to families.
Website: https://nankind.com/volunteer/become-a-volunteer-angel/
Contact: Noor Salam | noor@nankind.com| 416-730-0025
Sub-Sector: Child & Family Services
Volunteer Role Type: Frontline or Client-Facing | Leadership| Fundraising| Advocacy & Community Organizing
Location(s): Toronto| Etobicoke| North York| Scarborough| Broader GTA (York, Peel & Durham Regions) | Beaches/East York| Ontario - Outside GTA| Virtual & Hybrid
The Ontario Caregiver Organization
The Ontario Caregiver Organization (OCO) exists to improve the lives of Ontario’s estimated 4 million caregivers; ordinary people who provide physical and/ or emotional support to a family member, partner, friend, or neighbour.
Website: https://ontariocaregiver.ca/
Contact: Shrid Dhungel | ShridD@ontariocaregiver.ca | 416.362.2273 x 1029
Sub-Sector: Education & Literacy| Healthcare, Health Promotion & Mental Health| Information & Referral
Volunteer Role Type: Frontline or Client-Facing |Leadership| Advocacy & Community Organizing
Location(s): Toronto| Scarborough| Etobicoke| Beaches & East York| North York| Broader GTA (York, Peel & Durham Regions) | Hybrid & Virtual
Philip Aziz Centre for Hospice Care & Emily's House Children's Hospice
Philip Aziz Centre & Emily's House is dedicated to caring for Adults and Children of all ages with terminal illness and who are living with life-limiting illness (requiring specific care), while also supporting their families. Programs include respite/advanced respite, transitional care, pain & symptom management, spiritual/bereavement services, music therapy, end-of-life care, child life, community care visits and more!
This is an opportunity for anybody who desires to work with the medically fragile (and their families) in healthcare and/or social services by joining their Hospice Palliative Care Team! Professional Palliative Care Training is free with your commitment to support clients. There will be on-going support, professional development opportunities, tools, resources, and networking opportunities.
Website: https://paceh.ca/
Contact: Michael Nelson | michael@philipazizcentre.ca |416-363-9196 ext. 239
Sub-Sector: Disabilities & Accessibility| Healthcare, Health Promotion & Mental Health| Seniors & Long-term Care
Volunteer Role Type: Frontline or Client-Facing| Fundraising | Advocacy & Community Organizing
Location(s): Toronto | North York | Beaches & East York | Virtual & Hybrid
Providence Healthcare, Unity Health Toronto
Providence Healthcare is a part of Unity Health Toronto, a Catholic health-care organization and a leader in rehabilitation, palliative care, long-term care, and community programs in Toronto; providing care through its hospital, long-term care home and adult day program, the organization’s innovative approaches benefit more than 5,000 people each year.
Website: https://unityhealth.to/get-involved/volunteer-at-unity-health/#location-tab-providence-healthcare-2
Contact: Rachel Tenenhouse | rachel.tenenhouse@unityhealth.to | (416) 285-3666 Ext. 4094
Sub-Sector: Seniors & Long-term Care
Volunteer Role Type: Frontline or Client-Facing
Location(s): East Toronto | West Scarborough
Sing Toronto
Sing is a yearly Toronto festival of A Cappella music featuring live groups from Canada and the world. They offer Workshops and other events at the festival and throughout the year.
Website: singtoronto.com
Contact: Michael Latsky | singvolunteers@gmail.com | 416-558-2220
Sub-Sector: Arts & Culture| Education & Literacy
Volunteer Role Type: Frontline or Client-Facing| Fundraising
Location(s): Downtown Toronto | West Toronto
Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities
SCHC is the largest community-based Health care organization in the province, offering over 40 programs at 11 locations, across Scarborough. They are dedicated to meeting the community's diverse, holistic health needs through the promotion of healthy lifestyles and the delivery of a comprehensive range of culturally competent health and social services. They have a food and a furniture bank, Meals on Wheels, Child & Youth and Seniors programs, Hospice and Bereavement support, Health care and much more.
Website: https://schcontario.ca/get-involved/volunteer/
Contact: Lori Beesley | lbeesley@schcontario.ca | 416-847-4127
Sub-Sector: Healthcare| Health Promotion | Mental Health
Volunteer Role Type: Frontline or Client-Facing | Leadership | Fundraising
Location(s): Scarborough | Virtual & Hybrid
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Initiated as a hospital for Canadian veterans, Sunnybrook has flourished into a fully affiliated teaching hospital of the University of Toronto, evolving to meet the needs of the growing community. With 1.3 million patient visits each year, Sunnybrook has three campuses and is home to Canada's largest trauma centre.
Website: https://sunnybrook.ca/
Contact: Volunteer Resources | volunteer@sunnybrook.ca | 416-480-4129
Sub-Sector: Healthcare| Health Promotion & Mental Health
Volunteer Role Type: Frontline or Client- Facing| Fundraising
Location(s): Downtown Toronto| Midtown Toronto | North York
Shelter Movers
Shelter Movers is a national, volunteer-powered charitable organization providing moving and storage services at no cost to individuals and families fleeing abuse. They collaborate with local businesses and community agencies to support people, primarily women and children, as they transition to a life free of violence.
Website: https://www.sheltermovers.com/volunteer/
Contact: Ngaire Rasmussen | ngairer@sheltermovers.com | 4373455861
Sub-Sector: Child & Family Services| Human Rights, Equity & Advocacy
Volunteer Role Type: Frontline or Client-Facing |Leadership| Fundraising| Advocacy & Community Organizing
Location(s): Toronto| Scarborough| Etobicoke| Beaches & East York| North York| Broader GTA (York, Peel & Durham Regions) | Hybrid & Virtual
Transcare Community Support Services
Transcare is a charitable not-for-profit corporation providing high quality in both home and community. They provide services for people who need assistance due to aging, functional limitation, or disability.
Website: www.tcare.ca
Contact: Sylvia Bergmann | sylvia.bergmann@tcare.ca | 14167509885 x273
Sub-Sector: Seniors & Long-term Care| Seniors & Long-term Care| Human Rights, Equity & Advocacy
Volunteer Role Type: Frontline or Client- Facing| Leadership| Advocacy & Community Organizing
Location(s): East & West Scarborough
Canadian Reggae Music Association
The Canadian Reggae Music Association is a non-profit organization based in Toronto that consists of a group of music businesses, festival promoters, reggae producers, professional/emerging artists, and musicians with over 40 years of experience working in the reggae music community across Canada. The Canadian Reggae Music Association’s mandate is to educate and inform professional musicians and artists about the business of music thus enabling them to earn an income from their music while contributing to the music industry in Canada.
The objectives of the Canadian Reggae Music Association are as follows: To produce an annual reggae music conference featuring artists and musicians from the reggae community in Canada. To organize and implement reggae boot camps and artist development workshops for emerging artists in Canada. To set up skill training workshops to equip artists with marketable skills in music, songwriting, audio video production, and grant writing. To produce resource materials such as the Reggae Page directory and digital magazine featuring reggae artists from various Canadian cities. To produce an internet media house in television, radio broadcasting, newspaper, and magazine. To create job opportunities for professional and emerging artists in the Canadian, African, and Caribbean communities. To organize and develop cultural, educational, and social programs using multi-media as tools to sensitize society to the serious social problems afflicting artists in the community.
Website: www.reggaepages.com
Contact: Masani Montague | canadianreggaeconference@gmail.com | 416-256-9137
Sub-Sector: Arts & Culture
Volunteer Role Type: Advocacy & Community Organizing | Fundraising
Location(s): West Toronto
The Shoebox Project for Women
The Organization works through volunteer-led gift drives that benefit women who are impacted by homelessness. They help build compassionate and connected communities
Website: https://www.shoeboxproject.ca/home
Contact: Karen Paget | Karen@shoeboxproject.com | 6472267456
Sub-Sector: Healthcare, Health Promotion & Mental Health
Volunteer Role Type: Leadership | Advocacy & Community Organizing
Location(s): Toronto – Downtown & Midtown
Humber River Family Health Team
Humber River Family Health Team (HRFHT) offers a wide variety of specialized services to their patients. The program and services are delivered in a team-based care model that includes physicians and an in-house clinical team of Health Care Professionals (i.e., Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, Dieticians, Social Workers, Chiropodist, Health Promoter/Educator and Pharmacists) alongside other community service providers.
Website: www.hrfht.com
Contact: Marsha Raydragan | marsha.raydragan@hrfht.com | 416-740-2810
Sub-Sector: Healthcare, Health Promotion & Mental Health
Volunteer Role Type: Leadership
Location(s): Etobicoke – North
St. Michael's Hospital - Unity Health Toronto
St. Michael’s Hospital is a Catholic teaching and research hospital in downtown Toronto. Affectionately known as the Urban Angel, St. Michael’s is renowned for providing exceptional patient care. As downtown Toronto’s adult trauma centre, the hospital is a hub for neurosurgery, complex cardiac and cardiovascular care, diabetes and osteoporosis care, minimally invasive surgery and care of the homeless and disadvantaged. Fully affiliated with the University of Toronto and home to the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s provides outstanding medical education to health-care professionals in 29 academic disciplines.
Website: https://unityhealth.to/
Contact: Shaffy Maclean | shaffy.maclean@unityhealth.to |416-864-6060 ext 44095
Sub-Sector: Healthcare, Health Promotion & Mental Health
Volunteer Role Type: Frontline or Client-Facing
Location(s): Downtown Toronto
Trinity Square Café
Trinity Square Café is a registered charity since 1981, that supports adult clients living with mental health conditions. Through community and connection, the organization helps clients heal on their own terms, in their own time. Participation in weekday café shifts in their downtown Toronto home-style café helps clients develop valuable interpersonal and employability skills.
Website: https://www.trinitysquarecafe.ca/
Contact: Kerry Whiteside | tsc.boardofdirectors@gmail.com | (647) 223-0975
Sub-Sector: Healthcare, Health Promotion & Mental Health
Volunteer Role Type: Leadership
Location(s): Downtown Toronto
St. John the Compassionate Mission
St. John the Compassionate Mission is a small, family-like, drop-in in east in Toronto that seeks to gather people from all walks of life (with the most marginalized at the center) to engage together in activities that are at the center of what makes us human-- shared meals, shared work, and shared prayer.
Website: https://stjohnsmission.org/
Contact: Luke O'Neil | prior@stjohnsmission.org | 437-333-0429
Sub-Sector: Disability & Accessibility| Religious Institutions | Seniors & Long-Term Care
Volunteer Role Type: Frontline or Client-Facing
Location(s): Downtown Toronto | East Toronto | Beaches or East York