• Local Opportunities
• International Opportunties

ACIC - Move Your World Youth Conference - www.acic-caci.org

.Canadian Cooperative Association (CCA) - www.coopscanada.coop

CCA provides leadership to promote, develop, and unite co-operatives and credit unions for the benefit of people in Canada and around the world. Contact: Maureen MacLean at (506) 383-8355 or visit www.coopscanada.coop for more information.

Ecology Action Centre (EAC) - www.ecologyaction.ca

The EAC has been working to build a healthier, more sustainable Nova Scotia. Our current areas of focus include Built Environment, Marine Issues, Coastal Issues, Wilderness, Food, Transportation and Energy Issues.  Visit www.ecologyaction.ca for more information, or call 902 429-2202.

Falls Brook Centre - www.fallsbrookcentre.ca

Interested in work experiences, internships, WWOOFing volunteer opportunities at the Falls Brook Centre? Find out about opportunities with the Falls Brook Centre by visiting www.fallsbrookcentre.ca.

GPI Atlantic - www.gpiatlantic.org

GPI Youth are active internationally helping to create genuine progress in environmental conservation, sustainable economics, cultural promotion and good governance. To join GPI Atlantic's youth program (age 13 to 30), please email gwen@gpiatlantic.org.

Grandmothers Groups - www.grandmotherscampaign.org

The Stephen Lewis Foundation's Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign seeks to build solidarity, raise awareness and mobilize support in Canada for Africa's grandmothers. Visit www.grandmotherscampaign.org to register a new group or to find out about groups in your area.

JUDES (JustUs Development Education Society) - www.judesfairtrade.ca

Spread the word about fair trade as a volunteer Community Educator, help organize our next action or campaign, or lend a hand with research, graphic design, administration, or outreach.  Contact: Satya Ramen at info@judesfairtrade.ca or (902) 542-7474 ext 235 .

Nova Scotia-Gambia Association - www.novascotiagambia.ca

The Nova Scotia-Gambia Association (NSGA) is a non-profit development organization based in Canada which works in partnership with West Africans to pursue initiatives for equitable and sustainable futures for youth. The NSGA currently is working in The Gambia and Sierra Leone, and most of its programs focus on sexual and reproductive health, malaria education, and HIV counselling and testing. All NSGA programs use a highly successful peer education model.

Volunteers are the foundation of NSGA. There are many ways to become involved as a volunteer both in Canada and West Africa. NSGA volunteers help organize events, give presentations on NSGA’s work, and generally help out in any way they can. NSGA also provides opportunities for university interns who are looking to gain experience in working with NGOs.

If you would be interested in volunteering, please send an email to:  volunteer@novascotiagambia.ca.

Salutary Angels/Les Anges Bienfaisants (SAB) - www.salutaryangels.org

SAB's goal is to reduce maternal mortality in Haiti by improving maternal care services and the health of pregnant women living in rural/urban poor areas of the country. Individuals can be involved in the organization by becoming a member, volunteering, or assisting in special events. Contact Marie-Helene Beauboeuf at (902) 425-6961.

TakingITGlobal - www.tigweb.org

TakingITGlobal is the world's largest online community for youth interested in social change. Individuals can get involved by participating as a virtual volunteer, attending workshops and livechats, blogging, submitting art and creative writing, and accessing the wide array of resources.  Visit www.tigweb.org to join. Contact: Jess Wishart at ns@clc.takingitglobal.org, or 902-222-6484.

AFS Interculture Canada is an educational movement that promotes global education and intercultural understanding through quality exchange programs for youth and adults. From one person to another and one culture to another, the AFS experience promotes the core values of our organization: dignity, respect for differences, harmony, sensitivity and tolerance. AFS enables its participants to act as responsible, global citizens working for peace and understanding in such a diverse world.

AIESEC - www.aiesec.ca/

AIESEC, the world’s largest student-run organization, is the international platform for young people to discover and develop their potential to have a positive impact on society. In partnership with business and higher education, AIESEC has 50 years of experience in developing high-potential students into globally-minded responsible leaders. AIESEC’s innovative development process consists of unmatched leadership experiences and global internships.

CESO engages Canadians as Volunteer Advisers (VAs) to share their business, technical and/or professional expertise. Over 3,000 distinguished VAs on the CESO roster serve as mentors, advisers and trainers to our clients and partners at home and abroad. They work with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal enterprises and agencies in Canada, developing nations around the world, and the new market economies of Eastern Europe.

Our aim is to build a constituency of global citizens committed to voluntarism, international development and social action in the new millennium. We do this by developing partnerships with countries from the South, organizing volunteer cooperative placements and internships, and by educating the public on development issues.

With Cross-Cultural Solutions, you’ll volunteer side-by-side with local people and experience another culture like never before. The CCS experience also includes cultural and learning activities so that you can learn about the local culture.

CUSO-VSO volunteer cooperants are skilled professionals who donate their expertise for up to two years to participate in a CUSO-VSO program overseas. Cooperants provide strategic, technical and professional support to CUSO-VSO’s development partners in Asia, the Pacific, Africa, the Americas and the Caribbean. They facilitate social justice work with organizations and networks in Canada and overseas.

To promote human development, we strive to drive change in Canada and in developing communities. Here at home, EWB is raising awareness among Canadians about the impact of their daily actions on developing communities. We aim to make Canada a model global citizen in the fight against poverty. Overseas, our volunteers promote human development in some of the world's most impoverished communities. They help build knowledge and capacity among local entrepreneurs and organisations so they can spread innovative and appropriate solutions to the challenges of poverty.

Volunteer Abroad, Conservation Expeditions and TEFL Courses overseas with Global Vision International. Looking for a unique travel experience? Make a difference in some of the world's most critical conservation and community volunteer projects with Global Vision International and selected partner organisations. Adventurous individuals can join challenging Marine Conservation and Wildlife Research expeditions in Patagonia, Mexico, Ecuador and Costa Rica and take part in volunteer teaching and wildlife projects in over 30 countries worldwide.

Horizon Cosmopolite - www.horizoncosmopolite.com/

Horizon Cosmopolite offers international educational programs in more than 30 countries throughout the world. They have programs for both individuals and groups.

International Youth Internship Program – CIDA - www.acdi-cida.gc.ca

The International Youth Internship Program (IYIP) is an employment program for young Canadians between the ages of 19-30. If you’re a post-secondary graduate, you could be eligible for this chance of a lifetime to work in a developing country and contribute to Canada’s international development goals.

One World Global Education - www.oneworlded.com/

One World is an experiential learning program. It's objective is to provide participants in its programs with the opportunity to “live themselves into a new way of thinking” resulting from cross-class and cross-cultural immersion experience—or, as our mission statement puts it: “To help North Americans discover that their lives are interconnected with those of developing nations by immersion living and working among the Third World poor.”

Right to Play - www.righttoplay.com

Right To Play is an athlete-driven international humanitarian organization that uses sport and play as a tool for the development of children and youth in the most disadvantaged areas of the world. Right To Play is committed to improving the lives of these children and to strengthening their communities by translating the best practices of sport and play into opportunities to promote development, health and peace.  

WUSC - www.wusc.ca

Students Without Borders - A new initiative from WUSC offers exciting volunteer and learning opportunities in South America, Africa and Asia for Canadian University and College students!

Uniterra

Uniterra volunteers work in the context of partnerships between organizations from developing countries and Canadian organizations. Volunteers contribute to the local actions of our partners during overseas postings varying from two weeks to two years. Throughout their placement, and after, volunteers take part in education activities in their communities and the media, to build

Volunteer Abroad - www.volunteerabroad.ca/

Volunteer Abroad connects motivated people with not-for-profit organizations, communities and government agencies in need of assistance around the world.

Youth Challenge International - www.yci.org/