Volunteer Facts

Number of Canadians aged 15 and older who volunteered in Canada in 2000: almost 11.8 million.

©2006, Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating

 

About Volunteer NWT

Volunteer NWT promotes and supports volunteers and voluntary groups in the Northwest Territories.

Our goals:

  • Increase the number of northerners helping out
  • Provide communities and organizations with the tools to increase volunteerism
  • Set up a formal network to support the long-term goals and work of volunteers and voluntary groups.

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What do we do?

  • We develop information and resources.
  • We connect volunteers and voluntary groups with each other.
  • We share training information, ideas, and best practices.
  • We promote funding opportunities for projects and training.
  • We explore ways volunteers and voluntary groups can work together and speak with one voice.
  • We build partnerships across sector and with government and business.
  • We provide advice to national organizations.

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Current Projects:

  • A workshop and volunteer resources. Are you having trouble finding volunteers, or supporting them? Contact us for a workshop.
  • This website!
  • Developing new volunteering resources for teachers and a handbook for high school students.
  • Volunteer promotion.

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Other Activities:

  • We e-mail updates on volunteering and voluntary groups, including training opportunities. Sign up!
  • We work with others to increase training opportunities for volunteers and organization staff.
  • We provide feedback to Volunteer Canada and other national organizations on such things as national promotion campaigns. Tell us what you think about:
    • National Volunteer Week
    • Global Youth Service Day
    • International Volunteer Day

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Volunteer NWT Members

The Canada Volunteerism Initiative was supported by Local Networks in each province and territory. The Local Networks are mainly made up of staff or volunteers with volunteer organizations. Volunteer NWT was the Local Network in the Northwest Territories.

Bill Graham, Yellowknife, Chair
Yellowknife Community Foundation

Bea Campbell, Fort Smith, Vice-Chair
Chair, NWT Seniors Society
Alternate:
Terry Villeneuve,  Fort Resolution

Louisa Beaverho, Wha Ti
Wha Ti First Nation

Cate Sills, Yellowknife
Executive Director, NWT Literacy Council

Debbie DeLancey, Yellowknife
Deputy Minister, GNWT Municipal and Community Affairs
Alternate:
Ian Legaree, Director, Sport Recreation and Youth, GNWT Municipal and Community Affairs

Ashley Okrainec, Fort Simpson
Youth volunteer

Lise Picard, Yellowknife
Manager, Heritage Canada

Susan Ross, Inuvik
Executive Director, Ingamo Hall Friendship Centre

Tina Rivera, Yellowknife
Past Chair, Phillipine Cultural Association

Doug Rentmeister, Yellowknife
Executive Director, Sport North

Harold Cook, Fort Good Hope
Aboriginal Sport Circle and Woodblock Music Festival

Terri-Lee Kuptana, Tuktoyaktuk
Jason Jacobson Youth Centre

David Gilday , Yellowknife
NWT Speedskating

Claude Gervais , Inuvik
Association des francophones du Delta du Mackenzie

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Our Host Organization

Sport North LogoSport North is the Host Organization for Volunteer NWT. That means it provides financial administration and coordination supports to Volunteer NWT. Sport North was incorporated in October 1976 to assist in the promotion and development of amateur sport in the NWT. Sport North sees Volunteer NWT as a way it can work closer with other kinds of volunteer groups, such as social service and environmental agencies.

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