Volunteers

• Wellbeing

  • The Relation of Volunteering and Subsequent Changes in Physical Disability in Older Adults (2017)
  • Association of volunteering with mental well-being: a lifecourse analysis of a national population-based longitudinal study in the UK (2016) 
  • Le bénévolat: créateur de liens sociaux (2015) (only available in French)
  • Social Impact of Volunteerism (2011)
  • Report of the National Seniors Council on Volunteering Among Seniors and Positive and Active Aging (2010)
  • Providing social support may be more beneficial than receiving it: Results from a prospective study of mortality (2003)
  • Les bienfaits de l’implication sociale (only available in French)

• Skill-development

  • Le bénévolat: créateur de liens sociaux (2015) (only available in French)
  • Social Impact of Volunteerism (2011) 
  • Ten Professional Development Benefits of Volunteering (2006)
  • Report of the National Seniors Council on Volunteering Among Seniors and Positive and Active Aging (2010)
  • Le bénévolat de compétences, un impact réel au bénéfice des bénévoles et des associations. (only available in French)
  • L’intégration d’une composante d’expérience communautaire à la formation médicale en milieu francophone minoritaire (2014) (only available in French)

• Sense of belonging

  • L’intégration dans la collectivité des personnes vivant avec un problème de santé mentale (2015) (Only available in French)
  • Volunteering: A catalyst for citizen engagement, social inclusion, and resilient communities (2013)
  • Report of the National Seniors Council on Volunteering Among Seniors and Positive and Active Aging, 2010

• Integrating newcomers

  • Community Cup, We Are a Big Family: Examining Social Inclusion and Acculturation of Newcomers to Canada through a Participatory Sport Event (2015)
  • Pourquoi être bénévole et comment trouver un poste? (2015) (only available in French)
  • Volunteering with Newcomers: The Perspectives of Canadian and Foreign-born Volunteers (2012) 
  • Bénévolat: une clé d’intégration (2012) (only available in French)
  • How Ethnic Congregations Help Immigrants Integrate into Canada (2005)

Organizations

• Capacity

  • Strengthening the Capacity of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations to Serve Canadians (2006) (English Only)
  • Le bénévolat de compétences, un impact réel au bénéfice des bénévoles et des associations (only available in French)

• Access to skills

  • Skills Based Volunteerism: A New Generation of Service (2015) 
  • Le bénévolat de compétences, un impact réel au bénéfice des bénévoles et des associations (only available in French)

• Community engagement

  • Maximizing Capacities of Advanced Education Institutions to Build Social Infrastructure (2017) 
  • L’intégration d’une composante d’expérience communautaire à la formation médicale en milieu francophone minoritaire (2014) (only available in French)

• Diversity

  • L’intégration dans la collectivité des personnes vivant avec un problème de santé mentale (2015) (only available in French)
  • Ex-offenders as Peer Volunteers: Promising Practices for Community-based Programs Research Report (2006) 
  • Diversity in Volunteering (2005)

Businesses

• Attracting talent

  • 2017 Deloitte Volunteerism Study (2017)
  • Putting Purpose to Work: A Study of purpose in the workplace (2017)
  • Recognizing Volunteering in 2017 (2017)
  • The Business Case for Purpose (2017)
  • Cone Communications Employee Engagement Study (2016)
  • Construire ensemble l’engagement associatif des salariés – Guide Entreprises & associations (2016) (only available in French)
  • Illuminating the Signals Job Seekers Receive from an Employer’s Community Involvement and Environmental Sustainability Practices: Insights into Why Most Job Seekers Are Attracted, Others Are Indifferent, and a Few Are Repelled (2016)

• Workforce development

  • 2016 Deloitte Impact Survey. Building leadership skills through volunteerism (2016)
  • Construire ensemble l’engagement associatif des salariés – Guide Entreprises & associations (2016) (only available in French)
  • Le bénévolat, facteur de retour à l’emploi. La reconnaissance des compétences bénévoles (2006) (only available in French)

• Employee engagement

  • 2017 Deloitte Volunteerism Study (2017)
  • Putting Purpose to Work: A Study of purpose in the workplace (2017)
  • Recognizing Volunteering in 2017 (2017) 
  • The Business Case for Purpose (2017)
  • Cone Communications Employee Engagement Study (2016)
  • Construire ensemble l’engagement associatif des salariés – Guide Entreprises & associations (2016) (only available in French)
  • The Business Value of Volunteering (2015)
  • Giving Commitment: Employee Support Programs and the Prosocial Sensemaking Process

• Stakeholder relations

  • Canadian Code for Employer-Supported Volunteering (2015)
  • The Business Value of Volunteering (2015)

Neighbourhoods

• Resiliency

  • Volunteering: A Catalyst for Citizen Engagement, Social Inclusion and Resilient Communities (2013)
  • Quels sont les impacts du bénévolat pour la communauté? (only available in French)

• Leadership

  • Getting Wisdom – The transformative Power of Community Service Learning (2010) ​

• Cohesion

  • Social Impact of Volunteerism (2011)
  • Ex-offenders as Peer Volunteers: Promising Practices for Community-based Programs Research Report (2006) 

• Social inclusion

  • L’intégration dans la collectivité des personnes vivant avec un problème de santé mentale (2015) (only available in French)
  • Social Impact of Volunteerism (2011)
  • Rendre compte du movement bénévole au Québec – créateur de liens autant que de biens (2007) (only available in French)​

Society

• Just society

  • 2015. State of the World’s Volunteerism Report – Transforming Governance (2015)
  • Quels sont les impacts du bénévolat pour la communauté? (only available in French)

• Citizen engagement

  • Social Impact of Volunteerism (2011) 
  • Rendre compte du movement bénévole au Québec – créateur de liens autant que de biens (2007) (only available in French)

• Informed public policy

  • Canadian Code for Volunteer Involvement (2017)

• Enhanced democracy

  • Social Impact of Volunteerism (2011)
  • Report on the role of volunteering in contributing to economic and social cohesion, (2007/2149(INI))