Volunteer with Newcomers to Canada (individual or family match with a focus on stay-at-home caregivers and young children)

Help create a welcoming and inclusive city by volunteering as a community connector with individuals or families who are new to Canada. Volunteers help newcomers adjust to daily though conversation, activities, and socializing.

Community Connections Volunteers help by:
• Offering social support and promoting social inclusion
• Practicing skills that help with daily activities
• Supporting informal language learning by practicing conversation in English
• Introducing their matches to people and places in the community
• Promoting cross-cultural interactions by talking and learning about each other’s traditions and customs
• Exchanging ideas, information, and resources

Support stay-at-home caregivers by offering social connection, the chance to practice conversational English, and information about/support in accessing community-based activities for young children and their caregivers.

Community Connections Volunteers are matched with a newcomer individual or family for six months and meet for a minimum of four hours per month (or about one hour per week). There can be some flexibility regarding the duration of the match. Match meetings can be conducted at home or in the community.

Volunteers are supported by a Community Connections Settlement Practitioner and will have access to resources to share with their matches.