About the Project

The Advancing Cultural Diversity in Volunteer Management Project focuses on improving the capacity of small- and medium-sized nonprofit organizations to recruit and support the participation of a more culturally and racially diverse population in volunteer roles and activities in communities of the 519 and 905 areas.

There are three phases to this Project:

Phase 1 – Eight Community Dialogues with local partners in the 519 and 905 areas along with knowledgeable and experienced professional and volunteer community leaders in order to generate information and ideas about the challenges and needs, resources that already exist and positive and possible future actions (completed between November 2007 and March 2008)

Phase 2 – Two Regional Dialogues -- one for the 519 area and one for the 905 area -- to discuss the learnings and recommendations from the Community Dialogues and to articulate a framework or strategy for advancing cultural diversity in volunteer management in the 905 and 519 areas. (November and December 2008)

Research: Development of an inventory of resources on cultural diversity and volunteer management (local, provincial, national and international resources)

Phase 3 – A Final Inter-Regional Forum brought together voluntary sector leaders from both the 519 and 905 regions on June 12, 2009. The focus and content of the final forum was based on the recommendations and strategies put forward at the end of the two Regional Forums in Phase 2.

A final synthesis report will present the findings, learnings and recommendations from all three phases.

Reports from all Community Dialogues and Forums will be posted to this website.