| Organization | Profile | Opportunities |
| Alternative Spring Break |
Alternative Spring Break (ASB) is a service-learning opportunity that builds teams of students and connects them with local partners. As an ASB team member, you will engage in meaningful community-driven service and critical personal reflection. Throughout the ASB program you’ll be encouraged to connect your academic studies to the project, and actively reflect on how your social justice commitments can engage with real-world challenges. Groups will be selected to ensure that there is representation from a wide range of academic programs. We want to build bridges for you between disciplines. Encountering different points of view can help students to think more critically and to connect the local with the global. |
Community service-learning during your February study week. |
| Assisted Living Southwestern Ontario |
Mission Statement: To provide adults with physical disabilities with services that ensure they are able to live, work and play in the community with choice, opportunities, and the confidence of full citizenship. Vision Statement: Working collaboratively with adults with physical disabilities, care givers, staff, funding bodies, volunteers and community partners we:
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Volunteer opportunities: learn new skills in administration, HR, Marketing and Health Care Currently hiring Attendant Service Providers (students in Health Care related fields may apply)
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| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Windsor Essex | Big Brothers Big Sisters of Windsor Essex is a not for profit organization which provides mentoring opportunities for children/youth between the ages of 6-16 years. BBBS offers 8 programs to children/youth of Windsor Essex County in a one to one or group capacity. | Various volunteer opportunities |
| Community Living Windsor is dedicated to supporting people who have an intellectual disability and their families as they pursue possibilities, make choices and achieve the life they want. | Employment Opportunities for Casual Direct Support Professionals. | |
| Corporation of the City of Windsor | The City of Windsor is a progressive and inclusive employer that offers rewarding career opportunities across a wide variety of work areas. All our positions provide a collaborative and collegial work environment that supports and promotes advancement. | Applications for the Summer Student Lottery Program for Spring/Summer 2018 will be opening in December 2017. |
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Tecumseh is rapidly growing and offers many fine restaurants, shopping areas, medical facilities, and has a growing industrial and commercial sector. Tecumseh is well known for its friendly hospitality and community events. Outstanding transportation access along with affordable housing and short commutes to work in the region form a solid foundation for stability and growth in Tecumseh for many years to come. With successful industrial and business sectors, a commitment to sustainable, planned development, and a wealth of cultural and recreational opportunities, Tecumseh offers a vibrant destination to visit or to call home. |
Summer student opportunities | |
| Downtown Mission | The Downtown Mission exists as a place of Sanctuary. In response to the mandate of the Gospel, through outreach we provide: food for the body, nurture for the spirit, shelter for the homeless, advocacy for the impoverished, and opportunity for human growth. | Volunteers to support: advocacy, outreach, program development and day-to-day operations |
| Drouillard Place | Drouillard Place is a registered, nonprofit charitable organization.We are a multi-service provider dedicated to improving the quality of life of residents of the Drouillard and Grandview communities.We believe in the dignity and worth of each individual, and in treating them with respect as a basis to establish trusting relationships. We also believe that every person and each community has potential, and the importance of working with individuals and communities on the basis of their strengths in empowering them to overcome their challenges and realize their potential. | Volunteer opportunities working with with low income, at-risk youth in our After School Program and Teen Centre. Working with youth ages 5-12 and 12-18 as a positive role model and mentor, assisting with homework and literacy, teaching life skills and being active in games, self-esteem programming and assisting staff with program. |
| Erie Wildlife Rescue | Erie Wildlife Rescue (EWR) is a volunteer-based, not-for-profit corporation whose purpose is to promote and encourage the rescue, rehabilitation and release of wildlife, and to educate the general public in the appreciation of wildlife and the problems created by interaction with humans. EWR has been offering rehabilitative care to the wildlife of Windsor-Essex County since 1978. EWR operations are based from the Centre at 11168 Tecumseh Rd. E, Windsor. |
Volunteers are required to assist with Administration, Reception, Building and Grounds Maintenance and Animal Care. Volunteer opportunities are also available for:
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| Family Respite Services Windsor Essex | A community where families are strong and children belong! Family Respite Services works with over 1000 families caring for children with disabilities in Windsor/Essex County. | Part-time employment as a Direct Support Provider working directly with children in our community. |
| Habitat for Humanity Windsor Essex | Our mission is to mobilize volunteers and community partners in building affordable housing and promoting home ownership as a means to breaking the cycle of poverty. | Volunteer opportunities in the Habitat ReStore include Cashier, Customer Service, Processing, Cleaning and Truck Helper (Deliver and pick up). In Spring 2018 we will build a home in Leamington. Volunteers can help with almost all aspects of the build. |
| Heart and Stroke Foundation | The Heart and Stroke Foundation is one of Canada's largest and most effective health charities. Over the last 60 years we have invested more than $1.35 billion in heart and stroke research, making us the largest contributor in Canada after the federal government. In that time, the death rate from heart disease and stroke has declined by more than 75 per cent. | Assist Child and Youth staff while building relationships with members, staff, volunteers and participants. Demonstrate knowledge of the YMCA mission, core values, and act as a positive role model. Help maintain fun and safe Child and Youth Programming. |
| Housing Information Services-Youth First Program |
Housing Information Services of Windsor/Essex County Inc. (HIS) is a dynamic service consisting of extensive one-on-one client assistance in Homelessness Prevention, Housing Retention, Energy Assistance, Rent Subsidy Assistance, Transitional Housing, Networking, Referrals, Education, Advocacy and Landlord Support Services. HIS in partnership with the United Way Centraide of Windsor/Essex offers an after school program, Youth First, currently operating out of Catholic Central High School. Homework assistance and / or academic support, physical activity opportunities, recreational components that include arts and cultural activities and a nutritious snack are all components of the Youth First Program to assist in building positive relationships built on trust and respect to help youth reach their full potential. |
Volunteer Opportunities with the Youth First Program. Univerisity students would be paired with high school students from various cultures, providing academic support with their lived lessons in school and serving as a positive role model and mentor.Volunteers can expect to gain skills in relating to students who are just beginning their high school life as well as students preparing to move on the postsecondary institutions, many of whom are acquiring English-language proficiency.Students can expect to gain valuable experience in a social learning environment. |
| Public Service Commission of Canada | The Public Service Commission of Canada runs the student and graduate recruitment programs for the government of Canada. | Student employment opportunities: Federal Student Work Experience Program, CO-OP, Post-Secondary. Recruitment and specific positions are all advertised on our website. |
| South Essex Community Council | In 1973, a group of concerned citizens had a vision to create a community based organization that would address the various needs of the people of South Essex. The vision and efforts of two individuals mobilized the communities of South Essex to create the South Essex Community Council.Together with JoAnne Fillimore, Father Duchene and a group of committed and hard-working individuals created an organization that strives to provide excellent person-centred service to individuals with care and compassion. SECC governed by a Board of Directors and is a registered, non-profit, charitable organization whose mission is: Helping people. Improving lives. SECC provides three core services: Employment & Training, Language & Settlement, and Community Home Support Services. The organization also provides a variety of income and security programs such as Coats for Kids and Keep the Heat. | Volunteer opportunties working with all populations including, youth, seniors and newcomers to Canada. Summer positions offered each year in our youth programming. A great place for those looking to work in education or the community/social services sector. |
| Transition to Betterness | Transition to Betterness (T2B) is a local community organization dedicated to providing comfort for those impacted by a life-altering illness. With over 17 programs, T2B aims at ease the hardship of chronic, palliative and life-threatening illnessed through care and compassion. | Volunteer opportunties working with all populations including, youth, seniors and newcomers to Canada. Summer positions offered each year in our youth programming. A great place for those looking to work in education or the community/social services sector. |
| Victorian Order of Nurses | VON Windsor-Essex is a non-profit charitable organization that offers home care, personal support and community support services to enhance each client's quality of life. | Volunteer Opportunities are available for Meals on Wheels, Adult Day Program and SMART. Career Opportunities that become available include Nursing, PSW's, fitness instructors in addition to others. |
| WEST of Windsor Inc. | WEST is a dynamic, community-based training organization, has been working to improve the employability of visible minority women in Windsor and Essex County since 1987. WEST programs and services address individual and group needs relating to enhancing employability and self-sufficiency.Building on our organizational strengths, WEST has been successful in offering dynamic services to the unemployed while maintaining its commitment to providing quality services for participants. |
Stop by to learn about opportunities to get involved with WEST. |
| Windsor Essex Community Health Centre | Provide primary care and health promotion programs for vulnerable populations. | Chronic Disease Management Assistant |
| Windsor Regional Hospital | Metropolitan Campus and the Ouellette Campus. Windsor Regional Hospital is the 11th largest hospital in the Province of Ontario. It is the regional provider of advanced care in areas that include complex trauma, renal dialysis, cardiac care, stroke and neurosurgery, intensive care, acute mental health, family birthing centre, neonatal intensive care, paediatric services, regional cancer services and a broad range of medical and surgical services required to support these specialized areas for more than 400,000 people in Windsor and Essex County. | Employment Opportunities in Nursing, Allied Health, Housekeeping, Dietary, Laboratory, Diagnostic Imaging. Volunteer opportunities also available. |
| Windsor YMCA | The YMCA mission is to be a multi-service charity that provides opportunitiesfor personal growth in spirit, mind and body for people of all backgrounds, beliefs and abilities With health and fitness branches, camps, child care centres, community programs and newcomer services across the region, YMCA is committed to the development of healthy communities. Our locations, programs and services are designed to help our members and participants grow in spirit, mind and body and are open to people of all backgrounds, beliefs and abilities. |
Child and Youth Program Volunteer Assist Child and Youth staff while building relationships with members, staff, volunteers and participants. Demonstrate knowledge of the YMCA mission, core values, and act as a positive role model. Help maintain fun and safe Child and Youth Programming Fitness Volunteer |
| Windsor-Essex Compassion Care Community | The Windsor-Essex Compassion Care Community is a collaborative movement supported by the collective community and is hosted at The Hospice of Windsor and Essex County. The movement is driven to promote compassion in our day to day activities, as well as teach people to become empowered to organize their own care team, plan their ongoing life long goals, and remain actively empowered to continue either with our without the support of their care lead. | Volunteer opportunities: Completing face to face visits, helping seniors and people with life long disabilities with tasks and chores, completing phone surveys and check-ins. |