Canada eliminates funding re: volunteerism initiative
02:25, 16 December 2006
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In late September 2006, Volunteer Canada President Marlene Deboisbriand sent an e-mail to colleagues in the volunteer community, announcing that the federal government had eliminated funding for the Canada Volunteerism Initiative. The cut was made without consultation or warning to initiative members. The resulting spontaneous e-mail exchange from volunteer managers and consultants in Canada, the US, Australia, England, Germany, and Hong Kong touched on issues of how volunteerism is promoted, and whether or not our community is leveraging its resources and portraying its relevance in the most effective manner. The exchange proved so interesting that e-volunteerism made it the Keyboard Roundtable for its latest issue. To read the full text of the article, subscribe to e-Volunteerism or purchase the article.
