What NGOs Need to Know

The Global Stewardship Program provides NGOs/NFPs with skilled volunteers

Is your organization looking for trained volunteers? Global Stewardship students bring with them the skills, knowledge and attitude necessary to succeed in volunteer positions with non-profit organizations.

Each year 35 students are selected for this two-year undergraduate program. This small group studies world politics, a language, geography, environmental biology, economics, world history and literature - all as a means to understand the global forces at play today. Students also take courses in organizational behavior and leadership, as well as skills seminars delivered by people in the NGO community on such topics as time management, goal-setting, and management reporting, All of this is designed to prepare the students for two volunteer service learning experiences, where they will volunteer first individually and then as a member of a group for an NGO/NFP locally or overseas.

Students graduate from the program with an Associate of Arts degree which means they meet the requirements of CIDA and DFAIT to apply for Youth Intern positions.

If your organization would like to be involved in developing the curriculum for this program, participate in the guest speakers' series or explore potential volunteer projects, please contact Cam Sylvester.

If you are interested in having a Global Stewardship student volunteer for your organization, please fill in this Volunteer Recruitment Questionnaire form and return it to Cam Sylvester.