Kensington Health
From 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. would be an activity (TBD) with our Long Term Care residents, and 12 – 4 p.m. will be with our Adult Day Program – students can eat their lunch with clients and then participate/facilitate activities with the seniors. We can confirm the activities closer to date, but some examples could be bingo, arts and crafts, trivia, board games(scrabble, Mahjong, dominoes), bean bag toss etc. (5-6 students)
Regent Park Community Food Centre
Community Garden Resource Book - Student research urban agriculture resource and prepare book.
St. Jamestown
The new Tool Library is looking for volunteers who can fix things and do outreach at the community about the Tool Library.
Regenesis U of T
A Free Store is a reuse and waste reduction initiative that aims to collect unwanted items from the community and give them back to students, for FREE!. Students will oversee the collection of donations on campus and the coordination, set-up and hosting of a Free Store pop-up event at U of T during reading week.
Neighbourhood Link Support Services
Students will participate and contribute to different programs: Kick Start—an after-school homework and recreation club for youth, Conversation Circles with newcomers, computer workshops for basic learners, and a community dinner where volunteers prepare homemade food for 100 walk-in clients.
Learning Enrichment Foundation (LEF)
Students will work with newcomers on their English skills while learning about where they come from and their goals in Canada.
University Settlement
Students will primarily conduct outreach: sharing information and making as many direct contacts as possible with community members around the centre. This will include the promotion of fitness programs and an ability to be the face of University Settlement.
U of T’s Innovation Hub, St. George Campus
Students will be introduced to the Innovation Hub at U of T and led through a brief course on Human Centered Design Thinking. Each team of 10 students will be provided with a mini design challenge: the opportunity to explore a problem impacting the U of T student experience. Students will apply their learning of design thinking to the challenge. The theme this semester will be around student mental health.
Bike Chains
We train people in useful, sustainable skills that people use for the rest of their lives. You don’t have to be an expert in fixing or repairing bikes, you just need to be open to learning.
Visions of Science
Students will plan and host a fundraiser to raise money and awareness for Visions of Science programming and operations.
PointA
- Expanding our communications about sustainable transportation: We are looking for strong writers and researchers who can help us find social media content and write blog posts for us. You may get a chance to have your blog post published on our website (pointa.ca) with your name.
- Digitization of financial processes: We're looking for students who are interested in understanding and participating in the digitization of financial records and processes.
Cycle York
Cycle York is a non-profit community bike centre serving the Black Creek and Downsview neighbourhood of Toronto. We are looking to beautify our 1300 sq ft space by painting murals and bright colours on the walls and pillars throughout the space.
