Volunteer Opportunities
Health Care Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteering is a good way to gain experience and insight for the jobs in health field. It prepares you on what to expect at a work environment along with that you gain invaluable skills such as communication, interpersonal, organization, time management, leadership, team work and problem solving skills. Some of the health related volunteer opportunities in the lower mainland are listed and they are linked to their perspective volunteer page so if you are interested in working for any of this organization download the forms and apply for it.
1. Fraser Health
4. Heart and Stroke Foundartion
5. Red Cross
7. Children's and Women's Health Care Center
8. Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Canada
10. BC Family Hearing Resource Centre
11. BC Lupus Society
12. Canadian Mental Health Association
13. Fraser Valley Visually Impaired Society
14. Guildford Public Health
16. Kidney foundation of Canada
17. Lower Mainland Downsyndrome Society
18. Newton Public Health
20. Design for Development Society
Community Volunteer Opportunities
1. Atira Women's Resource Society
2. BC Blind Sport and Recreation Center
4. Big Brothers
5. BIg Sisters
6. Burnaby Youth Custody Services
7. Burns Bog
8. Canadian Career Moves
9. City of Surrey Park Recreation and Culture
10. Citter Care Wildlife Society
11. Delta Museum and Archive
12. Elizabeth Fry Society
13. Food Bank
14. Frontier's Foundation
15. BC Girls Guide
16. Guildford Community Volunteer Patrol
17. Immigrant Services Society of BC
18. Imperial Place
20. Monika Wildlife Shelter
21. New West Salmonbellies Lacrosse
22. Newton Advocacy Group
23. Oak Ave Hub
24. Options
25. Pacific Community Resource Society
26. Pacific Riding for Developing Abilities
27. African Fair Trade Society
29. BC Association for Community Living
30. Britannia Community Centre
31. Carnegie community center
32. Chinese Community Policing Centre
35. Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
36. The Framework Foundation
37. Gather and Give
38. Glasshouse Capacity Services Society
39. Hastings Sunrise Community Policing Centre
40. KindActs Network Association of B.C.
41. Mothers Against Drunk Driving
42. North Shore Multicultural Society
43. Residences for Independent Living Society
45. Stanley Park Ecology Society
46. The Center ror Sustaniable Food Systen at UBC Farm
47. Variety The Children's Charity
48. YMCA
50. Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Center of British Columbia
51. Harvest Project
52. Immigrant Services Society of British Columbia
53. Phoenix Society Drug and Alcohol Recovery and Education
54. SARA Society
Volunteer Opportunities On Campus
University is not only a learning experience for education but it also plays very important role in building it's students personality by providing them with various volunteer position under the watchful eyes of coordinators or experienced students. This does not only make the students book smart but also gives them important set of skills through these volunteer position which are essential in leading a successful life and a career. To find out information about these volunteer opportunities on campus click here
Volunteer Opportunity in Research
Volunteering for research gives you a unique experience which will set your application apart from all the other pre medical students especially if your name is on one of the publications for the research project you are doing. In order to volunteer for research look at the biological sciences website and find out what research projects are taking place at SFU. After you have selected the project which interests you contact the head of research and ask them if they accept volunteer send them your resume and let them know about your interest in volunteering. You can also look at research projects taking place in Kinesiology and Health Sciences Faculty. There is more information regarding research projects at SFU click here to get more detail on the projects.