This section includes all articles and other postings relevant to the issues we discuss in “Issues and Policy”. Volunteer.ca is also home to an abundance of resources that have been developed and compiled to assist organizations and charities in their work with volunteers.

•  Portrait of the Canadian Population in 2006, by Age and Sex, 2006 Census, Statistics Canada
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• 2004 Canada Survey on Giving Volunteering and Participating (CSGVP)
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• Volunteer Zone Bénévoles, Final Report, Volunteer Canada (A voluntary sector think-tank meeting bringing together leaders in the sector for 3 days in February 2005)
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• David Foot “Boom, Bust and Echo: How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Shift” (with D. Stoffman) (Toronto: Stoddart 2001)
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• Volunteer Connections: New strategies for involving older adults, Volunteer Canada, 2001

• 2004 Canada Survey on Giving Volunteering and Participating (CSGVP)
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• Linda Graff, “Be Careful What You Wish For! The Cost-Benefit Analysis of Volunteering”
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• Martha Parker, “Lighting the Fire – The New Paradigm in Volunteerism,” Presentation at the British Columbia Volunteerism Academy – Canada Volunteerism Initiative (October 27, 2005) 
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• Developing Employer-supported Volunteerism Policies
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• Making a Business Case for Employer-supported Volunteering
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• The National Survey of Non-profit and Voluntary Organizations: Highlights and the implications for those who promote and enable volunteerism
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• Volunteer Connections: Family volunteering - making it official
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• Volunteering and Mandatory Community Service: Choice - Incentive - Coercion - Obligation
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• Community and Corporate Perspectives on Corporate Volunteer Programs
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• Engaging Retired Leaders as Volunteers – Report 
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• Engaging Retired Leaders as Volunteers – Manual
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• Family Volunteering in Environmental Stewardship Initiatives