Category: Focus

When the Conservative government implemented the Safe Schools Act in 2001, the education minister’s message was one of restoring “respect and responsibility” in Ontario schools.

A couple of weeks ago Renata Soutter posted a volunteer opportunity for a “web wizard” with Volunteer Ottawa. Her organization had launched a website last year and now needs people to maintain it. But not all charitable organizations have the technology resources and skills to do this. So Soutter listed the web wizard position as a job to be done from home.

A woman sits at a sewing machine mending clothes for a homeless man. A junior boys soccer coach claps his goalie on the shoulder after making an impressive save. There is no question that volunteers make a difference in people’s lives.

Ani Amirmooradian says it will be difficult for her to find a good job, even though she has a master’s degree and is trained as a foreign language teacher. Amirmooradian came to Canada from Iran just over a year ago.