• Inspiring Work Program: Support racialized underserved grade 11 and 12 students across the GTA through career development workshops, panels, and applicant interviews. Volunteers can also serve as NextGEN mentors or industry mentors.

• Inspiring Futures Program: Connect underserved elementary to high school students with diverse employers via panels, workshops, and field trips to broaden horizons and challenge biases. Volunteers can participate in activities such as hosting field trips or leading workshops.

• Outside the Programs: Volunteers can also contribute by sitting on committees or boards, depending on their capacity and interests.

• Social Media and Communication: Volunteers can lend their time to furthering our outreach efforts by contributing to our communications team.

• Volunteer Screening: Volunteers must undergo a Vulnerable Sector Police Check.

• Passion and Expertise: Volunteers should have a passion for supporting underserved youth and expertise or experience relevant to the opportunities they're involved in.

As a MINA Project volunteer, you'll gain valuable experience and skills, network with professionals, and make a positive impact on the lives of underserved youth.

• Mentorship: Mentoring skills are valuable in any field and can be developed through programs like Inspiring Work.

• Communication: Volunteers will refine their communication skills by interacting with students, program staff, and other volunteers.

• Workshop facilitation: The MINA Project offers opportunities to lead workshops, allowing volunteers to develop and hone their facilitation abilities.

• Program development: Some volunteers may be involved in committees or program development, giving them a chance to learn program design and implementation.

• Collaboration: Working with other volunteers and program staff fosters collaboration skills.

• The programming year runs from July 1 to June 30.

• The time commitment for volunteers varies depending on the chosen opportunity. We are happy to work with volunteers on their time constraints and capacity, and offer opportunities that work with their schedules.