Volunteer

Volunteer With CPYC

Volunteering stimulates personal growth, fulfillment, and empowerment and is a great way to give back to your community. By volunteering with our Civil Protection Program, you will gain valuable skills and experiences and have the opportunity to make a real difference by helping us promote disasters readiness, resilience, and community building.

Volunteer service opportunities with CPYC:

1) Join our leadership team to grow our internal capacity and help us to fulfill our mission

2) Join our program to increase your value as a resilient citizen who may turn into a rescuer

3) Join the Community Action team to foster community building and to help identify and prepare responses to threats that impact our collective safety and well-being.

The name of our Organization highlights our focus on youth leadership, and on making sure that the next generation is prepared for what is to come. As much a we focus on building community resilience THROUGH youth engagement, adults have a key role in being the capacity needed today. Volunteers of all ages are not only welcome in our team and program offer, but much needed. 

Volunteer Benefits

  • outdoor activity

  • camaraderie

  • connections

  • adventure

  • fun, games immersed in beautiful nature

Before we can reach that goal together, we ensure that our community volunteers who join our training program get a huge return of investment. For making time for our cause, and committing to get trained, they get rewarded with very personal benefits such as:

  • new skills

  • increased resilience

  • certification

  • international exchange opportunities

  • job opportunities with CPYC

Leadership Team Volunteer Opportunities

  • Facilitates and leads last Saturday/month training day. Engages with, recruits, on-boards and leads a team of committee members to support CPYC’s tasks related to the holistic community program, including the training program, train-the-trainer initiatives and revenue creating activities.


    To apply, please fill out the form below.

  • Supports CPYC’s tasks related to communications, messaging, branding, presentations, social media presence and campaigns, articles, media engagements as well as translations.


    To apply, please fill out the form below.

  • Leads CPYC community engagement efforts in close cooperation with the Head of Comms & Marketing. Welcomes and onboards new CPYC team members to ensure all are aware of CPYC’s mission and vision, find a suitable role within the Leadership Team that suits their interests and passion and supports with any HR related issues.

    To apply, please fill out the form below.

  • Engages with, recruits, on-boards and leads a team of committee members to support CPYC’s work related to the community resilience portfolio. This includes but is not limited to regular community focused discussion and engagement activities, formation of strategic connections and initiatives to enhance community resilience.

    To apply, please fill out the form below.

  • Engages with, recruits, on-boards and leads a team of committee members to support CPYC’s efforts to find, apply for and manage grants as well as opportunities for funding and sponsorships

    To apply, please fill out the form below.

  • Oversees and leads management of CPYC HQ upkeep. Ensures that trails and activity areas are cleared, easily identified and accessible, helps to identify hazardous trees and other risks to participants. Recruits, onboards and leads a team of volunteers dedicated to the upkeep and maintenance of CPYC HQ.

    To apply, please fill out the form below.

  • Supports the boards’ administrative tasks such as scheduling, minutes and agendas for board meetings and assists with MS teams and website management

    To apply, please fill out the form below.

  • Monitors and manages CPYC’s finances, accounting tasks and ensures accountability

    To apply please fill out the form below.

  • Engages with, recruits, on-boards and leads a team of committee members to support CPYC’s continuous partnership engagement, networking and cooperation efforts.

    To apply please fill out the form below.

  • Engages with, recruits, on-boards and leads a team of committee members to support CPYC’s Not-for-Profit and Social Enterprise strategic planning, business opportunities, and relationships

    To apply please fill out the form below.

  • Engages with, recruits, on-boards and leads a team of committee members to ensure that Indigenous and Métis voices and knowledge are integrated into the training and program offer

Make a Difference Today: Apply Now!

Whether you are interested in communications, nature, social media, or community outreach, we have a role for you. By joining our team of dedicated volunteers, you'll have the chance to develop new skills, meet new people, and make a positive impact in your community.

Apply Now