What is Giving Tuesday?
GivingTuesday is the world’s largest generosity movement. It was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good: make someone smile, help a neighbour or stranger, show up for an issue you care about, or give some of what you have to those in need. Over the past nine [...]
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Skill-Building Opportunities for Youth
Thanks to our partnership with MENTOR Canada and RBC Future Launch, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada is offering a series of skill building events for ALL Big Brothers Big Sisters youth. Through these unique, virtual opportunities, Big Brothers Big Sisters youth will have exclusive access to RBC Banking Advisors who will share their knowledge and [...]
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Career Opportunity : DIRECTOR OF QUALITY ASSURANCE
ABOUT BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS (BBBS) BBBS’s no-cost mentoring programs strive to reach young people who face adversity and need an additional supportive relationship. BBBS agencies formally match young people with an adult volunteer Mentor. Mentors are professionally trained and supported to ignite the unique power and potential of each Mentee. BBBS provides every Match […]
National Youth Mentoring Advisory Council Seeks New Members!
Our National Youth Mentoring Advisory Council (NYMAC) consists of young people from across Canada that have knowledge and expertise in mentoring that work together to create better mentoring experiences across Canada. If you are between the ages of 17 to 28; a current or former Big Brothers Big Sisters mentee OR have been a current [...]
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BE A BIGGER YOU
Humans are deeply social by nature. Drawing on scores of psychological and sociological studies, many researchers are asserting that living a life steeped in face-to-face contact and physical proximity with others is the key to health, while isolation and loneliness is a risk to both physical and mental health. These are powerful sentiments that validate [...]
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