YorkU Volunteer Fair
By Tanya Leung, Volunteer Manager | YRES had a great time at York University’s Volunteer Fair, engaging with potential volunteers and networking with non-profit organizations.
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Ignite Fair 2024
By Tanya Leung, Volunteer Manager | YRES successfully hosted its first volunteer fair on October 19, 2024 in partnership with Ignite Fair and Volunteer Connect York Region. The three-hour event featured 20 tabling organizations and welcomed over 200 attendees!
YRES LEGO Robotics Collab with Markham’s Welcome Centre Immigrant Services
By Christina Wan, Project Coordinator | YRES collaborated with Markham’s Welcome Centre Immigrant Services to deliver six engaging LEGO Robotics workshops.
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October Reflection – Jessica
Jessica’s October reflection What goals have you set for yourself during your work term at U+/YRES? What steps did you take to make sure these goals are on track? From this internship, one of the main competencies that I wanted to develop is management, which I had the opportunity to do with volunteers, HS co-ops,
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October Reflection – Christina
Christina’s October reflection What goals have you set for yourself during your work term at U+/YRES? What steps did you take to make sure these goals are on track? During my winter term at U+/YRES, one of my main goals has been to successfully manage a team of 6 high school co-op students. I aim
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September Reflection – Jessica
Jessica’s reflection How do you envision your position and projects at YRES contributing to your skill growth and professional development? As a volunteer and project coordinator that needs to keep up with the numerous projects at YRES, it has definitely helped my problem-solving and decision-making skills where I’m able to practice my foresight in making
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September Reflection – Christina
Christina’s reflection How do you envision your position and projects at YRES contributing to your skill growth and professional development? As I approach the second half of my 8-month work term, I have begun taking on larger responsibilities and making a difference in the company. One of my recent duties involves managing and overseeing the
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Elevate Festival: Insights into the Future of Tech and Talent
Our team had the pleasure of attending the 2024 Elevate Festival at Meridian Hall. We heard from inspiring leaders offering a fresh perspective on some of the key trends shaping the future of the tech industry.
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Tanya’s Reflection (Staff) – Sept
Tanya’s Staff reflection 1. What is/was your role and what do/did your responsibilities entail? I served as a remote Volunteer Manager at YRES during the spring and summer of 2024, having been offered this part-time position after completing my winter 2024 co-op term here as a Volunteer Coordinator. I continued overseeing YRES’s in-person and virtual
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Lovely’s Reflection (Volunteer)
Lovely Gebeyehu’SVolunteer reflection 1. Which YRES event(s) did you volunteer at? Please provide a brief description of what you did as well. I volunteered at the Weekend STEM camp in Markham. A lot of my time was spent devoted to a small group of kids who also had ASD and enjoyed my time with them
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