Browsing University of Waterloo by Subject "Volunteer"
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Older Adult Volunteers: Understanding the meaning of volunteering in the transition to retirement
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-18)In the fall of 2015, Statistics Canada reported that for the first time in Canadian history that the number of Canadians over the age of 65 was greater than the number of Canadians under the age of 15 (Statistics Canada, ... -
The Volunteering Self: Ethnographic Reflections on “The Field”
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-28)This thesis explores the author’s experience of fieldwork in Western Ghana while volunteering to promote gender equality at an elementary school. Analyzing the stages of preparation for fieldwork, situating the self in ...