Engage Library

Research to Practice

Research to Practice seeks to identify, review and interpret academic and other research important to the volunteer engagement field. Because the various reports and studies are discussed in terms of their major relevance to practitioners, each of the articles is also listed in the Engage Library by subject covered.

When Associations Fade: Navigating Changes for Leaders of Volunteers
In September 2024, TAVA’s Leadership Committee made the difficult decision to shut down the unincorporated Toronto Association for Volunteer Administration (TAVA). The committee members quickly discovered that this wasn’t an isolated incident but one in a series of closures that…
Jessica Pang-Parks, CVA, Saskia Rinkoff
Feature Articles
October 2025
Storytelling Without Exploitation: How to Ethically Engage People with Lived Experiences
Have you ever considered the ethical implications of storytelling? Leaders of Volunteers regularly use this critical skill in our daily work in efforts to engage emotion and bring a human side to our data. Storytelling convinces people to care, to support, to volunteer and…
Jessica Pang-Parks, CVA
Ethics
July 2023

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