All You Can Volunteer Online—
and offline in your community. For Canada.
GLOCAL offers flexible online micro-volunteering for Canadians, especially young Canadians—helping people build civic knowledge, transferable skills, real civic impact, and national connections. We make it possible to participate in civic life wherever you are, whenever you can, with opportunities to connect and contribute in your own community.
We are building accessible pathways for Canadians, particularly youth, to learn, serve, and belong.
— GLOCAL Foundation of Canada
Goal #1
Expand access through flexible civic participation
Enable people to contribute regardless of geography, mobility, schedule, or background.
Goal #2
Connect meaningful service with skill-building and real outcomes
Offer clear tasks and projects that build practical skills and create visible impact.
Goal #3
Strengthen belonging through scalable digital civic infrastructure
Build national tools that support community connection while staying grounded locally.
Our Mission
& Goals
More accessible, inclusive, and innovative
GLOCAL is a national non-profit organization committed to making civic participation more accessible, inclusive, and innovative across Canada.
Our Story
GLOCAL makes civic participation flexible, inclusive, and practical—helping Canadians turn intention into real action.
GLOCAL was founded to address a simple but persistent gap: many people want to contribute to their communities, but existing pathways to volunteering and civic participation are often difficult to access, inflexible, or unclear.
Over time, through working with youth, educators, community organizations, and public institutions across Canada, we saw the need for something more practical — a civic participation platform that meets people where they are. A platform that recognizes different capacities, schedules, geographies, and life circumstances.
That insight led to the creation of GLOCAL's volunteer platform on YouCount.ca — a national digital civic space where individuals can take part in civic work in ways that are flexible, meaningful, and trackable. From short micro-tasks to longer project-based initiatives, the platform is designed to make participation easier, more transparent, and more inclusive.
Today, GLOCAL continues to build digital civic infrastructure that lowers barriers, supports learning through doing, and helps Canadians turn intention and passion into action. Learn more about GLOCAL by visiting its official website.
Become a Volunteer
Our Philosophy
We believe civic participation is not the work of a single organization, leader, or sector.
It is an intergenerational, cross-sector, and cross-community effort that depends on infrastructure, tools, coordination, and trust.
GLOCAL does not seek to replace community leadership or existing initiatives. Instead, we serve as:
A Facilitator and Connector
linking people, institutions, and opportunities
A Digital Infrastructure Builder
making collaboration easier to access, manage, and scale
A Civic Knowledge Mobilization Coordinator
supporting collective efforts in research, data, and public information
A Youth Leadership Incubator
creating space for young people to learn, contribute, and grow through real civic work
Our Difference
What Makes GLOCAL Unique
GLOCAL expands what civic participation can look like by combining digital infrastructure, flexible service design, and hands-on support.
New Forms of Civic Service
Beyond traditional community activities, GLOCAL creates and hosts service opportunities in areas such as:
- Research and policy support
- Data collection, analysis, and visualization
- Digital services and content development
- Civic knowledge mobilization and public education
- Platform-enabled collaboration across regions
This approach allows people with diverse skills, interests, and constraints to contribute in meaningful and practical ways.
Flexible, customizable participation
Through our All You Can Volunteer model on YouCount.ca, participants can:
- Participate between short micro-tasks (15-30 minutes) or longer project-based work
- Contribute locally, virtually, or through hybrid formats
- Contribute at their own pace
- Track service hours, outputs, and learning in one shared digital space
This flexibility lowers barriers and makes participation accessible to a wider range of individuals.
High-touch support infrastructure
GLOCAL pairs flexibility with sustained support.
- Up to 15 hours of office hours on weekdays
- 5 hours of virtual office hours on weekends
This level of availability helps participants and partners receive timely guidance, resolve issues quickly, and maintain momentum throughout their work.
Our Civic Network
Who We Work With
Individuals who want to contribute their time, skills, or lived experience
Students, student associations, schools, colleges, and universities seeking meaningful service-learning pathways
Civic and community groups, including neighborhood and grassroots associations
Diaspora and newcomer communities building connection and belonging
Non-profit and charitable organizations serving underserved communities
Municipal, provincial, territorial, and federal government institutions
GLOCAL welcomes and works with Canadians and a wide range of partners.
Our Leadership
Board Directors
Faye Ying
Founder & Executive Director
Dr. Laura Stephenson
Board Director
Dr. Fred Cutler
Board Director
Senior Advisor
Dr. Eva Busza
Senior Advisor
GLOCAL Team
Carla Caruana
Research Advisor
Joseph Ong`
Project Manager, Digital Products and Services
Paula Andrea Perez Gomez
Compliance Officer
Vicky Huang
Project Manager, Data
Daniel Biel
Digital Project Officer
Krista Hem
Volunteer Engagement Officer and Event Coordinator
Joe Shi
Product Manager
Liliane Mu
Participant Success Manager, Compliance
Rohil Sharma
Project Manager, Outreach
Nancy Yan
Project Manager, Design & Evaluation
Arian Ahmadi
Community Engagement Manager
Maria Leonila Barte
Project Management Trainee
Rida Shahwar
Project Management Trainee
Florance Arezo
Project Management Trainee
Ying Wai Melody Li
Project Management Trainee
Robel Adugna
Project Management Trainee
Solange Parent
Project Management Trainee
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Sophia Jiang
Compliance and Administration Officer
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Zaynah Mohamad
Outreach Officer, Atlantic Provinces
Join Us Today!
Civic participation looks different for everyone — and that’s exactly why GLOCAL exists.
Whether you have 15 minutes or several months, whether you prefer online tasks or local initiatives, there is a place for you on our volunteer platform. By registering, you become part of a national community committed to learning, contributing, and strengthening civic life in Canada.
Join us. Take part. Contribute in a way that works for you.