Everyone is welcome to volunteer at OPIRG. It doesn`t matter if you`ve never done this kind of work before. If you do have skills or knowledge of an issue, OPIRG is a good place to get involved and pass it on to other people.

At any time during the year there may be one or a dozen working groups active. These are open collectives of individuals that choose to work on a specific issue or campaign. They are trained to use consensus in their decision making and they share responsibilities among group members.

Using a collective process they engage in research, education and action to meet their groups objectives. Each working group receives a small budget from OPIRG in order to advance their plans and must supply the board of directors with a budget for their planned activities. Working Group volunteers can commit as much or as little time as they like, but each working group should plan their objectives based on the time volunteers have to devote. Check out OPIRG`s Action for Change handbook created for PIRG working groups across the province.

Born to type? Love to file? We need you to help keep the office running smoothly.

• Being an active member of OPIRG gives you the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills.
• You can learn bike repair, event organizing, horticulture, international issues and more!
• Best of all it gives you the opportunity to do something about the environmental, social and economic justice problems that we are faced with.

To volunteer with OPIRG Carleton - or for more info - please send an email to Volunteer Coordinator Allan Dykstra at allan@opirg-carleton.org