Submission: Hi, I need to get in touch with MRU counseling to talk about volunteering.

Thanks for visiting the SCS website and our blog page. I suspect you already know that volunteering has become recognized as an important component of students’ time in post-secondary. It offers a chance to develop skills, personal qualities, and knowledge that is valued on applications for jobs and grad school. Not only that, it can be a meaningful, satisfying, and fun experience that helps students find their passion and life paths. Although your submission sounded like a personal request, the purpose of the Ask A Counsellor Blog is to share questions and answers with others. Since I’m sure others would benefit from this information, here it is on this website.

Student Counselling Services does not have volunteer positions at this time, but there are numerous opportunities on our campus. To review these, the best resource is the Career Services volunteering page http://www.mtroyal.ca/EmploymentCareers/CareerServices/Students/vol_experience.htm

There are opportunities to volunteer both locally and abroad, and there are additional links that give you more information about volunteerism.

I was going to include another local website, but see that more have sprung up since I last searched this topic. So I encourage you to search the terms “volunteer Calgary” and you will be able to see many more sites that attempt to link people to organizations looking for volunteers.

To get a more personal response or support, students can make appointments with counsellors by calling 403 440-6362 or by dropping in to see us Wellness Services (U216). For general queries, you can ask at our reception desk or you can email studentcounselling@mtroyal.ca.

I hope this helps not only you, but other readers.

All the best,

Mirjam Knapik, Ph.D., R. Psych.

MRU Student Counselling Services.