Volunteer

Date Posted: 2026/06/19
Apply by: 2026-July 6 at 11:59 pm

Description of role:
Want to play video games and earn volunteer hours while you do it? Join our virtual Youth Playtest Volunteer Team this fall and support the Canadian War Museum and Sheridan College in evaluating our brand-new online game! You’ll play games, share feedback, and explore how games can bring history to life. Are you interested in being part of a project which is looking to transform history into an interactive, teen-focused experience? From anywhere in Canada, youth between the ages of 14–17 can join the Canadian War Museum and Sheridan College as a Youth Playtest Volunteer. We are looking for a broad range of people, backgrounds, and experiences.
You will attend virtual sessions and volunteer your time by playing, reflecting on, and evaluating a new video game being developed. The goal of the prototype game in development is to help connect youth to the human experience of war and Canada’s contributions to the Second World War. Your feedback will help shape the Museum’s new digital projects and give you a hands-on, one-of-a-kind volunteering experience.
Youth Volunteers will be advising, playing, and shaping the experience, not developing the game yourself. The feedback you provide will directly influence both the Canadian War Museum and Sheridan College’s projects and will help these organizations understand how teens experience digital history content.

Responsibilities:
Volunteers may be asked to support any of the following tasks:

• Commit to, and attend, virtual meetings.
• Play and give feedback on digital games.
• Share your thoughts on what’s engaging, fun, or interesting.
• Participate in online discussions with other teens and Museum staff about game stories, characters, and design.
• Reflect on how digital games can make history come alive.

Skills and Competencies:

• Comfort engaging in online group discussions with other volunteers and Museum staff.
• Expressed interest in video games and history.
• Friendly, reliable, and proactive; able to listen and respond thoughtfully.
• Clear oral communication in English or French (sessions conducted in one language per group).
• Ability to provide constructive feedback and share ideas confidently.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Youth aged 14–17.
• Open to: Canadian citizens and permanent residents.
• Willing to participate in question and answer group discussions during multiple virtual sessions.
• Willing to commit for the full program period to provide consistent feedback.

Logistics and Time commitment:

• No prior gaming experience is needed.
• For this project, we would like all equity groups [IL2.1][CR2.2]to be represented. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including candidates from all cultures, racialized communities, Indigenous communities, all abilities, all sexual identities and genders, and anyone else who can contribute to the diversity of ideas.
• Parents or guardians are welcome to listen in on sessions, but are asked not to interfere with the feedback their child is providing us. Our intention is to gain an understanding of youth perspectives regarding the game in development.
• This is a remote volunteering opportunity for youth that will be held online so youth can join from anywhere in Canada!
• Participants must have a stable internet connection and access to a device capable of playing digital games in a Windows or Mac browser.
• Sessions will take place September 14, 21, 25 and October 5, 2026.
• Youth may be asked to play games and answer questions during virtual sessions. All time dedicated to supporting the project will be recorded as volunteer hours.
• Sessions will consist of small groups: 10 youth per language group (English or French).
• Sessions will be 90 minutes in length.
• Sessions will be held in the evening at the below times to best accommodate school and sleep schedules of youth from all Canadian time zones:
  

  Time Zone	Local Start	Local End
  Pacific (PT)	3:45 PM	5:15 PM
  Mountain (MT)	4:45 PM	6:15 PM
  Central (CT)	5:45 PM	7:15 PM
  Eastern (ET)	6:45 PM	8:15 PM
  Atlantic (AT)	7:45 PM	9:15 PM
  Newfoundland (NT)	8:15 PM	9:45 PM
  Nunavut	4:45–6:45 PM depending on region	6:15–8:15 PM depending on region

The masculine form is used for the sole purpose of simplifying the text: it is not discriminatory in any way.

We encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including candidates from all cultures, racialized communities, all abilities, all sexual identities and genders, and anyone else who can contribute to the diversity of ideas. We are committed to an inclusive, barrier-free selection process and volunteering environment.

If you require an accommodation (including alternate formats of materials) in order to participate in this application process, please contact us to make your needs known in advance. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially. Contact: benevole-volunteer@museedelhistoire.ca

Date Posted: 2026/02/05
Apply by: open recruitment

Description of role:

Provide personalized assistance to visitors of the museum by helping to make the end of their visit more seamless and pain-free as they navigate how to pay for their parking. Parking Support Volunteers will be stationed inside the museum, and available to provide friendly support to visitors, other volunteers and members of the museum. Ways that they will provide support include providing clear instructions and support with using the parking machines, demonstrating how to use any parking vouchers, and explaining options available for payment upon exiting the garage. This important volunteer role will contribute to making the Canadian War Museum and the Canadian Museum of History more accessible to all.

Responsibilities:

Volunteers may be asked to support any of the below tasks:

• Help clients navigate the parking payment process inside the museum;
• Help clients who are in possession of parking vouchers to understand how to use them
• Inform the clients that a Point of Sale (POS) ticketing machine is available at the exit and explain how to use it
• Help direct entering or exiting the parking areas to doors, stairways, elevators or escalators that lead to the floor they are seeking.

Skills and Competencies:

• Flexible, adaptable, problem solver
• Respectful and excellent listener
• Willing to provide calm and patient support

Eligibility Criteria:

• Ages 14 +
• Bilingual: French/ English Oral

Time commitment and Logistics:

• Shifts are available for in-person involvement at the Canadian Museum of History and the Canadian War Museum.
• Those who wish to volunteer must commit to attending a training session scheduled before a volunteer shift.
• To volunteer for this role, you must commit to being available for a minimum of a 1 hour shift.
• There is a high demand for Parking Support Volunteers on a weekly basis, between 5 pm and 7 pm each Thursday night.
• There is a high demand for Parking Support Volunteers to support events which have varied hours, but which you may be contacted to sign up for on an occasional basis.
• Volunteers shifts will operate on a set schedule and on an as-needed basis.
• Volunteers who cannot attend a shift for any reason need only inform us so we can ensure adequate support is available in their absence.

The masculine form is used for the sole purpose of simplifying the text: it is not discriminatory in any way.

We encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including candidates from all cultures, racialized communities, all abilities, all sexual identities and genders, and anyone else who can contribute to the diversity of ideas. We are committed to an inclusive, barrier-free selection process and volunteering environment.

If you require an accommodation (including alternate formats of materials) in order to participate in this application process, please contact us to make your needs known in advance. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially. Contact: benevole-volunteer@museedelhistoire.ca