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The Volunteer Program

Volunteer applications are now closed.

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Volunteer Expectations

3 shifts / 4 hours each

Minimum commitment for volunteers to be eligible for the official SOCWG Volunteer Kit (hoodie, toque and water bottle)

16 - 17 years old

Volunteers that are 16-17 years old, can join if accompanied by a guardian. We are currently unable to accept volunteers under 15 years of age.

Mandatory Training

All volunteers must complete 2 mandatory eLearning modules (links below). Your participation in the training contributes to the legacy of these Games by creating a safer and more inclusive sporting community.

Traning Modules

All volunteers are required to successfully complete two essential eLearning modules: SOLearning and CAC Safe Sport Training. This is mandatory for all volunteer positions prior to being accepted.

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SOLearn Module
SPECIAL OLYMPICS CANADA

Course length 1-2 hours

START LEARNING MODULE
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Safe Sport Training
COACHING ASSOCIATION OF CANADA (CAC)

Course length 1-2 hours

START TRAINING MODULE
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Games Time Orientation

Accepted Volunteers who have received their orientation key, please follow the link to the Games Time Orientation.

Course length 20-30 Mins

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Volunteer Rally

  • February 11, 2024, 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm

  • Calgary TELUS Convention Centre
    136 8 Ave SE, Calgary, AB T2P 0K6

  • Receive your volunteer kit, accreditation, and volunteer handbook, as well as meet fellow volunteers, ask questions about your assigned role/venue, and for us to THANK YOU for your contributions to the Special Olympics Canada Winter Games Calgary 2024.

    We strongly encourage and ask that all volunteers make best efforts to attend the Volunteer Rally on February 11. For those who are unable to attend due to unique circumstances, alternative options will be shared at a later date.

Parking Information

Volunteers are responsible for their own transportation to and from their volunteer shifts throughout the Games. Due to some parking restrictions and limitations at venues, please use public transit or carpool when possible.

You may be traveling early in the morning or late at night. Stay safe by walking in well-lit areas, coordinating transportation with another volunteer, and telling someone when you are leaving and what time you should arrive.

Land Acknowledgement

The Bow and Elbow rivers meet is a place of confluence where the sharing of ideas and opportunities naturally come together. February 2024, Calgary will be gathering place for more than 1,200 Special Olympics athletes from across Canada in their pursuit of sport excellence and connection. Indigenous peoples have their own names for this area that have been in use long before Scottish settlers named this place Calgary. The Métis call the Calgary area Otos-kwunee [“oh-tus-skwahnee”]. In the Blackfoot language, they call this place, Moh-kins-tsis [“mohk-kin-stis”]. The Îethka Stoney Nakoda Nation refer to the Calgary area as Wîchîspa Oyade [“win chee spa oy ah day”] and the people of the Tsuut’ina [“sut sinah”] nation call this area Guts-ists-i [“Goot-sits-say”]. We would like to acknowledge that the Special Olympics Canada Winter Games Calgary 2024 will be located on the traditional territories of the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta. This includes: the Siksika [“sit-sicka”], Piikani [“peegun-ee”], and Kainai [“gay-nah”] collectively known as the Blackfoot Confederacy; the Îethka [“yitch ka”] Nakoda Wîcastabi [“wee che stahbi”] First Nations, comprised of the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Good Stoney Bands; and the Tsuut’ina [“sut sinah”] First Nation. The city of Calgary is also homeland to the historic Northwest Métis and to Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3. We acknowledge all Indigenous urban Calgarians, First Nations, Inuit, and Métis, who have made Calgary their home. We work, play and reside on this sacred gathering place and the Games will provides us with an opportunity to engage in and demonstrate leadership on reconciliation.