PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
Volunteering
If any of the following resonates with you, check out our online training program for volunteer work with our Help Line.
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Learning more about sexual assault/gender based violence issues in your community
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Volunteering on the Sexual Assault Help Line or Safe Support Chat from the convenience of your home
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Improving your listening and support skills
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Supporting another survivor with your own healing knowledge
We'd like to introduce our Volunteer Coordinator, Martina Cole!​​ ​
Hello,
My name is Martina and I am the Volunteer Coordinator for MPSSAS. I am a Registered Social Service Worker and Volunteer Coordinator.​ It is my purpose to support the extraordinary volunteers we have and the news ones we hope to attract.
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Martina Cole
Our 30-hour online training course covers a wide range of topics that deal with sexual assault and gender based violence, including:
​• Area Resources
• Agency Information and Protocols
• Agency herstory
• Intervention Skills
• Sexual Assault
• Discrimination and Prejudice
• Dating Violence
• Self-Harming Behaviour,
• Legal Information
• Self Care​
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You can request a certificate after completing each level.
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The training is divided into three levels:
1. Sexual Violence & Consent: the Basics
2. Helpline Volunteer Training: Part 1
3. Helpline Volunteer Training: Part 3
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If you would like to be a volunteer on our 24/7 Helpline you must complete ALL three levels.
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If you have any questions please contact
705-646-2122
705 627-9471
"MPSSAS’ volunteer training provides an insightful and incredibly thorough overview of trauma, feminism, anti-racism, anti-oppression, vicarious trauma, and sexual and gender-based violence. The training is easy to follow and interactive! I found the overview of sexual and gender-based violence and information on how to support those who have experienced sexual trauma to be really helpful prior to starting my role as a volunteer. I really appreciated the emphasis on ways to prevent and reduce vicarious trauma – it let me know that MPSSAS really cares about the well-being of their volunteers."
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Mitzi Beth Webb