The Impact of Volunteer Community Service Programs on Students in Toronto's Secondary Schools

1 This research was supported by an institutional grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. This paper is dedicated to the memory of Chantal Hall Skinner, whose tireless efforts in contacting schools enabled us to get an accurate estimate of scope of community service programs in Toronto’s High Schools. Many thanks to Grace McDonald, who organized our sample and questionnaire distribution and to Keith Duncanson and John Kapala, who helped in data collection and analysis. Special thanks to the high school principals and teachers who allowed us to survey their students, and to all the student volunteers.