The Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association has published Hospice Palliative Care Volunteers: A Training Program (Print version with CD ROM costs $35.00). This manual contains nine learning modules specific to the volunteer's role in hospice palliative care, and a toolkit to guide the volunteer through the learning modules. It has been developed to help hospice palliative care programs across the country ensure that volunteers receive consistent training and information required to provide high quality services.

There are many hospice palliative care organizations across Canada with expertise in the recruiting, screening, education, and supervision of new hospice palliative care volunteers. For example, other volunteer educational resources available in Canada include:

• A Guide to Hospice Volunteer Training in British Columbia, developed by the British Columbia Hospice Palliative Care Association
• Volunteer Training Manual, a 30-hour training program produced by Hospice Palliative Care Ontario
• Providing Person-Centred Cancer Care: A Learning Kit for Volunteers, developed by the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer - Cancer Journey Action Group
  

For more information, browse the For Volunteers section.