CDDA · YOUR WORKING TOOLKIT

Good questions. Strong records.

Blank templates to learn, prepare and document your work. Explore freely, without an account or paid membership.

01Read the lesson
02Use the worksheet
03Practise safely
04Discuss & review

How to use these templates

Choose a kit or search by task. Open the fields and checks, then download a text file or copy the template. Use fictional information for practice. Downloading submits nothing to the site. Keep completed records in the approved channel; mandates, reviews and permissions remain separate.

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The template library

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G-09
Governance & people

Volunteer skills and placement plan

Match a volunteer’s offered skills to a scoped assignment without granting extra access.

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Open fields and completion checks

Required fields

  1. Existing person/application reference and exact account email
  2. Province, preferred language, accessibility and availability
  3. Offered skills, examples and learning interests
  4. Proposed team, supervisor, jurisdiction and assignment
  5. Training needed and permitted current access
  6. Required declarations or separate confidential-project checks
  7. First task, template, support contact and review date
  8. Volunteer acceptance and authorized placement decision

Completion checks

  • Research volunteering is free; open participation has no prior screening requirement
  • Reuse existing records; a placement worksheet does not activate a role
  • Escalate assignments outside your appointed jurisdiction

Typical roles: people coordinator · regional coordinator

C-09
Communications & media

Bilingual accessibility and publication review

Check meaning, navigation, source fidelity and accessible presentation before release.

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Open fields and completion checks

Required fields

  1. Content ID, audience, approved source and version
  2. English/French meaning check and legal/source quotations
  3. Plain-language explanation and clearly labelled uncertainty
  4. Heading order, descriptive links and image alternatives
  5. Keyboard/mobile checks and captions or transcript status
  6. Names, permissions, personal information and redactions
  7. Reviewers, unresolved defects and release decision

Completion checks

  • Do not claim accessibility checks that were not performed
  • Translation approval does not authorize a new policy position
  • Preserve quotation meaning and label remaining translation gaps

Typical roles: communications lead · reviewer