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Signing in to your account
How to sign in with the email link we send you, and what to do if it doesn't arrive.
Posting to the feed
How to write your first post on the national feed and share it with all volunteers.
Your first week as a volunteer
A friendly week-one checklist — the few small steps that get you started without overwhelm.
Contacting support
How to reach a real person on our team — and what to expect when you do.
RSVPing to a popup
How to say yes, no, or maybe to a popup — from the site or right inside our email.
Getting started
What is Forever Canadian?
A short explanation of who we are, what volunteers do, and how this site brings us together.
The verification email we send you
What the email looks like, where to check if it didn't arrive, and how to ask for a fresh one.
Your first week as a volunteer
A friendly week-one checklist — the few small steps that get you started without overwhelm.
Using the onboarding stepper
How the small step-by-step screens work when you first sign up, and how to come back to them later.
Training and onboarding
What to expect from your first few steps as a new volunteer.
Paint The Province
A volunteer lawn-sign campaign across Alberta with quick actions for requesting, installing, and tracking signs.
Paint The Province campaign map
How to read the Paint The Province dashboard — your neighbourhood map, your area's rank, and progress across Alberta.
Account & profile
Signing in to your account
How to sign in with the email link we send you, and what to do if it doesn't arrive.
Updating your profile
How to change your name, phone numbers, and the other details people see on your profile.
Changing your profile photo
How to upload a new photo of yourself and crop it so it looks right.
Your address and what we use it for
Why we ask for your address, who can see it, and how to change it.
Signing out
How to sign out — on a shared computer, on your phone, or just to start fresh.
Deleting your account
How to permanently delete your account, what gets removed, and what you should do first.
Adding a second email address
How to add backup email addresses you can reply to Forever Canadian from.
Posting & the feed
What is the feed?
The feed is the home page when you sign in — here's what shows up there and why.
Posting to the feed
How to write your first post on the national feed and share it with all volunteers.
Using the post editor
A quick tour of the toolbar — formatting, links, lists, mentions, and undo.
Attaching photos to a post
How to add a photo to your post, what sizes work, and how to remove one if you change your mind.
Attaching a file to a post
How to attach a PDF or document so others can download it from your post.
Sharing a video in a post
How to share a YouTube link in your post — and how the direct video upload option works.
Tagging someone with @ mentions
How to mention another volunteer in a post or comment so they get a notification.
Saving a post for later
How to bookmark a post so you can find it again easily, and where saved posts live.
Pinned posts on the feed
What the "Pinned" label means on a feed post and who decides what gets pinned.
Liking a post
How likes work, who can see who liked something, and why a small heart matters.
Commenting on a post
How to add a comment to a feed post, delete one you wrote, and tag someone in your comment.
Reporting a feed post
How to flag a post that breaks our rules and what happens after you report it.
Messages & inbox
Opening the inbox
Where to find your messages, what the unread badge means, and how the inbox is organized.
Sending and receiving messages
How to send a private message to another volunteer and where to find your replies.
Sending a one-to-one message
How to start a private conversation with another volunteer from their profile.
Group chats
How to start a chat with three or more volunteers and what makes it different from a one-to-one.
Adding or removing people from a chat
How to add someone to a one-to-one chat or manage people in a group chat.
Attaching a file to a message
How to send a photo or document inside a one-to-one or group chat.
Replying to emails from Forever Canadian
How to tell which Forever Canadian emails can be answered directly and which ones are no-reply.
The message editor
A short tour of the toolbar in the message editor — formatting, attachments, and shortcuts.
Groups
What are groups?
Groups are smaller, local communities inside Forever Canadian — usually one per city or region in Alberta.
Browsing all groups
How to see every group on the site, find one in your city, and tell open groups from invite-only ones.
Finding your city's group
How to find the group of volunteers in your Alberta city or town and join it.
Joining a group
The actual click — what happens when you join, and what you'll see right after.
Creating a new group
How to start a new group for your city or topic, and what to think about before you do.
Invite-only vs. open groups
The two kinds of groups on Forever Canadian and how to tell which is which.
Leaving a group
How to leave a group you no longer want to be in, and what happens to your past posts.
Posting in a group
How to write your first post in a group and share it with your fellow volunteers.
Sending group invitations
How to invite someone to a group — from your connections, or from anywhere on the site if you're an admin.
Group admin and creator roles
What "creator" and "admin" mean in a group, and what each role can do.
Pinned posts in a group
How a group's admin can pin a post to the top so members see it first.
Reporting a group post
How to flag a post inside a group that breaks our rules.
Events & volunteering
Creating a popup
Set up a place and time where supporters pick up lawn signs, and publish it to the Forever Canadian map.
Running a popup (the full guide)
The end-to-end guide to running a popup — create it, publish it to Forever Canadian, share it, collect RSVPs, hand out signs, and track reservations.
What is a popup?
An overview of popups on Forever Canadian — what they are, who runs them, and how supporters use them.
Browsing popups
Where to see every popup, how to filter by city, and how the map view works.
RSVPing to a popup
How to say yes, no, or maybe to a popup — from the site or right inside our email.
Your "My popups" list
A focused page with just the popups you're running — open, manage, and edit them from one place.
Editing a popup
How to change the name, hours, dates, or notes on a popup you're running.
Cancelling a popup
How to take a popup down off Forever Canadian, and what supporters see afterwards.
Reaching the volunteer behind a popup
How a popup tells supporters what they need to know, and how to reach the volunteer running it.
Seeing how a popup is doing
Popups track signs, not a guest list — here's how to see how many are left and how it's going.
Signing up for a popup shift
For popups with several time slots or roles, how to claim the one you can fill.
The popup map
The map view on the Popups page — see at a glance where there's a popup near you.
RSVPing right from an email
How to say Yes, Maybe, or No without signing in — straight from the invitation email.
Signing up for a shift by email
Some shift-recruitment emails let you claim a slot without signing in — here's how that works.
Your Paint The Province progress
This guide moved — see "Your Paint The Province signs dashboard" for the current dashboard guide.
Requesting lawn signs
How to request Paint The Province lawn signs from a Forever Canadian center near you, and how to pick your own pickup time once it's approved.
Your Paint The Province signs dashboard
How to read your My Paint The Province signs page — pickups, active requests, installs, and the activity timeline.
Installing a sign
How to record a Paint The Province sign installation — postal code, quantity, and optional resident details.
Scheduling a pickup
After your sign request is approved, pick a pickup time from your center's calendar. Reschedule or cancel anytime.
Becoming a center volunteer lead
How to volunteer from a center page and review the availability draft before submitting.
Center lead guide
For Forever Canadian center leads — how to publish pickup hours, review requests, and run pickup days at your center.
Handing out lawn signs at events
How to hand out Paint The Province lawn signs at an event — verify a supporter's QR code in the Team app and record the hand-off, or register a walk-up on the spot.
Leading a center
How center leads review volunteer requests, contact other leads, and keep pickup windows separate from lead availability.
Notifications
The bell icon
The little bell at the top of every page — what the number means and what's inside.
The notifications page
A longer history of every notification you've received — filter, scroll back months, and load older.
Kinds of notifications you might get
A plain-language tour of every category of notification — what triggers each kind and what to expect.
Notification settings
How to turn each kind of email notification on or off.
Connections & invitations
The connections page
Where to see everyone you're connected with, who wants to connect, and the invites you've sent.
Sending a connection request
How to ask another volunteer to connect, and what they see when you do.
Accepting (or declining) a connection request
When someone asks to connect — what to do, and how to handle a request you'd rather skip.
Inviting a friend by email
How to invite someone who isn't on the site yet — and how to ask for more invites if you run out.
Resources & tools
The resources hub
Where to find every shared resource — backgrounders, posters, press releases, QR codes, news, and the volunteer agreement.
The backgrounder
A short reading kit that explains what Forever Canadian is and why we do what we do.
Downloading posters
How to find and download posters and flyers you can print and put up in your community.
Downloading a QR code
How to download a ready-made QR code that links to the Forever Canadian site, in three sizes and three formats.
The news feed
A stream of news articles relevant to our work — what's in it, how to share an article to your feed, and how moderation works.
The volunteer agreement
The agreement every volunteer accepts when they join — what it covers and where to read it again.
What the backgrounder says
The main facts from the Forever Canadian backgrounder: who we are, what the petition campaign did, and why the issue matters.
Forever Canadian message and strategy
The message pillars, strategy, and volunteer actions described in the Forever Canadian backgrounder.
Volunteer agreement key points
A plain-language summary of the Volunteer Agreement and Code of Conduct you accepted during registration.
Safety, reporting & moderation
Staying safe on Forever Canadian
How to report a post that bothers you, what happens after a report, and how to reach a human if something more serious is going on.
Reporting content that breaks the rules
How to report a post on the feed or in a group, what happens after, and what to do for the surfaces that don't have a Report option.
When a moderator edits or removes content
What it means when you see "edited by a platform moderator", what happens if your own post is removed, and how popup cancellations work.
Contacting support
How to reach a real person on our team — and what to expect when you do.
Something isn't working
Quick fixes for the most common technical problems, and how to reach a human if you're still stuck.