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Hanging with the Hong Kong Girl Guides

We arrived in Hong Kong after an 18-hour flight with our family, to a much warmer, much busier atmosphere then we are used to living in rural Ontario. Knowing we were missing the beginning of the Girl Guide year at … Continue reading

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We are all heroes

International Day of the Girl, October 11, 2014 Hero. Such a simple word that can mean so much. In comic books and Hollywood blockbusters, super heroes have extraordinary talents and superhuman powers that they dedicate to helping protect the world. … Continue reading

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What I got from my trip to the Sea of Cortez

This summer, I was fortunate to be able to participate in the Girl Guides of Canada Sea of Cortez trip. The trip description promised an exciting week aboard a ship in the Sea of Cortez with a patrol of Mexican … Continue reading

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Learning to Lead

I’m a big believer in life-long learning.  I think it’s really important to look for ways to improve my skills and abilities, while also being a great example for both my own daughters, and for the girls in our unit.  … Continue reading

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Girls Count… It Makes ‘Cents’

Last spring Girl Guides of Canada together with TD Bank Group piloted a new financial literacy program, Girls Count. Stretching from coast to coast and from Sparks to Rangers, 35  units together with 53  TD employee volunteers presented the pilot … Continue reading

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How do I slice a cucumber?

“How do I slice a cucumber?” “I need ¼ teaspoon but all I have is a ½ teaspoon measuring spoon – what do I do?” “Can we just make a box of macaroni and cheese?” Three years ago, those were … Continue reading

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Why math rocks

In elementary school I wanted to be a teacher because it seemed fun to work with kids and help them the way my teachers helped me. When I got to high school I wanted to be a doctor because I … Continue reading

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My Year as a Spark Guider

I have been a Guide Guider for 10 years now, and have also worked with Pathfinders during that time.  I love working with the Guide and Pathfinder age groups, the girls are keen and capable, they have a developing world … Continue reading

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Guiding North

What are you doing this summer? For eight girls and two Guiders, the answer to that question is: Why, going on a Guiding adventure to Churchill, Manitoba, of course! These trekking Girl Guides of Canada members are part of one … Continue reading

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Celebrating 90 years of service – a first for GGC!

This year’s Québec Council Annual General Meeting was a momentous occasion – we presented 99-year-old Honorary Life Member Daphne Sebag-Montefiore with Girl Guides of Canada’s very first 90-year service pin. Indeed, national office had to have the pin specially minted … Continue reading

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Opening the vaults – When camp was ‘jolly’

We had such great feedback on our last post from inside the vaults of the Girl Guides of Canada archives, that we’re giving you another peek at some of our treasures. Among the most coveted items in our archives are … Continue reading

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Brownie Book Club

What do Brownies like to do for fun? READ! That’s what we found out at our Annual Brownie Book Club meeting this year. We invited a special guest, retired librarian Dayle Cushen, to discuss her career and thoughts about books … Continue reading

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Saying Thank You

We’d had a pretty wild meeting.  The weather outside was crazy as there was a strong front coming in.  We were down one Guider because she had a family event to attend.  We had cookie money, rally day money and … Continue reading

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Throwback Thursday: The Right Stuff

Sometimes it can feel like there just aren’t enough hours in the day. Work commitments, family commitments, time for yourself, time for your community – it’s tricky to squeeze it all in. Here’s a guest post on the invigorating power … Continue reading

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Opening the vaults: Inside the Girl Guides of Canada archives

The archives at the national office is a treasure trove of records and insignia from the last 100 years of Canadian Guiding.  We have uniforms, badges, publications, minutes and photographs. Here’s a snapshot of just a few of the items … Continue reading

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Research and the Guiding Promise Connection

During the international 16 Days campaign for the Elimination of Violence against girls and women, it is important to highlight girls’ education. Today we hear from Jenna, an amazing young woman working to fulfill the Guiding Promise “to do [her] … Continue reading

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16 Day Campaign to Stop Violence Against Women (2013)

As part of the 16 Days Campaign to Eliminate Violence Against Women, we asked our teen girls what they thought. Here is what these girls had to say: Question A: What can you do to stop violence against girls and … Continue reading

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The More We Get Together…

In Guiding, we place a huge emphasis on teaching girls to communicate better. We play team-building games, talk about bullying and healthy communication, and encourage girls to express their own opinions. So, my question today is: Why, as leaders and … Continue reading

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VOTE NOW! for our Aviva Community Fund idea in support of Camp Wa-Thik-Ane!

Round TWO of the Aviva Community Fund is here and Guides Québec’s Camp Wa-Thik-Ane is still in the competition, so we hope you will consider voting for them. Here is their original blog post to inspire you!

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Your Top GirlGuidesCANBlog Guest Bloggers Are…

We are so excited with the results of our 2nd Annual GirlGuidesCANBlog Big Deal Seal initiative! With your help, we have identified the top five posts, and reached more readers, received more pitches, and raised awareness about Guiding across Canada! … Continue reading

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And the Big Deal Seals go to…

We are so happy to announce the GirlGuidesCANblog Big Deal Seal winners – our guest bloggers whose posts have inspired, engaged, enlightened and entertained us most! These winners will be awarded an online seal for their post on our GirlGuidesCANblog, … Continue reading

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The GirlGuidesCANblog “Big Deal Seal” is Here!

Help us recognize and celebrate our top bloggers! Since launching in 2011, GirlGuidesCANblog has flourished to become the heart of online Guiding, receiving amazing contributions from over 50 guest bloggers. To-date we’ve had 190 posts, with 62,602 views from visitors … Continue reading

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Once I Was the Mayor of Girl Guides

This is part seven of an ongoing GirlGuidesCANblog series to provide GGC Members, volunteers, and parents with a better understanding of social media issues and best practices. Part 1: GGC’s online strategy Part 2: Girl Guides Online…Now and Forever Part … Continue reading

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Girl Guides CAN Blog: 2011 In Review

We received such a nice welcome to the new year when WordPress.com prepared this 2011 Annual Report for our Girl Guides CAN blog! We just had to share it with everyone! (Thank you WordPress!) ——————————————————————————————– Our blog managed to share … Continue reading

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Season’s Greetings December 2011

Merry Christmas! Joyeux Noel! Happy Hanukkah! Happy Diwali! Happy Kwanzaa! Feliz Navidad! and Season’s Greetings from the Girl Guides of Canada -Guides du Canada! See you in 2012!

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The ‘We’ in Community

You may not realize it but you’ve influenced me greatly. Yes, the tables are turned. Both girl and adult Members alike have had a stake in my work as the social media coordinator and in my home life as well. … Continue reading

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Guiding Online Searches

How many times a day do you use a search engine like Google, Bing or Yahoo to find something online? Once a day? Twice? Every hour? We all rely on searches so often that these browsers are likely to be … Continue reading

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Girl Guide Tweets and Tweeps

This is part five of an ongoing GirlGuidesCANblog series to provide GGC Members, volunteers, and parents with a better understanding of social media issues and best practices. Part 1: GGC’s online strategy Part 2: Girl Guides Online…Now and Forever Part … Continue reading

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The Cat’s Out of the [Guiding] Bag!

Meow! Yes, this cat is out of the bag. This Girl Guides’ blog is becoming increasingly popular and its reach, as well as the number of email subscribers, and daily views keep increasing from week to week. That being said, … Continue reading

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100 For Our 100th!

Yesterday, we came to realize that we would be posting our 100th GirlGuidesCANblog post today! That’s quite an accomplishment. The blog has seen amazing growth thanks to our ‘wordsmithing’ Guest bloggers – from Guiders to volunteers, parents to girls! So how … Continue reading

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Infographic: How Much Online Support Does Girl Guides of Canada Have?

You’re going to love this post! Not only is it GGC’s first ‘infographic‘, it celebrates the amazing support Girl Guides of Canada -Guides du Canada has had online over the last six months. Who knew?! (A HUGE thank you to … Continue reading

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Moving your child to a seatbelt… what’s the rush?

This is an excerpt of a post from the Halton Parents‘ blog. It was written by their guest blogger, Julie Fluit, a public health nurse with over 11 years of experience and expertise in the area of child passenger safety (published … Continue reading

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Pictures Say a Thousand Words… and Then Some

This is part four of an ongoing GirlGuidesCANblog series to provide GGC Members, volunteers, and parents with a better understanding of social media issues and best practices: Part 1: GGC’s online strategy Part 2: Girl Guides Online…Now and Forever Part … Continue reading

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Guiding Principles for Facebook

This is part three of an ongoing GirlGuidesCANblog series to provide GGC Members, volunteers, and parents with a better understanding of social media issues and best practices. Part 1: GGC’s online strategy Part 2: Girl Guides Online…Now and Forever Part … Continue reading

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Guiding Matters. Issue 1

Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a place to learn more about how Canadian girls are doing extraordinary things – in their own lives, in their communities and around the world? Well wait no more! Guiding Matters is our fresh … Continue reading

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Girl Guides Online… Now and Forever

This is part two of an ongoing GirlGuidesCANblog series to provide GGC Members, volunteers, and parents with a better understanding of social media issues and best practices. Part 1: GGC’s online strategy Part 2: Girl Guides Online…Now and Forever Part … Continue reading

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Should GGC’s online messaging cater to GGC Members only?

This is part one of an ongoing GirlGuidesCANblog series to provide GGC Members, volunteers, and parents with a better understanding of social media issues and best practices. Part 1: GGC’s online strategy Part 2: Girl Guides Online…Now and Forever Part … Continue reading

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A GGC Blog is Born!

It’s a girl!  On Tuesday, February 22nd at 9:02 am, Girl Guides of Canada – Guides du Canada (GGC) welcomed a beautiful baby blog into the world.  We’ve named her GirlGuidesCANBlog because she showcases what we CAN achieve and she’s CANadian! … Continue reading

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