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Why Girls Need National Membership Week
Tomorrow is the start of our National Membership Week that runs from September 10 – 18 all across Canada! It’s a time for Guiders and Units to showcase what Guiding has to offer new girls and women...
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What to Do When Girl Guide says “I’m Bored”
A year ago, my 10-year-old daughter discovered Girl Guides. Since then, she has been committed to attending the weekly Unit meetings quite faithfully, whether homework was or was not completed. Her...
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Girl Guide Camp Blanket vs. Camp Poncho
This is the first of our Flashback Friday blog posts for the summer months! Every Friday we will re-share a post previously shared on GirlGuidesCANblog, that related to the summer months (camping,...
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A Storm to Remember!
We REALLY want your vote! It’s time for the 2012/2013 Big Deal Seal! We’ve ranked all of the 2012/2013 blog posts (posted May 1, 2012 – April 30, 2013), according to views on the day they were posted....
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Beauty on a budget
For the past two years, the leaders of the 3rd Bowmanville Guide Unit have been teaching girls all about natural beauty on a budget. It’s important to us because our own children have gone away to...
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Designing T-shirts
It’s finally – finally! – almost T-shirt weather across Canada. And while we know that nothing beats the Girl Guide uniform T or your favourite camp shirt, there’s something pretty awesome about girls...
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Rain, Rain Go Away – or maybe not!
Why bad weather is a good thing in the run-up to a major camp Preparing eight girls and two Guiders for a week-long summer camp is not an easy task. There are the group dynamics to decipher, patrol...
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Let them sing!
One of the highlights of Guiding for me as a youth was the feeling I got singing at a campfire. Community or campfire singing lifts our emotions; it encourages a sense of inclusion and group spirit. I...
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One girl – and the difference Guiding made for her
When GirlGuidesCANBlog received this email from Guider Jeannette Thompson, we just had to share it with you: My daughter is a Guide, and she has written about her experience in Guiding. This was an...
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Remembering our Guiding Roots on Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day is not just an opportunity to talk about peace, or what soldiers did during the First and Second World Wars or Afghanistan – it can also be a great opportunity to introduce our girls...
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The More We Get Together…
I recently had the opportunity to attend Ontario Council’s Guide Super Program weekend in Toronto in my capacity as National Program Adviser. My purpose in attending the event was two-fold: to see how...
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Girl Guides Make their Case
“All rise! Girl Guide Court of the Northwest Territories is now in session.” Those words opened one of the most unusual court sessions ever seen North of 60 — or maybe anywhere — as girls aged 9-11...
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Heritage and History Around Us
Sometimes you read through the badge requirements and find a badge that really “fits” your unit. This is what happened with my Guide unit when we worked on our Heritage badge. The Guide Heritage badge...
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Guide friends, Girl friends, Mom friends
Writing about friendship is tricky. The first time I took a crack at writing this blog post, I started writing about my daughter Karley’s transition through Brownies, with the end paragraph talking...
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Every girl should be able to…
Earlier this spring, our Guide unit found ourselves with extra time at the end of our meeting, so girls were allowed to do extra badge presentations for the group. Enter S.T., a girl who has been in...
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Welcome to my world: How I made my unit more accessible
To me Girl Guides is having a safe, fun place where everyone is included and everyone fits in no matter how different they might be or the limitations they might face. When I was 9 I was diagnosed with...
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We can be the change
Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” With this statement as a foundation, we challenged our Guides to have the courage to speak out and take action on important...
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This is why I volunteer with Girl Guides: How one girl changed my unit
This story all began when Girl Guides of Canada reached out to me to say that a parent had called looking for a unit for her Guide-aged daughter. Her daughter has Asperger’s and some other disabilities...
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Practicing for Guiding Mosaic 2016
With one year to go until Guiding Mosaic 2016 (GM2016), we decided to hold a Mosaic practice camp for the girls registered in our patrol. So, in mid-July we headed out, looking to get to know our girls...
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Girl Guide camp blanket vs. camp poncho
As units gear up for fall camps, we’re sharing one of our most popular blog items of all time. In today’s post, we’re entering into some pretty turbulent waters, opening up a seriously contentious...
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