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Girl Guides of Canada (GGC; French: Guides du Canada) is the national Guiding association of Canada. Guiding in Canada started on September 7, 1910, and GGC was among the founding members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) in 1928.
A Girl Guide or Girl Scout is a member of a section of some Guiding organisations who is between the ages of 10 and 14. Age limits are different in each organisation. Robert Baden-Powell chose to name his organization for girls "the Girl Guides". In the United States and several East Asian countries the term "Girl Scout" is used instead.
SOAR stands for Spirit of Adventure Rendezvous. It is held every three years in British Columbia for Girl Guides of all levels from all over Canada and abroad. SOAR 2011 was held in Agassiz, British Columbia, from July 23–30, 2011. Agassiz is a friendly agricultural community situated in the rich alluvial floodplain of the Fraser Valley.
The Girl Guides of Canada rebrand of their “Brownies” branch is a move that puts their actions ahead of words when it comes to being an inclusive organization, according to one expert.
Lone Guides or Lones are Girl Guides and Girl Scouts who do not attend group meetings for a variety of reasons. They are organised into groups that keep in touch, for example, by letter or email. Members carry out their organisation's normal programme on their own as much as they are able. The first official Lone Guides started in 1912 in the UK.
Scouts Canada states "There is evidence that a few Scouting groups started up in Canada in 1907", [2] but provides no further details. Chums Scouts, British Boy Scouts, the World Scouts, Girl Peace Scouts and Life Saving Scouts of the Salvation Army, Boys' Brigade scouts, Church Lads' Brigade scouts and Lone Scouts of America all operated in ...
There is a Canadian Girls in Training fonds at Library and Archives Canada. [8] The archival reference number is R2975, former archival reference number MG28-I313. [9] The fond covers the date range 1913 to 1985. It consists of 3.83 meters of textual records, 806 photographs and a number of other media records.
The Girl Guides Association of Jamaica: Brownie Guide 7 to 11 years Ranger Guide 14 to 20 years Girl Guide 10 to 16 years Girl Scouts of Jamaica: Peenie Wallies 4 to 8 years, Kindergarten-Grade 3 Junior Scouts 10 to 16 years, Grades 7–10 Assistant Leaders, 16+ years Leaders, 18+ years Doctorbirds 7 to 12 years, Grades 3–6 Senior Scouts