Guides' Own

This week during Guides’ Own, we talk about everything Down Under! That’s right, we head to Australia and learn about guiding in a different country!

For SWAGGYK, we talk about the Australian Julia Child, Margret Fulton, the women who revolutionized food in the country

And we wrap up with a new favourite song, I’ve Got That BP feeling. A new song for us, but one we won’t forget soon!

This week on Guides’ Own we talk all about The Baby-Sitters Club in honour of Malia Baker, a former Guide in BC before breaking into Hollywood! We dive into the books, babysitting as teens, and how we learned about babysitting in guiding!

Malia Baker, a young star, is doing so much and is a true role model for everyone, no matter how old!

And to make sure that we keep it silly just like the best baby sitter, we sing ‘If I was not a Girl Guide’. It's one of the funniest campfire songs out there!

This week, We talk about a guider favourite, where the leaders can show a little of their personality, Guiding Names!

For our SWAGGYK, we cover a famous name in News, Katie Couric.  A woman who wasn’t letting anything from stopping her from shining light on many important things in the world.

And finally, to wrap up an episode all about names - we sing about a great camel that we all love, Alice and her humps - or not.

This week, we talk about a guiding tradition that is close to our hearts - Camp Blankets! and the swaps, badges, crests and everything else that goes with them!

In She Was a Girl Guide You Know, we talk Tanni Grey-Thompson, a welsh Para-athlete and Paralympian, who wasn’t letting a wheelchair get in her way!

And for Campfire, we talk about a calming campfire opening, Sussex Campfire Opening, a true classic.

Ever wonder what comes up when you Google about Girl Guides? Come gather around, and learn some fun new things!

AACK! Its Cathy! This week's She Was A Girl Guide You Know is the creator of the Cathy comic strip. A woman who was ahead of her time who created a comic that showed it.

And finally, in Campfire we sing the Moose Song and drink some juice!

In a slightly early celebration of Canada Day, we are talking about the history of Girl Guides in Canada!

We also learn some counting in SWAGGYK with Feist, a Canadian singer/songwriter who you likely know from an old iPod nano commercial.

And to wrap up our Canada Day episode, we chose a very Canadian song - Land of the Silver Birch.

Happy Canada Day!

This week it's time to say goodbye - kinda.  We talk about end of year celebrations and how we have celebrated in the past.

In SWAGGYK, we go back to the early days of Girl Guides in Canada and talk about the first Chief Commissioner, Lady Mary Pallett, and her home at Casa Loma.

Finally, we talk about Tzena for our campfire. It's a song for dancing and celebrating, and one with some history!

Don’t worry, just because the guiding year is ending it doesn’t mean that we are going anywhere for the summer! We will be back next week with a special Canada Day episode.

During these times of unrest, we need to see our privilege and use it to make the world a better place.  The world needs to do better to show the diversity around us, and that means making sure everyone is included, and has a true place at the table to help find the solutions that we need.  Black people, First Nations, people who are different; all are important and need to be seen and heard from so the world can be a better and just place for all. Please take the time to reflect and find ways that you can learn and help people.

This week we push ourselves to learn about how we can be better allies by listening and having empathy for other people's stories and what inclusion really means.

In SWAGGYK we talk about Linda Berry - only the second black, female to serve as a special agent in the FBI and who paved the way for so many after her!

We wrap up the episode on a lighter note with our Campfire song - Ira Congo.

Before you listen this week, please take a moment to think about George Floyd and everything that has been happening in the world this week.  We promise that we will give this topic proper due next week when we are able to give it the time and effort it deserves.

As Girl Guides, we make a promise every day to take action for a better world. Black people need our help to fight racism and injustice, and they need it right now. Click through for resources and links to take action.

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This week in the world of Guides’ Own - we pack up our bags, grab our passports and tents and head to a Jamboree! We talk about our camping skills, and what they teach us about life in the ‘real world’.

In SWAGGYK, we talk about the wonderful, groundbreaking Carrie Fisher and her time as Princess Leia and her career between Star War movies!

Finally, as we say good-bye to Carrie Fisher, we also talk about saying good-bye to camp friends with our campfire song ‘Say Why’; a short sweet song about leaving camp fiends behind, and the hope of meeting them again one day.

Come join us as we travel to the second World Centre - Pax Lodge in London, UK! Learn about its long history and reincarnations!

We talk Leadership for program this week and do a quick overview of what leadership is and how to help girls grow themselves

Our She Was a Girl Guide you Know, we talk about Racecar driver Susie Wolff, someone to get you excited about open-wheel racing!

To wrap up with Campfire, we talk about the Pax Lodge song and how it came to be.