International

If you’re interested in exploring your World through informative resources, activities, events and travel, this is the webpage for you! International Guiding in Ontario provides our members with opportunities to learn more about the World around us by offering unique experiences, programs and educational materials. Become Worldly and have fun exploring!

INTERNATIONAL INTERPROVINCIAL INDEPENDENT TRIP PLANNING FOR GIRLS.
INTERNATIONAL SPONSORED TRIPS/EVENTS
ADULT ONLY INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT GROUP TRIPS
THE 2007-2009 TWINNING PROJECT
INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES
PEN PALS
SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL RELATED LINKS


INTERNATIONAL INTERPROVINCIAL INDEPENDENT TRIP PLANNING FOR GIRLS
To obtain instructions, please refer to the Safe Guide, November 2004 edition.
The Safe Guide and forms can be downloaded off the National website: http://forms.girlguides.ca/default.aspx under "International Group Travel".

Safe Guide Procedures for Level 3 & 4 activities except for International Travel (72 hours or more)
Safe Guide Procedures for Level 4 (72 hours +) International Trips

Ontario International Trip Subsidy
Most groups planning Independent International Trips work hard to fundraise a portion of their trip cost. Depending on the success of the fundraising efforts, some groups may need additional funds to help offset the cost of Independent Travel. To assist these groups and at the same time help encourage the planning of more independent trips for girls, Ontario Council has approved a Trip Subsidy Program for Independent International Trips.

This Subsidy can be applied for if required. Ontario Council will provide a subsidy of $100 per participant if specific criteria are met. As cookies are our prime fundraiser, all groups asking for subsidy must participate in all cookie campaigns from the start of their fundraising until the trip date. To qualify for the subsidy, the following criteria must be met:

Criteria:
•The trip must be a girl trip and at least 75% of the participants must be girls
• The International trip must be over 72 hours in length
•The trip must be Provincially approved as per the Safe Guide
•Participation in all cookie campaigns from the time the IT.2-Intent to Travel is approved

Available Subsidy:
• $100 per girl participant
• Subsidy of adult member participants will be limited to $100 per adult required by ratio. Any other adult participants beyond ratio will not receive subsidy.

If your Unit meets the criteria, upon receipt of your approved IT.3 – International Group Trip Authorization, download the Independent International Trip Subsidy Application form to be submitted a minimum of two months prior to the trip date. For more information on this process go to the Ontario section of MemberZone.

Independent Group Trip Subsidy Application Form

See WHERE in the WORLD our members are TRAVELING!
To help promote International Independent Group Trips and share where our members are traveling we have now posted the following details on OntarioZone.
• Responsible Guider’s name
• Trip Destination/date
• Community #
• # of girls
• # of adults
• Branches involved

INTERNATIONAL SPONSORED TRIPS/EVENTS
2008 National & Provincial Sponsored Trips
Thank you to all applicants for your submission and on a job well done. Ontario's screening is now complete for the following trips:
Ontario Adventure Trip: Ecuador – June 27-July 12, 2008
Ontario Adventure Trip: Scotland – July 24-August 7, 2008
National Trip: England – July 21-August 3, 2008
National Trip: Dominica – July 25-August 10, 2008
National Trip: Mexico – July 31-August 13, 2008
National Trip: Switzerland – August 6-17, 2008

Congratulations to the girls and Guiders that have been selected to represent Ontario. To view the list of selected applicants, click here.

National and Provincial Sponsored Trip opportunities are posted by the first week of August each year and applications are due to the Provincial Office every October.
Girl Members can also find trip opportunities on the National Website for girl members: http://www.girlguides.ca/ggcgirls/whatsnew.html. Note: Fact Sheets posted on the National Website do not include Provincial subsidy details.

Application forms can be downloaded off the National website: http://forms.girlguides.ca/default.aspx under "Nationally Sponsored International Events"
Important: ‘OT17 – Briefing Sheet'
This sheet must be attached to all Provincially sponsored, Ontario Adventure Trip application forms.
Resources:
• Applying for Sponsored Trips-Information Sheet
• Promotional Tool for International Travel for Girls

Guiding Mosaic 2010
The national showcase event to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Guiding will be the international camp Guiding Mosaic 2010. Information is just appearing on the national website so keep checking for updates. This will be an amazing event that will be open to all 3rd year Guides, all Pathfinders and Rangers. There will be spots for 3000 participants including girls from Canada and around the world. To ensure maximum support of GM 2010, national has stated that independent international and interprovincial trips are strongly discouraged during 2010.
Trips that have been given provincial approval to this point may certainly continue. GM 2010 should be the first choice of destination for all other groups considering travel in 2010. Any new requests for independent travel must include clear rationale why the trip is planned for 2010 rather than for another year as well as what will be the participants’ involvement in GM 2010, if any?

ADULT ONLY INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT GROUP TRIPS
Please refer to Safe Guide, Adult Only Activities, Intro-8. Although authorization of Safe Guide forms is not required, the trip organizer is asked to notify the Provincial Office via fax or email - attention: International Co-ordinator - at least 4 weeks prior to the trip - of the trip dates, destinations, participant list and passport numbers.

THE 2007-2009 TWINNING PROJECT
Click here for more information on Twinning in Ontario and the Adopt-A-Unit Program

INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES
• See the 5 Region Challenge
• Olympia Badge 2008 – Information can be downloaded from the WAGGGS Website: http://www.wagggsworld.org/en/news/715

PEN PALS
National Council has now implemented an Pen Pal Request list on MemberZone for all members in Canada to access. This list will include all International requests, including those directed to Ontario Council.

To view the International Pen Pal Requests or contact information for requesting Pen Pals in other member countries, log on to MemberZone.

SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL RELATED LINKS
• World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS)
• World Centre: Our Chalet, Switzerland
• World Centre: Pax Lodge, England
• World Centre: Sangam, India
• World Centre: Our Cabana, Mexico
• Guias de Mexico, Ticalli
• Canada World Youth

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to view Impact 2007
slideshow!

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to view OAT Mexico 2007
slideshow!

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to view British Columbia-
SOAR 2007
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