Andrea Chakma

As a Core Mission Volunteer with the Girl Experience Team, I work on various projects across the organization to ensure that activities and initiatives being run are focused around the girls having the best possible experience. Current projects include:
- Lead for Elevate Your Leadership, the first virtual leadership event for members in the Western Hemisphere between the ages 18-30.
- Programme Review and Consultation with Bharat Scouts and Guides to align their programme work with… Show more

As a Core Mission Volunteer with the Girl Experience Team, I work on various projects across the organization to ensure that activities and initiatives being run are focused around the girls having the best possible experience. Current projects include:
- Lead for Elevate Your Leadership, the first virtual leadership event for members in the Western Hemisphere between the ages 18-30.
- Programme Review and Consultation with Bharat Scouts and Guides to align their programme work with the new educational model by the Government of India
- Member of the team to create the Leadership Activity Pack for Adult Members to encourage adult members to develop their skills based on the leadership model. Show less

Transitioning into an adult member in the organization, I am now a volunteer and advocate for the organization. I have contributed to various initiatives and volunteered at different events such as AllSystemsGo and Brownie Revel.

As an Engineering Ambassador my role is to act as a representative for the Engineering Program at the University of Waterloo. I have represented my department in different events such as Open Houses and Ontario University Fair as well as host days where students can learn more about the program by visiting all the classes of a student in my program.

#IamRemarkable is an initiative empowering women and underrepresented groups to speak openly about their accomplishments in the workplace and beyond, thereby breaking modesty norms and glass ceilings.

As a facilitator, my role involves hosting workshops and being an ambassador for #IamRemarkable with my personal and professional networks.

To learn more and join the initiative visit: g.co/IamRemarkable

The National Youth Council is a group of Rangers,girls aged 16-18, from across Canada who help to inform and make recommendations to the Girl Guides of Canada Board of Directors to ensure that what matters to girls is front and centre in everything Guiding does. Members advise GGC about the issues that matter to girls and young women, offer input about what girls really want from Guiding and are a spokesperson and ambassador for GGC.

Specific Projects Include: Marketing Business Plan… Show more

The National Youth Council is a group of Rangers,girls aged 16-18, from across Canada who help to inform and make recommendations to the Girl Guides of Canada Board of Directors to ensure that what matters to girls is front and centre in everything Guiding does. Members advise GGC about the issues that matter to girls and young women, offer input about what girls really want from Guiding and are a spokesperson and ambassador for GGC.

Specific Projects Include: Marketing Business Plan, Youth Engagement Business Plan
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The Ontario Girl Advisory Forum consists of up to 11 girl members that are between 14-17 years of age from across Ontario. These girls apply to participate and are selected to provide input for Ontario Council decisions. They are ambassadors in Ontario and may represent girl members in the media or at Guiding events.

Role as a student teacher was to work with children with various learning disabilities in class and to work with the teacher to deliver education based on the religion of Buddhism, to students of various ages. Also helped facilitate other events associated with the school such as Annual Celebrations and Religious Events.