GUIDE PROGRAMME 



Since 1945, the number of licensed guides has almost doubled, 

 now numbering some seven thousand. With this Increase has come a 

 corresponding decrease In experience and efficiency of the licenses. 

 The need for changes In regulations, training and organization has 

 been evident. 



Basic changes In regulations and licensing have been recom- 

 mended In 1954-55 as a result of a study of the guide situation 

 during the last four years. These changes are generally acceptable 

 to the guides themselves, and Incorporate many of the guides' own 

 Ideas . 



The one week training course for guides at the Forest Ranger 

 School was attended by guides from one District In 1952. The 

 course was enlarged In I953 to Include guides sheeted by the Guide 

 Councils In Slmcoe, Lindsay and Parry Sound Districts. 



In 1955^ Councils In six Districts will be asked to send re- 

 presentatives. In this way, each council will have members attending 

 the course each year, gaining Information, direction and new Ideas, 

 and as a result keeping the Interest of the Councils strong. 



By the end of the fiscal year, over fifty-two groups or their 

 representatives were Instructed In the organization and purpose of 

 Guide Councils, Before Province-wide representation Is complete, 

 about forty more Councils will have to be formed. 



The guides' Councils are the essential unit In this prograumne. 

 Some Councils have been extremely successful In Improving their local 

 guide situation, by working as self -regulatory groups. Only through 

 the cooperation of active guide councils, with Instruction and guidance 

 from the Department, can we hope to Improve the guide situation. 



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