# | Region/Chapter | Admin WhatsApp # or Link (if Any) | Leads |
1 | FAST Alumni – Canada | +1-647-654-0654 | FANAC Board Members |
2 | GTA FASTians (Greater Toronto Area) | +1-647-654-0654 +1-647-869-1239 | Rafaeel Chaudhry Shiraz Malik |
3 | FAST Alumni – Vancouver | +1-604-671-5551 | Adnan Rana |
4 | FAST Alumni – Alberta | +1-587-896-0720 | Rai Yawar Ijaz |
5 | FAST Alumni KWC (Kitchener Waterloo Cambridge) | +1-647-461-2476 +1-416-318-4120 | Rida Akbar Malhi Usman Rizwan |
6 | FAST Alumni Hamilton-Niagara | +1-306-216-1013 +1-416-807-4931 | Hassan Waqar Ahmad Adeel Akbar |
7 | FAST Alumni Montreal | +1-514-803-8770 +1-438-985-8739 | Zara Javed Ahmad Iqbal |
8 | FAST Alumni Ottawa | +1-647-654-0654 | Rafaeel Chaudhry |
9 | FAST Alumni Saskatchewan | +1-647-654-0654 | Rafaeel Chaudhry |
10 | FAST Alumni Atlantic Canada (NB, PEI, NS, NL) | +1-647-654-0654 | Rafaeel Chaudhry |
11 | FAST Alumni Canada – Women’s Forum | +1-416-435-8461 +1-778-847-1598 | Shireen Islam Maliha Khan |
FAST Alumni – Canada is moderated by FANAC Board Members. The rest of the groups are not moderated and are managed by the chapter leads.
For US Chapters, please visit https://www.faana.org/whatsapp–local-chapters.html
FANAC – Guide To Creating Local Chapters
- Why go local – Define goals and objectives
- Platform for networking
- Connect to Learn
- Strengthen your skills as you share experiences, challenges and successes with professional contacts, mentors and friends
- Develop relationships with professionals for learning about job opportunities and obtaining referrals in your community
- Increase your local professional contacts
- Share job postings to help ppl apply for jobs in your area
- Promote chapter growth
- Expand FANAC’s network, make connections
- Link new members to FANAC’s social media
- Mentor new members
- Contribute towards FANAC’s annual goals
- What you need to get started
- Set goals and objectives for your local chapter and present to the FANAC Board
- Identify chapter lead and co-chair
- Propose 90-day plan of events
- Introductory meet up to share local chapter’s charter
- Formal and informal meet ups to create awareness
- Mentoring events
- Identify members to line up for webinars/fireside chat events
- Promote fundraisers