# | Region/Chapter | Leads |
1 | FAST Alumni – Canada | FANAC Founders and Board Members |
2 | GTA FASTians (Greater Toronto Area) | Rafaeel Chaudhry Jazib Moeen Shiraz Malik Muhammad Abdullah Sabooani |
3 | FAST Alumni – Vancouver | Adnan Rana Sajid Hafeez Mirza Muhammad Raza |
4 | FAST Alumni – Alberta | Rai Yawar Ijaz |
5 | FAST Alumni KWC (Kitchener Waterloo Cambridge) | Rida Akbar Malhi |
6 | FAST Alumni Hamilton-Niagara | Hassan Waqar Ahmad Adeel Akbar Usman Tahir |
7 | FAST Alumni – York Region | Amanullah Bukhari Mirza Farooq Baig |
8 | FAST Alumni – Durham Region | Rafaeel Chaudhry |
9 | FAST Alumni Montreal | Zara Javed Ahmad Iqbal |
10 | FAST Alumni Ottawa | Muhammad Usama |
11 | FAST Alumni Saskatchewan | Rafaeel Chaudhry |
12 | FAST Alumni Maritime (NB, PEI, NS) | Rafaeel Chaudhry |
13 | FAST Alumni – Newfoundland | Rafaeel Chaudhry Fatima Mehdi |
14 | FAST Alumni Greater London | Azka Khan Usman Qayyum |
15 | FAST Alumni Winnipeg Metro | Sabeen Suleman Sana Khalique |
16 | FAST Alumni Canada – Women’s Forum | Shireen Islam Maliha Khan Azka 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