OSCA/ACOSO Guidance and Career Education Awards Nominations are now open for 2025

OSCA’s awards are an excellent way of recognizing your most dedicated peers in the following categories:

• Curriculum and Resources

  • The Elmer Huff Award for Guidance and Career Education Resources – presented in recognition of outstanding contribution to the career development of young people through the creation, development and delivery of high quality Guidance and Career Education Resources.
• Counsellor Professional Development
  • The Russ Seltzer Award for Contribution to Counsellor Education in Ontario – presented to honour contribution to Counsellor Education in Ontario, including teaching Guidance and Career Education Additional Qualification courses.
  • The Howard R. Beattie Award for Contribution to Counsellor Professional Development – presented to a counsellor who has created new and beneficial ideas and techniques for professional use and communicated these through such means as workshops, local leadership and the organization of a conference or guidance professional development activities.

• Elementary Guidance

  • The Marion Axford for Elementary Guidance – presented in recognition of outstanding contribution to elementary guidance in Ontario.
    
    

• Peer Helping

  • The Daryl L. Cook Peer Helping Award – presented to one elementary and/or one secondary school in Ontario in recognition of its exemplary peer helping program.
    
    

• Contribution to Guidance and Career Education

  • The Career/LifeSkills Resources Award for Excellence in Career Education – presented in recognition of outstanding contribution to career development. This award is presented by Career/Lifeskills Resources (www.career-lifeskills.com).  
  • The Certificate of Appreciation – presented in recognition of outstanding contribution to Guidance and Career Education in Ontario by individuals/groups who are community partners.
  • The Olive Diefenbaker Award of Merit – recognizes retiring individuals who have made a contribution to the Counselling and Guidance Profession in Ontario.
  • The Phil Hedges Award –  presented to recognize the contributions to Guidance and Career Education by dedicated counsellors in the Province of Ontario. An award will be given to one qualifying nominee from each of the six educational regions in the province, or up to a maximum of six qualifying nominees from across the province. **Please refer to http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/parents/offices.html to determine which region each school board is included in.
  • The Morgan D. Parmenter Memorial Award – presented to recognizes a person who has made a most significant contribution to Guidance and Career Education in Ontario.

Learn more here!

Fill out the nomination form here!