The CPA Ontario High School Student Recruitment team had a great time connecting with you at the OSCA 2019 Conference on October 17-18, 2019 to inform you of the CPA designation and 
career opportunities available with the CPA designation.

What we offer you as a guidance counsellor:

• Resource Package which includes resources for you, your guidance office, and students regarding the CPA designation
• Knowledge on the CPA designation to advise students on the career opportunities available with the designation

What we offer your students:

• Career development resources through our HUBS articles
• Contests that help build students soft skills and win prizes along the way
• Events where students can meet CPAs, network, learn of the various professions and industries
  that CPAs work in

Did you know?

• A CPA designation can still be an option for students who are planning on pursuing a degree in a
  subject outside of business or wanting to keep their options open. All they need is a 120-credit
  hour degree from a college or university.
  • What this means for you: if students are unsure of their future, want to keep their
    options open, or have already accepted a program not in business, finance or in
    accounting, they could still pursue a CPA designation once they graduate with their
    degree
• Our High School Recruitment Team conduct classroom workshops for grade 10, 11 and 12 classes on the CPA designation
  • What this means for you: we can educate students on the opportunities your students can have with the CPA designation – our workshops take up a whole class period
• Teachers part of our FREE Teacher Colleague Program (TCP) have access to classroom resources.
  • What this means for you: as members of the OCT, you can register as a TCP and get access to resources you can provide to your colleagues, to students interested in developing their skills, or use it in your own classroom if you teach other classes.

Interested in these FREE resources and opportunities, or have further questions?

Email us today at getinvolved@cpaontario.ca

We look forward to hearing from you!

Three Opportunities for Learning!

1. Connect with U.S. College Representatives: October 23rd at the York Mills Collegiate Institute.
2. Connect with U.S. College Representatives: October 24th at the Oakville Trafalgar High School.
3. Counsellor Breakfast with U.S. College Representatives: October 25th at the Toronto Hilton.

Please Join Us! 

       

Attention Ottawa Counsellors - Ryerson University is visiting Ottawa and we''d love to treat you to lunch!

Ryerson University is visiting Ottawa on Monday, November 4th and we'd love to see you. Join us from 12:00 - 2:00PM at Gezellig, 337 Richmond Road to learn what's new on Ryerson's distinctly urban campus, receive admission updates from the admissions and recruitment team and meet faculty representatives. To learn more and register, click here. 

Future Student Information Session in Ottawa - Sunday, November 3

Please help us spread the word to students and families in Ottawa and the surrounding area. Students, parents and guests are invited to meet Ryerson faculty, staff and alumni on Sunday, November 3rd at the Ottawa Art Gallery from 1-2:30PM to learn about programs, services and facilities. Click here for details and online registration. 

Thank you to all who attended this year's conference, making it a huge success! The conference this year was sold out and we wish to thank all of our participants, sponsors and exhibitors as well as our key note speakers and workshop presenters. A new venue, a new time, new sponsors and a new format all made this a unique opportunity for change. Our board of directors thanks you for your support, encouragement, and participation. A special thank you goes to our two main sponsors University of Toronto Mississauga and School Mental Health Ontario (SMHO).

At the Annual General Meeting, 6 new directors were elected. The board now says good-bye to the Vice President of Professional Development Ron Perron, and the Vice President of Governance Grace Osmond. The new board is eager to serve the guidance counsellors of Ontario and we have already begun to plan the conference for 2020. OSCA Forward!?

 This year’s theme is "explore the possibilities” and there are many ways to participate.

 Please check the Canada Career Month website www.careermonth.ca for additional information regarding how you can get involved. Follow Career Month on Twitter #careermonth and tweet out your favorite career development resources @careermonth. 

 

 

Click here for more information and registration.

What is the future of architecture education and practice? Who is the future of architecture? As an educator you can help guide the future by helping students with understanding how to navigate the educational and professional path to becoming an architect in Canada. Learn from seasoned Canadian architects, academics, and professionals. Learn about the alternative paths to licensure, alternative types of practice and careers, and the role of the PhD in supporting architectural research and practice. Attendees are eligible for Continuing Education Learning Hours.

Date: October 26, 2019 | 8:30am - 4:30pm EDT
Place: The Design Exchange: Canada’s Design Museum, 234 Bay Street, Toronto, ON
Registration: https://festival2019.raic.org/pop-can-crit-2019/
Website: www.popcancrit.ca

Webinar #2 Developmentally Aligned Career Programming for PK-12 Students: The Conceptions of the Career Choice and Attainment Model
Date: Friday, November 1, 2019, 12:00 pm ? 1:00 pm ET
Presenter: Kimberly A. S. Howard, Boston University, USA
Cost: Free

Overview

The most effective learning activities are those designed with the development level of the learner in mind. It is expected that education curricula in academic subject areas, such as math, reading and science, are created and implemented in such a way that they are well matched to the cognitive abilities of the students in the classroom. The same principle should be applied to the area of career development. The Conceptions of Career Choice and Attainment (CCCA) model provides a six-level framework from which we can understand the way children reason about career-related processes, and how this reasoning changes over time.

Why You Should Attend

In this free webinar, Kimberly A.S. Howard will introduce the key features of the CCCA model and how it can be used by school-based professionals and youth development practitioners to identify the types of interventions that encourage children to develop more sophisticated reasoning about career development and occupational goals.

Webinar Learnings

• The importance of considering cognitive developmental level when designing career education programs for children and youth
• The key features of the CCCA model
• The nature of career reasoning demonstrated by students in each of the 6 CCCA levels
• How to align their career programming to meet students'' career development needs

For more information and to register go to: https://ceric.ca/events/ career-theories-oct-25-nov-1- 4-2019/

You're Invited to Ryerson University's Teacher & Guidance Counsellor Days

Thursday, April 2, 2020

Join us on campus for Ryerson’s bi-annual Teacher and Guidance Counsellor Day, in either Fall or Spring. Visit our distinctly urban campus for a day of professional development and learn what makes Ryerson unique. Enjoy a hot breakfast, receive admission updates, and network with fellow education professionals. Learn more and register today!

Saturday, November 9, 2019

This is an event not to be missed! Visit Ryerson's distinctly urban campus for the chance to tour our campus and facilities, chat with future professors, current students and more! See for yourself what makes Ryerson Canada's leading university for innovation and career relevant learning. Learn more and register today!

The Future Further 2020 site is now live!

Future Further provides information about supports and services for Indigenous students interested in, or already attending, an Ontario university.

Students can find information about:

• academics
• admissions
• financial aid
• housing
• Indigenous student services
• student life and well-being

Future Further also features videos of Indigenous role models who have achieved success in postsecondary education in Ontario. Students can learn about how to connect with Indigenous university representatives in a city near them. Visit www.futurefurther.ca.

L'édition de 2020 du site Web « Future Further » est maintenant en ligne!

 (Nota : Il s'agit d'une ressource offerte en anglais seulement.)

Le site « Future Further » fournit de l'information sur les soutiens et services offerts aux étudiantes et étudiants autochtones intéressés à fréquenter ? ou fréquentant déjà ? une université de l''Ontario.

 L'on y trouvera des renseignements sur :

• les programmes d''enseignement
• l''admission
• l''aide financière
• le logement étudiant
• les services aux étudiantes et étudiants autochtones
• la vie étudiante et le bien-être

Le site « Future Further » comprend également des vidéos de modèles autochtones ayant connu des succès dans leurs études postsecondaires en Ontario. Les étudiantes et étudiants peuvent savoir comment joindre une représentante ou un représentant autochtone d''une université dans une ville près de chez eux.

Rendez-vous au site www.futurefurther.ca.

 

2019 Ontario College Information Fair (OCIF) The largest College Information Fair in Ontario!

Enercare Centre – Exhibition Place, Toronto
Wednesday October 23, 2019 - 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Thursday October 24, 2019 – 9:00 am to 2:00 pm

Send your students to the Fair on us! OCIF offers bus subsidies of up to $250/bus to any school who wishes to send their students to the event. Instead of planning your own College Fair, send your students to the largest College Fair in Ontario! ocif.ca

Category
Contribution to Guidance and Career Education

When to Apply
Nominations for this certificate may be accepted all year long.
History
The Award of Merit was first presented in the spring of 1972. In 1977 the OSCA Board of Directors passed a resolution to rename this award The Olive Diefenbaker Award of Merit to honour the late Mrs. Diefenbaker’s contribution to Guidance and Counselling in the Province of Ontario. The first awards were presented by her daughter during the 1977 Annual Conference at Niagara Falls in November. The citation on The Olive Diefenbaker Award of Merit reads: "In recognition of long and dedicated service to guidance and counselling in the Province of Ontario”

This award is to recognize retiring individuals who have made a contribution to the Counselling and Guidance Profession in Ontario

Criteria
This award may be presented to teacher-counsellors, teachers, administrators, trustees and/or members of the community

An OSCA member must nominate the retiree

The nominee should:
-Be retiring
-Have been involved in Guidance and Career Education in Ontario for a minimum of five years.
-Have demonstrated leadership in guidance through active participation in professional development, counsellor education, administrative support, promotion of guidance, professional writing, research, or in contributing to professional guidance and counselling organizations.

The awards will be mailed to the nominator for presentation by the nominator or by another OSCA member appointed by the nominator. These awards are often presented at retirement functions rather than the Awards Banquet. However, the names of the recipients of The Olive Diefenbaker Awards may be noted in the official program of the OSCA Conference.

Procedure
-Nominations for this award must be submitted by an OSCA member
-Nominations should be received six weeks in advance of the presentation date in order for sufficient timing for certificate arrival .

Nominate a retiring colleague.