2020 OHSC Conference Postponed Until September 2020

Ryerson University's Open House, originally scheduled for Saturday, March 21, 2020, has been postponed. Please follow this link for more information.

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OSA/ACOSO 2020 celebrates 56 years of leading the way in Guidance and Career Education in Ontario. Help students to embrace the uncertainty of the future by exploring the offerings of today. Join us as we Look Back to the Future... The Future is Now! Take learning back to your schools to help students gain knowledge, develop skills, and build confidence as they plan for their personal and professional lives. We are seeking presentation proposals that will focus on one of the sub-themes that will provide our members with the highest quality professional development. Inspired by this year’s conference theme, Look Back to the Future… The Future is Now!, will focus one day each on the sub themes Wellness and Future Pathways. 

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Find a copy of our latest Women in Trades: Myths and Realities booklet at our events and online. Inside you'll find information for women considering the skilled trades and advice on how industry, government, and educators can provide them with meaningful support from high school through to the workplace. We also highlight six common myths about women working in the skilled trades and dispel these with realities found in these careers, including excellent wages, good working conditions, and room for advancement.

Copies of this resource can be purchased for $2 per booklet for Skills Ontario affiliated schools, and $3 per booklet for non-affiliated schools (plus shipping and handling, minimum order of 5). For more information on how to order the Skills Work!® Skilled Trades Workbook, please email info@skillsontario.com.

Ryerson University's bi-annual Teacher and Guidance Counsellor Day, originally scheduled for Thursday, April 2, 2020, has been postponed. Please follow this link for more information.

Ryerson University SHSM Days

Ryerson University is proud to present SHSM Days - programming geared toward Specialist High Skills Major students. Each day will feature a program-specific interactive element and campus tour. Here is the list of upcoming SHSM Days:

• April 8 - Arts & Culture
• April 22 - Non-Profit
• April 29 - Environment and Transportation
• May 6 - Science
• May 13 - Health & Wellness
• May 20 - Media
• May 27 - Business

Space is limited - register today! If you have any questions, please contact Tiffany Kelly, On-Campus Engagement Officer, at visitus@ryerson.ca.

Ontario Preparing People for Skilled Trades Careers in Thunder Bay
Government Investing in Anishinabek Employment and Training Services Centre and Supercom Industries Skills Training Programs

 

THUNDER BAY - Ontario is addressing a looming skilled trades shortage by investing in training for Indigenous people in the Thunder Bay area. The Province announced funding of nearly $2 million today for two separate projects.

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OSCA will once again be offering the additional qualification courses in Guidance and Career Education this spring and summer. Parts 1, 2, and 3 (Specialist) will be offered, pending enrollment.

Spring session: April 20th to June 15th
Summer Session: July 6th to July 31st.


Cost: $650
No textbook
Course is entirely online, within an online classroom format. The course is taught by a current Guidance Counsellor who works in a school setting.

Register by following the link below.

In this issue:
- Upcoming Events
- The Countdown to the 2020 Skills Ontario Competition Has Begun
- Don't Miss the Fun at Skills Ontario Summer Camps!
- Spotlight on a Sponsor: Conestoga College
- Donate to #FillTheToolbox
- Extra, Extra! Skills Ontario in the News

2020 OSCA/ACOSO Student Awards

Awards are now open for nominations!
Deadline is May 29th.

OSCA-ACOSO Anthony Di Lena Student Pathway Awards' mandate is to assist at-risk students in their journey towards success. An award is given to at-risk students who have demonstrated the exemplary ability to succeed in the face of adversity. $100.00 awards are presented to students who, in their postsecondary pursuits, are taking a pathway to apprenticeship, college, university or work.

Nominated students must be graduating/or have graduated from an accredited public secondary, Catholic secondary, or inspected private secondary school, including First Nations, in the province of Ontario in the previous school year.

Students must be nominated by a classroom teacher, a Student Success Teacher, a Co-OP Teacher, a Tech teacher, or a Guidance Counsellor. (All teachers cannot be the student's parent.) The nominator does not have to be a member of OSCA.

In order to be nominated, a student must fulfill one or more of the following criteria:

The student succeeded in school despite having to overcome personal obstacles.
The student succeeded in school despite having to cope with bullying and/or violence.
The student succeeded in school despite being socio-economically disadvantaged.
The student succeeded in school despite having to manage a mental health issue.
The student succeeded in school despite having to overcome academic challenges.

Nomination Form

OSCA/ACOSO Guidance and Career Education Awards 2020

Awards are now open for nominations!
Deadline is May 29th.

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 Award 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 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.

Nomination Form