Over 62 nominations were received. Thank you all for your meaningful and moving contributions. The Governance Committee has completed their voting process, and the nominees listed below received an email letting them know they won the awards.

One thing is clear: Our students are strong and resilient, hard-working and determined. Some of the nominations were difficult to read, as stories of hardship and perseverance were shared with us. If we could, we would have selected them all.

The recipients of the 2020 OSCA-ACOSO Anthony Di Lena Student Pathway Awards are:

Rosemary Cameros Arbizu: University Pathway
Anusha Nimalaranjan: College Pathway
Maggie Benusik: Apprenticeship Pathway
Jackie Mitsima: Workplace Pathway

Ontario Universities’ Info 2021 is live! Find and compare Ontario university programs, and research residences, scholarships, admission requirements and more.
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Le site Web d’Info 2021 des universités de l’Ontario est maintenant accessible! Recherchez et comparez les programmes des universités de l’Ontario, renseignez-vous sur les résidences, les bourses d’études, les exigences d’admission et plus encore.

It is the start of a school year like no other. Something none of us prepared for, and for which there are few roadmaps or signposts to guide us. We are welcoming students back to school during a moment in time when there are more questions than answers. So, how do we proceed?

Building resilience and strength in families and communities is one of the most important investments we can make as a society. But what does that mean? Read on to find out more about moving from surviving to coping to resilience.

The Comprehensive Canadian University Guide is a podcast run by four high school students in Toronto. They are partnering with universities across Canada to record roughly 40-minute episodes focusing on a variety of specific programs that each school has to offer. Some of the schools they have already partnered with include UofT, Western, McMaster, McGill, UBC, and Waterloo.

"Our mission is to capture and openly share information about Canada's universities for high school students from across the country. We speak with students, recruitment officers, academic advisors and alumni willing to share some of what they've learned through their post-secondary experiences."

Mediaplanet's Youth Wellness & Empowerment Campaign

Help equip the children, teens, and youths in your life with the skills and knowledge they need to thrive and stay on top of their health, education, and employment.

We recently took part in @mediaplanetCA's Youth Wellness & Empowerment campaign in order to educate on the importance role a guidance counsellor can play in your decisions post high school graduation. To read the full article, click here: What’s After High School? A Guidance Counsellor Can Help.

For the digital launch, you’ll find the digital campaign landing page here: Youth Wellness and Empowerment Campaign

Here, you'll find a number of resources for supporting and empowering youth.

When students return to school in the fall—whether live or virtual—there will be many conversations about COVID-19 and many opportunities to reflect on what they missed when schools were closed, on how the summer was different, and perhaps on family and friends who were stricken with the virus. Children will be affected by the anxiety of their parents, who are returning to work, bringing children to child care, and venturing to haircuts, restaurants, gyms, and beyond. As we transition into the new school year, the task for educators in the coming weeks and months is to help children reflect, refocus, and move forward.

Register here!

 Register here!

Purposeful Acts of Kindness - Kindness Rocks

OSCA/ACOSO Guidance and Career Education Awards 

Awards are now open for nominations!
Deadline is now May 28, 2021

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