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Subscription Categories

Statutory:  $50 ($75 past years)

Associate:  $40

Retired: $25

Pre-service student: $25

AQ student: $25

Please read the descriptions for each category when you are renewing, so that you have selected the correct category.

As an incentive, any person who renews by Sept. 30th, will be able to attend the fall virtual conference OSCA-ACOSO Forward21: Moving From Chaos to Opportunity, at NO charge. This is a COVID special for this year only! Renew now, so that in the fall you will continue to receive the OSCA News to keep up-to-date on guidance news and the professional magazine, OSCA Today, three times per year. Encourage your guidance colleagues to join as well by visiting  www.osca.ca.
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Ne sommes-nous pas laissés pour compte sans la dernière édition d'OSCA News et une conférence GRATUITE !

Catégories d'abonnement

Statutaire : 50 $ (75 $ les années précédentes)

Associé : 40 $

Retraité : 25 $

Étudiant en formation initiale : 25 $

Étudiant AQ : 25 $

Veuillez lire les descriptions de chaque catégorie lorsque vous renouvelez, afin d'avoir sélectionné la bonne catégorie.

À titre incitatif, toute personne qui renouvellera avant le 30 septembre pourra assister à la conférence virtuelle d'automne OSCA-ACOSO Forward21: Moving From Chaos to Opportunity, SANS frais. Ceci est un spécial covid pour cette année seulement! Renouvelez maintenant, de sorte qu'à l'automne, vous continuerez à recevoir les nouvelles de l'OSCA pour vous tenir au courant de l'actualité de l'orientation et du magazine professionnel, OSCA Today, trois fois par an. Encouragez vos collègues d'orientation à adhérer également en visitant www.osca.ca.

You are invited to join us for Waterloo’s Virtual Guidance Counsellor event on October 7, 2021.

Join us for:

• Information on how to connect with Waterloo;
• admissions & program changes;
• a keynote on preparing for a sustainable future; and
• breakout rooms with our faculties and campus partners.

Register here. See you online soon!

We are pleased to invite you to a free, virtual Guidance Dialogues event on Wednesday, October 20, 2021, from 9:00 am-12:30 pm.
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Nous sommes heureux de vous inviter à une séance virtuelle gratuite des Dialogues pour conseillères et conseillers, le mercredi 20 octobre 2021, de 9 h 00 à 12 h 30.

Ontario's universities are excited to host the Ontario Universities’ Fairs (OUFs) this fall. The OUFs have one remaining event:
- Tuesday, October 26, 5-7 pm (ET)

All Ontario universities will participate in these free events and anyone can attend – pre-registration is not required.
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Les universités de l’Ontario sont heureuses de présenter, cet automne, les Foires des universités de l’Ontario (FUO). Les FUO il reste un événement :
- Mardi 26 octobre, de 17 h à 19 h (HE)

Toutes les universités de l’Ontario prendront part à ces événements gratuits, et tout le monde peut y participer – aucune préinscription n’est exigée.

To all OSCA/ACOSO members: You are cordially invited to the 2021 AGM on October 14th @ 2:30 pm, during the first day of our second virtual conference (FORWARD21 MOVING FROM CHAOS TO OPPORTUNITY). In order to actively participate in the AGM, the governance committee invites you to have a look at the motions we will discuss and vote for during the meeting on the following link (https://docs.google.com/document/d/10DMKXWy33n4MA3BgM-EVDUn_7vg5ITEvnkf4nze0IYQ/edit?usp=sharing).
Should you have any questions concerning the rationale of these changes, please contact Marie Moftah @ zoologyalex@gmail.com and / or Kim Ennis-Hildebrand @ ennshik@gmail.com before october 6, 2021.
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À tous les membres de l'OSCA/ACOSO : Vous êtes cordialement invités à l'AGA 2021 le 14 octobre à 14h30, lors de la première journée de notre deuxième conférence virtuelle (DE L’AVANT21 DU CHAOS À LA POSSIBILITÉ). Afin de participer activement à l’AGA, le comité de gouvernance vous invite à jeter un œil aux motions dont nous discuterons et pour lesquelles nous voterons lors de la réunion sur le lien suivant (https://docs.google.com/document/d/10DMKXWy33n4MA3BgM-EVDUn_7vg5ITEvnkf4nze0IYQ/edit?usp=sharing).

Si vous avez des questions concernant la logique derrière ces changements, veuillez contacter Marie Moftah @ zoologyalex@gmail.com et/ou Kim Ennis-Hildebrand @ ennshik@gmail.com avant le 6 octobre 2021.

TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION WEEK is a 5-day national event that will continue the conversations from Every Child Matters. Important conversations including the truths of the Indigenous treaties, First Nation, Métis and Inuit land claims, and the residential schools system. This online event will provide historical workshops, exclusive video content, and activities for students — all supported by artistic and cultural performances by First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists.

Register here!

The past few years haven’t always been kind to oil and gas workers: Almost overnight, commodity prices would crash, triggering layoffs in droves, but then just as quickly, prices would turn around and workers fell into short supply.

That volatile cycle has been playing on repeat since 2014 to the point that industry groups now say oil and gas workers are searching for jobs in more stable sectors.

But where exactly? ‘Green’ jobs — loosely defined as positions tied to reducing carbon emissions — have been held up as a new economic driver that could offset oil and gas job losses. While the ‘green sector’ may eventually surpass the fossil fuel sector in terms of number of jobs, efforts to decarbonize the economy are only just starting. For now, green jobs is still a new area, for which workers may need retraining, and where positions may not offer the same level of pay and benefits as traditional oil and gas jobs.

A new report from the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario is reiterating what people with disabilities have been saying for years: job opportunities are slim, and the opportunity gap between disabled students and their peers that starts immediately after graduation is growing too large.

It’s perhaps not surprising information, says Ken Chatoor, senior researcher at HEQCO and author of the study, but it is a "sobering" reminder.

The report looked at data from postsecondary students in Ontario, using two self-reported data sets from 2016 Statistics Canada surveys. Mr. Chatoor studied the credentials attained by students with disabilities at postsecondary institutions, the students’ experiences at their college or university, and the labour market outcomes after graduation.

He found that disabled students were less likely to attend postsecondary school, and less likely to attain higher degrees. When new graduates hit the job market, they will have a more difficult time finding a job and will be less satisfied with their salary and benefits than their non-disabled peers.

This mixed method research project investigated the impact and utility of online discussion forums (ODFs) hosted by the The Open University (UK) Careers and Employability Services in supporting the career identity, learning and development of Open University students. Despite a substantial evidence base underpinning the use of ODFs within online learning environments for pedagogical applications there is a paucity of scholarly activity linking student participation within ODFs for specific career learning and career development purposes. In addressing this gap, this novel research draws upon influential career theory relating to career learning and career identity to situate student and staff perceptions of careers focussed ODFs and their impact. To achieve this the interactions of higher education students were analysed within six selected ODFs whilst more in-depth insights were captured through student questionnaires and staff interviews. The findings of this study demonstrate the wide-ranging benefits of ODFs for the growth of career identity and learning, and also as a space where critical community inquiry can occur, contributing to deeper approaches to learning for participants.

Register here!

OSCA Conference Participation registration now open!! For more information, please visit www.osca.ca.  

OSCA will be offering the AQ course this fall. Taught by a current guidance counsellor, through an interactive, online classroom. Cost is $650 and includes a one-year new subscription to OSCA ( if one does not currently have one), a copy of ethical guidelines and there is NO textbook. To register, please go to www.osca.ca