Fall is my favourite season! As a visual learner, I truly appreciate the splendour of autumn’s palette bursting through the green: brilliant reds, yellows, and oranges, along gusty winds, cool nights and warm days, envelope me in a familiar hug. These environmental changes remind me that, like the earth which always changing, moving forward and renewing, so too are we as guidance counsellor-teachers. I invite you to renew your OSCA/ACOSO membership at the greatly reduced rate of $50. As members, registration is FREE for our much-anticipated, fall virtual conference: FORWARD21 – Moving from Chaos to Opportunity, on October 14th and 15th. Visit our website to renew your membership, register for the conference, and download the conference guide. We are very excited to hear our keynote speakers, Michel Chikwanine (inspirational speaker/former child soldier) and Kevin Lamoureux (leader in Indigenous issues and anti-racist education), as well as to learn from our many exceptional workshop presenters and exhibitors!

Are you interested in a fabulous professional development opportunity? Would you like to develop your skills while leading our profession into the future? Your Board of Directors needs YOU! We are looking for guidance counsellor-teachers who are interested in joining us to promote guidance and career education in Ontario. Please join us at our virtual annual general meeting at the end of Day 1 of the conference to learn more. 

Warm wishes for a wonderful October,

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L’automne est ma saison préférée! En tant qu’apprenant visuel, j’apprécie vraiment la splendeur de la palette d’automne qui éclate dans le vert : rouges brillants, jaunes et oranges, le long des vents
soufflants, des nuits fraîches et des jours chauds, enveloppé dans un enlacement qui m’est familier. Ces changements environnementaux me rappellent que, comme la Terre qui change de façon constante,
avance et se renouvelle, nous faisons de même en tant que conseillers d’orientation-enseignants. Jevous invite à renouveler votre adhésion à l’OSCA/ACOSO au taux grandement réduit de 50 $. En tant que membres, l’inscription est GRATUITE pour notre conférence virtuelle automnale tant attendue : De L'Avant 21 - Du chaos à la possibilité, le 14 et 15 octobre. Visitez notre site Web pour renouveler votre adhésion, vous inscrire à la conférence et télécharger le guide de la conférence. Nous sommes très heureux d’entendre nos conférenciers principaux, Michel Chikwanine (conférencier inspirant/ancien enfant soldat) et Kevin Lamoureux (leader des questions autochtones et de l’éducation antiraciste), ainsi que d’apprendre de nos nombreux présentateurs et exposants d’ateliers exceptionnels!

Êtes-vous intéressé par une excellente opportunité de développement professionnel ? Aimeriez-vous développer vos compétences tout en dirigeant notre profession vers l’avenir? Votre conseil d’administration a besoin de VOUS! Nous sommes à la recherche de conseillers-enseignants en orientation qui souhaitent se joindre à nous pour promouvoir l’orientation et l’éducation professionnelle en Ontario. Veuillez vous joindre à nous à notre assemblée générale annuelle virtuelle à la fin de la première journée de la conférence pour en savoir plus.

Vœux chaleureux pour un merveilleux mois d’Octobre,

 

OSCA Conference Participation registration now open!! 
Don’t delay! The first 280 registrants will receive a link to a free gift!

 For more information, please visit www.osca.ca.  

Join us for our Welcome Back Webinar on Thursday, October 7, and get up to speed on this year's application processes. This engaging session will cover news from our campuses, supplemental applications, and some small changes to our admission process, and will conclude with a hearty Q&A.

We're offering this webinar three times?but each session offers the same content, so please feel free to register for whichever best fits your schedule:

• 8:00AM (ET) Welcome Back Webinar
• 1:00PM (ET) Welcome Back Webinar
• 8:00PM (ET) Welcome Back Webinar

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.

Do you have your Guidance and Career Education Honours Specialist qualification? Are you interested in outstanding professional development that enables you to develop your leadership skills while promoting the profile of Guidance and Career education in Ontario? If you answered yes to these two questions, we invite you to apply for a position on the OSCA/ACOSO Board of Directors. We will have vacancies this year! Successful candidates will have the opportunity to work on one or more of our standing committees: Governance, Communication, and/or Professional Development.

The link to our nomination form is found below. Candidates should attend the virtual AGM at the end of day 1 of our conference on October 14th. You will be given the opportunity to introduce yourself and tell us why you’d like to join the Board.

Please send resumes and questions to cathy.lihou@gmail.com

Nomination form
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Avez-vous votre qualification de spécialiste spécialisé en orientation et en formation
professionnelle? Êtes-vous intéressé par un développement professionnel exceptionnel qui vous
permet de développer vos compétences en leadership tout en faisant la promotion du profil de
l’orientation et de l’éducation professionnelle en Ontario? Si vous avez répondu oui à ces deux
questions, nous vous invitons à poser votre candidature pour un poste au conseil d’administration
de l’OSCA/ACOSO. Nous aurons des postes vacants cette année! Les candidats retenus auront
l’occasion de travailler au sein d’un ou de plusieurs de nos comités permanents : Gouvernance,
Communication et/ou Développement professionnel.

Le lien vers notre formulaire de mise en candidature se trouve ci-dessous. Les candidats doivent
assister à l’AGM virtuelle à la fin de la première journée de notre conférence le 14 octobre. Vous
aurez l’occasion de vous présenter et de nous dire pourquoi vous aimeriez vous joindre au
Conseil.

Veuillez envoyer vos CV et questions à cathy.lihou@gmail.com

Lien de candidature

PennyDrops is a student-run, non-profit organization that offers financial literacy programs to high school and post-secondary students across the country.

Teachers can use the PennyDrops Anywhere platform to let students learn basic financial concepts at their own pace, where they will progress through the first 8 lessons of our curriculum by watching videos and taking pre and post-lesson quizzes. They can also register their classrooms to have our university mentors deliver all 11 of our lessons virtually or in-person, using small groups and interactive activities. To learn more about the PennyDrops High School Program, please view the Overview Deck, and if you would like to register your classroom for the program, please email us at contact@pennydrops.org.

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Wednesday, October 13, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

The Creative School (formerly known as FCAD/Faculty of Communication and Design) requests the pleasure of your company, for an intimate discussion with Dean Charles Falzon on Wednesday October 13 at 10:30 a.m. EST.

Join Dean Falzon to discuss media, design, and disruption within these industries. The Future is Creative. Learn more about how we inspire and create spaces and opportunities for exploration of emerging technologies, sustainable design, and push the boundaries on social narratives at The Creative School.

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.

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