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Next session: January 16, 2023 to March 3, 2023 Registration: opening soon on the OSCA website
For further information, please visit www.osca.ca and go to the AQ section at the top of the main webpage. Cost: $650 Includes a one year OSCA-ACOSO: AQ subscription, if one does not have an active subscription and one link for a copy of Ethical Guidelines.
Sherri Vansickle has worked as a Native Education Counsellor in Grand Erie secondary schools since 1996, primarily at Pauline Johnson Collegiate and Brantford Collegiate Institute. Having a Masters in Education, with Specialist qualifications in Guidance and Special Education, she has used her training to build collaborative relationships with students, parents, colleagues, elementary cohorts and community partners around Grand Erie, within Six Nations, and throughout the province. Bridging the gap between cultures is a balancing act, and she equips her students with the skills needed to navigate this challenge as they work towards graduation and post-secondary aspirations. As a Native woman, Sherri approaches her responsibilities to future generations with both passion and compassion. She has a full appreciation of the need for further understanding of the educational concerns of First Nations students. Frustrated by the number of at-risk Native students who are not graduating from high school, she works tirelessly to advocate and lead in her gentle way. She has applied for and received thousands of dollars in grant money to help her students reclaim their heritage through drum making workshops and teachings, ribbon shirt making workshops, elders visits, socials, and so much more. Her work with students and elders on a residential school survivor encaustic art project travelled to museums throughout Canada. She gives students a voice and tirelessly advocates for them. She has personally sponsored thousands of dollars in Seventh Generation Awards for her school’s graduating students and has personally funded one of our students to learn Mohawk language so that she can become a teacher and come back to their school system. Sherri's leadership in improving relationships between Native and non-native communities is illustrated by her workshops on topics such as Native Wellness and Cultural Awareness to a variety of audiences: Grand Erie District School Board administration and staff, Elementary Teachers Federation, Ontario Public School Boards Association, R.C.M.P., O.P.P., Hamilton Police Services, Six Nations Police, Brantford Police Services, Brock University Continuing Education students and Ministry of Education curriculum writing teams. Within the school, she has facilitated grief counselling sessions, anger management groups, young men's and young women's groups. She has been invited into various classrooms to discuss native issues and to teach native culture (moccasins, beadwork, literature, dream catchers, medicine wheels, and traditional nutrition). She has provided leadership to staff and students to help create understanding and to ease tensions with respect to the Caledonia land claim issues. All of these skills help her bridge the gap between Native and non-native values, beliefs and modes of thought and this benefits her students.
Post Secondary Information
Join us at our Fall Open House on November 22nd!Do you have students who are considering taking a gap year after high school? We would love to meet them! We will be hosting the event in person in three locations: Ottawa, Toronto and Boston, as well as online! WHEN: Tuesday, November 22nd, 7:00-9:00 pm EST WHERE: HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT: Come and learn more about two important Ontario government programs that can help students pay for postsecondary education in our next webinar offering! The Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) is a $4 billion needs-based financial aid program that supports over 400,000 students annually with postsecondary education costs. The Ontario Learn and Stay Grant is a new program, which is launching in the 2023-24 academic year. This grant will provide up-front funding for tuition, textbooks, and other direct educational costs to students enrolled in priority programs in priority regions in Ontario. Let's help provide options for many students for whom post-secondary education may be financially out of reach. Knowing about these two programs can help open doors to a future that a growing number of students may otherwise not be able to pursue. Don't miss the valuable information that will be shared at this session! Kindly complete the registration form by noon on Monday, November 21st. A Zoom link will be sent to all registrants prior to the webinar date. Students Can Have Fun While They Learn to Manage Stress with the Stress Busters Program Strong Minds Strong Kids, Psychology Canada (SMSKPC), a brand from The Psychology Foundation of Canada, has been nurturing resiliency in children and youth for almost 50 years. We develop and deliver psychology and evidence-based programs and resources that help children build a solid foundation of mental health before problems or issues begin. Following the success of our Stress Busters pilot year, SMSKPC continues to deliver a unique and timely program for children in grades 4-6 (ages 8-12). Stress Busters was designed from our evidence-based Kids Have Stress Too! (KHST!) program with an added peer-to-peer support component to help kids put their learning into practice. This program has had a positive impact on children’s ability to identify and manage their stress. It provides children and their families with education and support to help them build stress management skills and to foster resilience. This program can be delivered once a week over 8-weeks as an after-school program or 1-hour per day over the span of 5 days as an in-school program. "Stress Busters is a group with many caring, respectful, nice, and very helpful people who give you great, fun, and creative strategies to help manage your stress.” –Participant, 12 years old SMSKPC has received funding from The Quinn Family Future Foundation to be able to reach 750 kids with this program by the end of August 2023. If you are interested in partnering with SMSKPC to bring this program to your school board, please reach out to Pamela Sariyannis, Senior Coordinator of Programs and Community Partnerships 
Resources
Exciting news for Katimavik’s FuturePerfect Program! This year has been an exciting one at Katimavik! Last January we had the privilege of launching a brand new employment and empowerment program built on the Katimavik model: FuturePerfect. Combining the experiential learning, group living, and engaging competencies we have championed for decades with a focus on empowering young people to gain career experience, the FuturePerfect program is an amazing opportunity. Now, as 2022 begins to come to a close, we have some exciting news that we wanted to share with you, our alumni and friends, first. FuturePerfect is returning the January 2023! For more details, or to apply today, click here
Exciting news for Katimavik’s FuturePerfect Program! This year has been an exciting one at Katimavik! Last January we had the privilege of launching a brand new employment and empowerment program built on the Katimavik model: FuturePerfect. Combining the experiential learning, group living, and engaging competencies we have championed for decades with a focus on empowering young people to gain career experience, the FuturePerfect program is an amazing opportunity. Now, as 2022 begins to come to a close, we have some exciting news that we wanted to share with you, our alumni and friends, first. FuturePerfect is returning the January 2023! Pour plus d'informations, ou pour t'inscrire dès maintenant, clique ici.
Education
To address a calendar conflict and allow more participants to join in the webinar series, CERIC is now hosting the series one week later.
The theme for this year is Amplify! Amplifiez!: Amplify Your Skills, Connections, Your Personal Self, and more! Canada Career Month occurs every November when Canadians from coast-to-coast-to celebrate the importance of accessing meaningful work and all those that help us in connecting with our preferred futures. Please refer to the Career Month 2022 website for key details, resources, and upcoming events. Additionally, the online portal is available for posting your own Career Month events. You may also spread the word about CCM via social media using: #Careermonth; #Moisedelacarriere; @Careermonth Thank you all for your ongoing enthusiasm and support every year!
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