OSCA-ACOSO Subscription Renewal: 2025-2026

Benefits of an OSCA Subscriptions

Want to stay up-to-date with what is happening in the guidance and career education world?  Then an OSCA subscription is for you and your colleagues!  OSCA News comes out once a week, during the school year, where one will receive the latest news right to their inbox each week.  Three times a year, OSCA Today, the association’s professional magazine, is delivering electronically and in hard copy to each subscriber.  Here, one will find in depth articles on topics related to guidance, in addition to further resources.  The monthly OSCA webinars series is another feature of an OSCA subscription.  Topics for the next school year include:  OSR Maintenance and Legalities, Navigating University Applications, Humber College Workplace programs, leveraging mature PLAR, supporting student mental health and much more. OSCA’s Ethical Guidelines are also available to download as a benefit for annual subscriptions.

OSCA’s annual fall conference will take place Nov. 9 to 10, 2025- Leadership Starts Here-Empowering Leaders, Inspiring Change. The keynote on Sunday will be Drew Dudley, one of the most inspirational TED speakers in the world, Drew Dudley is on a mission to redefine leadership. With more than five million views, his TED talk “Everyday Leadership (The Lollipop Moment)” proved that leadership is not a characteristic of an elite few, but one that lives within us all. Through his high-energy talks, Drew shares practical and actionable insights on creating cultures of leadership that lead to higher levels of pride, productivity, happiness, and retention. He empowers audiences and equips them with the tools needed to make a difference, at home and work. On Monday, the keynote will be Neil Pasricha, A Harvard MBA, New York Times bestselling author, award-winning blogger, and one of the most popular TED speakers in the world, Neil Pasricha is “a pied piper of happiness” who dazzles audiences with ideas and simple tools that skyrocket organizational happiness and engagement. With infectious enthusiasm, heartfelt authenticity, and a “what works” authority, he draws on the latest research to show audiences how to enhance individual performance and create a more positive and productive workplace. A #1 internationally bestselling author, Neil has written 10 books including The Happiness Equation, a science-backed, habit-filled guidebook to living a happy life; Two-Minute Mornings, his simple daily practice to “win your morning”; and The Book of Awesome, a spinning rolodex of gratitudes based on his 100-million-hit, award-winning blog, 1000 Awesome Things. Neil’s books have spent over 200 weeks on bestseller lists and have sold over two million copies across dozens of languages.  People that have renewed their subscriptions for 2025-2026 will receive the subscriber rate for the conference!

How to renew

Statutory subscriptions are $55/person plus HST. Associate and Retired colleague subscriptions are also available. Please visit: https://osca.ca/subscription-account/subscription-levels/  for more information on pricing.  Once paid online, a receipt will come sent back to you. Please keep this for your records. BEFORE renewing, please check with your school board to see if they will be purchasing a ‘bulk school board subscription’ for your school board.  There are no refunds once a subscription is paid by an individual, where a school board has purchased a school board.