Follow the link to to find the resources from Mindfulness Everyday's presentation as the OSCA Conference!

Chemins de la réussite bilingue - Conférence virtuelle pour les jeunes de la 10e -12e | Pathways to Bilingual Success Virtual Youth Conference

It’s back! This December, Canadian Parents for French (Ontario) will host the Pathways to Bilingual Success Virtual Youth Conference for students in grades 10-12. The conference will highlight the benefits of bilingualism and potential career pathways. This year we have added a special focus on the advantages and steps to becoming a French Second Language teacher, courtesy of SayOui.ca.

FSL students will explore career opportunities, hear testimonials from a variety of bilingual speakers in different career paths, participate in academic, social and cultural events, and interact with guest speakers en français. Presented by Canadian Parents for French (Ontario) and funded by the Ministry of Education of Ontario, this conference is packed with cultural, professional, and educational experiences for your students.

With over 500 students already signed up through our early-bird registration, this year’s youth conference promises to be a must-attend event! Check out our Event Program & Exhibitors, and REGISTER your classroom here: https://pheedloop.com/BilingualSuccess/site/home/

The Phil Hedges Award is 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.

The Toronto Region award winner was Ron Perron.
Ron has been a dedicated member of OSCA both as a Director and Vice-President of Professional Development. He continues to advocate for the Francophone guidance community on a monthly basis.

Whether you’re looking to pick up some new career counselling strategies, explore issues of equity and social justice in careers, or shift your relationship to change, you’ll want to check out these 2021 titles. While some are written for career practitioners, others may also be of interest to jobseekers, students and professionals.

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Students returned to university and college campuses across the country last month, and while COVID-19 has raised new challenges, anyone who has spent time on campus in the last decade knows concerns about the state of higher education are nothing new.

In the United States, where some estimates now place student debt at over $1 trillion, college enrolment is declining, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

In Canada, news earlier this year that Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont., filed for insolvency and creditor protection has caused some experts to worry. In an emergency parliamentary debate about Laurentian, Green Party MP Elizabeth May called it "the canary in our educational coal mine."

The challenges don't stop there.

Microcredentials are increasingly on offer at Canadian colleges, with short, focused courses that can help give your career a boost

Microcredentials—short courses designed to quickly teach new skills or upgrade existing ones—have long been offered by colleges, but the pandemic seems to have kicked their popularity into high gear. "I don’t think a week has gone by recently when I haven’t heard of a college developing a new microcredential, and this is largely a response to the labour market," says Denise Amyot, president and CEO of Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan). In November of last year, one in four Canadians was considering a career change, according to the LifeWorks (formerly Morneau Shepell) monthly Mental Health Index, which measures the mental health status of employees during COVID across Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and Australia. Layoffs and reductions in hours affected many sectors, but lower-income jobs—especially non-unionized workers in retail and hospitality—were particularly hard hit.