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 Featured HighlightsOSCA News - March
"The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.” Well, friends, as Henry Van Dyke would say, welcome to March. We look forward to sunshine, buds, and blossoms only to be hit with one more wallop of snow and polar winds.It looks like Mother Nature also has difficulty coping with change. The whole world has been dealing with change for exactly two years since our very first lockdown due to COVID-19. As Guidance Counsellors, we have been pivoting so much we are ready for our very own ballet solo. OSCA/ACOSO is incredibly proud of all of you for continuing to serve your students with their Pathway choices, individual counselling, course selection, Social-Emotional and Mental Health programming. We at OSCA/ACOSO are certain Ontario’s students would not have been able to get through these two years without our Elementary and Secondary Guidance-Teacher Counsellors. Once again, THANK YOU! « Le premier jour du printemps est une chose, et la première journée printanière en est une autre. La différence entre eux est parfois aussi grande qu’un mois. » ? Henry Van Dyke, Fisherman’s Luck (traduit de l’anglais) Alors, les amis, comme le dirait Henry Van Dyke : bienvenue au mois de mars. Nous attendons avec impatience le soleil, les bourgeons et les fleurs, mais nous recevrons sûrement une autre chute de neige et des vents polaires. Il semble que Mère Nature ait également du mal à traiter le changement. Le monde entier fait face au changement depuis exactement deux ans, quand on a vécu notre tout premier confinement dû à la Covid-19. Comme conseillers en orientation, nous avons tellement pivoté que nous sommes prêts pour notre propre solo de ballet. L’OSCA/ACOSO est incroyablement fier de vous tous pour avoir continué à servir vos élèves avec leur choix de parcours, le counseling individuel, le choix de cours et la programmation de santé mentale ainsi que socio-émotionnelle. À l’OSCA/ACOSO, nous sommes certains que les élèves de l’Ontario n’auraient pas été en mesure de réussir ces deux années sans nos enseignants-conseillers en orientation de l’élémentaire et du secondaire. Encore une fois, MERCI!
 The Youth Network Project is a new initiative by the Intersectionality and Diversity program at the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity (CCGSD).The Youth Network Project focuses on supporting queer and trans students through activities such as outreach to and networking with gay-straight alliances (GSAs), educational workshops and queer and trans Black, Indigenous, People of Colour (QTBIPOC) specific resourcing. The Youth Network Project will assist in building connections that will mitigate feelings of loneliness and isolation brought on by the pandemic.
Built for QTBIPOC students in Ontario, this free online program is a chance for students and educators to learn more about how our unique identities impact our lives and the world around us through educational workshops teaching students peer-to-peer support strategies, critical thinking, and empowerment. Facilitators will provide a dynamic, interactive space for youth to gain deeper empathy and compassion for their peers, community members, through engaging activities such as art, poetry, writing, and other mediums.
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Register for the free Diversity in Skilled Trades Toolkit!This Diversity in Skilled Trades toolkit features 5 Days of FREE media to help educators, business and workforce development leaders promote and celebrate the unique individuals that have launched rewarding careers in the trades.  Although career development theories underline the central role of information in career choice and studies show that guidance practitioners are among the main information sources of people making career choices, the actual information practices of these practitioners in their career interventions remain fragmented. Moreover, the studies on the theme of career choice associating information, information sources and information practices (whether it is among guidance practitioners or individuals in career choice) offer little conceptualization on these notions.
Education This report discusses the perspectives and concerns of Regional Sounding Tour stakeholders around the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on youth, Indigenous peoples, women, and newcomers in the areas of education and employment.
 CERIC, along with its partner associations, will be offering a variety of webinar series in the next few months to support the career development community on a range of timely topics. Register now to advance your professional development!
It’s not every day you hear about a high school student interested in entering the funeral business, but Christine McKie, Principal at Crowsnest Consolidated High School in Alberta, can tell you about two. At the rural Alberta school, students are exposed to professionals across a wide range of careers, from pharmacists to pilots to – yes – funeral directors. What McKie calls a "human library" of professional connections, cultivated by divisional Career Practitioner Lettie Croskery, is only one part of Crowsnest’s commitment to preparing its roughly 280 students for life outside of school. In addition to job shadowing, individual career guidance and industry presentations, the school has spread the provincially mandated careers course over three years, so that students have weekly exposure to career-related learning.
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AQ Part 1, Part 2 and Specialist (Part 3) courses – Spring Session- April 4-June 3, 2022 The Ontario School Counsellors’ Association offers Additional Qualification Courses in Guidance and Career Education Parts I, II and Specialist (Part III) in Winter, Spring and Summer and Fall. OSCA’s online, interactive courses are user friendly and allow real-time practice of the skills needed for the effective Guidance Teacher-Counsellor. We have a virtual classroom where we meet in real time to practice counselling skills, listen to guest speakers, and watch videos. This feature is very popular and it really makes OSCA’s AQ experience prominent.
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