Sharon Kim, Director (PD Committee)

Dear OSCA/ACOSO Members,

Our fall virtual conference, "Inside Out: Looking Inside, Growing Outside,” is only a week away! The conference is included with subscription renewal this year, but registration for the event is still necessary. To sweeten the deal, the first 200 registrations will receive a free gift from SugarWish, so don’t delay! Please visit osca.ca to renew your subscription and to register for the conference (the last day to register for the conference is October 10th).

Our accomplished keynote speaker, Dr. Rumeet Billan, is an award-winning, internationally recognized entrepreneur, researcher, speaker, and expert on psychological capital. Her mission is to transform workplace cultures through research, training, and experiences that enable trust, foster belonging, and build resilience. 

We are also excited to offer workshop sessions on a wide range of topics essential to guidance and career education including: mental health, inclusivity, pathways, wellness, self-discovery, the changing job market, careers, ethical guidelines, post-secondary funding, and more!

 You will not want to miss this opportunity to hear from our fantastic keynote and session speakers as well as to network with hundreds of delegates from across the province!

Take a look at some of the exhibitors we can look forward to engaging with at our upcoming conference!

Registration Now Available: Guidance Dialogues Fall 2022 Virtual Event for New Guidance Counsellors | Inscription maintenant accessible – Dialogues entre conseillers et universités de l’Ontario, séance virtuelle de l'automne 2022 pour nouvelles conseillères et nouveaux conseillers

Registration is now available for the fall 2022 virtual Guidance Dialogue on October 18, 2022, from 9-11 am.

New this fall, we are tailoring the content to deliver time-critical information that will benefit new guidance counsellors, including information about how to prepare your students for applying to university, the application process, admission information and more.

Registration is required. This event is for guidance counsellors only, and we are tailoring the content this fall for new guidance counsellors. Please do not share the registration link with your students.

Please send all event inquiries to: onunirecruitment@gmail.com.
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L’inscription à la séance virtuelle des Dialogues de l'automne 2022 – laquelle est prévue le 18 octobre 2022 – est maintenant accessible.

Nouveau cet automne : Nous adaptons notre contenu afin de livrer une information critique dont les nouvelles conseillères et nouveaux conseillers en orientation pourront tirer profit, y compris comment préparer vos élèves à présenter une demande d’admission à une université de l’Ontario, le processus de demande d’admission, des renseignements sur l’admission, et plus encore.

L’inscription est obligatoire. Cet événement s’adresse uniquement aux conseillères et conseillers en orientation; de plus, nous en adapterons le contenu pour les nouveaux conseillers et conseillères. Prière de ne pas partager le lien vers le site d’inscription avec vos élèves.

Prière d’envoyer vos questions relativement à l’événement, à l’adresse : onunirecruitment@gmail.com.

Toronto Metropolitan University
Friday, October 7, 10 am - 3 pm

Join us for a day of in-person professional development, networking and exploring our campus! Connect with Student Recruitment, learn about what's new at our university, and find out what makes us excited to welcome students back to campus.

Breakfast and lunch will be included in this event, and we will be taking guests to tour our urban farm located on the roof of the George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre - a hub for experiential learning, that produces food, facilitates research and engages the community through ecological rooftop farming and food justice initiatives.

Agenda
9:30 a.m. Check-in opens, breakfast is served
10 a.m. Welcome
10:15 a.m. Keynote Presentation: Assistant Director, Student Recruitment
11:30 a.m. Lunch & Learn: Professor Panel
1 p.m. Tours: Explore our Campus & Rooftop Gardens
3 p.m. End of Program

Register today!

As Guidance Counsellors, you have a significant impact on the post-secondary choices of high school students. We’re offering a professional development webinar, followed by live Q & A with a panel of chemical engineering educators. Join us to learn about climate action, circular economy, renewable energy and chemical engineering as an option for students excited by finding solutions to global challenges for sustainable development.

This resource is designed to support Guidance Counsellors in exploring the diverse opportunities and benefits of a career in chemical engineering.

The Webinar will be offered on November 18th and 25th from 9:00am -9:50am.

Please click the link below to register.

The Discover Year team would love to meet you at our next information session:
October 20, 2022, 7:00-9:00PM, Online (Zoom - details to be sent upon registration)

You want your students to succeed—and so do we.

At Discover Year, we help young adults better understand what they want out of their future and build the skills they need to go out and get it.

We've created this webpage and the resources below to give educators a better idea about what the Discover Year program is, why it's unique, and how students of all backgrounds can benefit from a purposeful and structured gap year.

ONTransfer.ca helps Ontario students, transfer staff, and guidance counsellors explore transfer & pathway opportunities.

ONTransfer.ca features information and tools needed to explore transfer and program pathway opportunities across publicly assisted colleges, universities, and Indigenous Institutes in Ontario; understand how transfer and pathways work; and the steps involved in the transfer process. ONTransfer.ca gives students information on how programs and courses may transfer between institutions.

If you support transfer or high school students, use ONTransfer.ca as a tool to bolster your knowledge about transfer opportunities in Ontario or encourage students to explore the site on their own.

Dates: Oct. 17th to Dec.9th

Taught virtually by a current Ontario Guidance Counsellor.
Participants sign up for Part 1 or Part 2 or the Specialist.

For further information, please visit www.osca.ca and go to the AQ section at the top of the main webpage.

Cost: $650
No textbook

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.

NOTE: Registration will close one week before the course is to start or when registration is full.

Education exists (in my opinion, anyway) to prepare young people for their adult lives. The curriculum is designed to ensure students have the skills and knowledge they need to thrive in society, equipped with the power to choose their own destiny. But young people may lack the skills to connect their learning with their future lives, which is understandable, and this means they rely on their educators to show them the purpose of their education.

Linking learning with life helps students understand how the content they cover in the classroom is relevant for their future lives. When they can see the point of what they’re learning, they ‘switch on’ – engagement goes up because they value what they are learning and understand how it will benefit them in the future.

Now that the summer is wrapping up, many Canadian adults are in "back-to-school" mode regarding their children. But what about the parents themselves? Today's economic and social reality means many of them would also benefit from increased learning opportunities, whether it's how to negotiate a contract, improve their reading to help their children with homework, or upgrade their skills to get a better job.

In Canada, adult education provides life-changing opportunities for millions. Yet it remains a forgotten corner of education, lacking co-ordination and sharing of best practices; its learners and teachers often stigmatized; and its programs underfunded, and disconnected from social policy and education at large.

 

Your Board of Directors continues to work diligently throughout the year to bring the most up-to-date and innovative information and opportunities to you.  We continue to look to fill all Board of Directors positions (Committees include Communications, Governance and Professional Development) and hope any OSCA/ACOSO members will consider joining! Learn more by going to https://osca.ca/join-the-osca-board/. Consider sharing your talents with us for 2023! Online nomination forms will be accepted until October 7.

 

 

 

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