Today, we’re excited to share that we’ve launched a new Resources for High School Partners page on the OCAS website. The page offers a variety of resources to help high school staff support students who are applying to college in Ontario – all in one convenient place.

CERIC invites individuals or organizations with an interest in presenting at the annual Cannexus conference to submit a brief session outline for consideration using the Proposal Form and encourages you to inform colleagues or students of this opportunity.

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Le CERIC invite les personnes et les organismes désireux de faire une présentation au congrès annuel Cannexus à soumettre une brève proposition de séance via ce formulaire de proposition et les encourage à informer leurs collègues ou étudiants de cette opportunité.

Contribuez au plus grand congrès bilingue sur le développement de carrière au Canada!

Wednesday, October 18 5pm – 9pm Thursday, October 19, 9am – 2pm Enercare Centre, Exhibition Place Learn More...

Landscape Ontario’s Apprenticeship and GROW training teams took part in the Make Your Future Job Fair at Westview Centennial Secondary School in North York. It was great to see so many students interested in a career in the trades. Learn More...

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The Canadian Marine Careers Foundation serves as a resource center for information on careers at sea and ashore, as well as financial assistance available to support maritime studies at nautical schools and academic institutions. The CMCF also serves as a point of contact to direct educational, mentoring, and employment inquiries to appropriate channels. The Canadian Marine Industries Foundation is bringing together marine stakeholders to develop dynamic and innovative solutions to build a diverse, inclusive, and future-ready workforce for the Canadian marine sector. Learn More...

JP MIchel from Sparkpath Challenge Cards is offering a handful of complimentary classroom presentations on career exploration between now and May 26, and wants to know if you would be interested in participating. We are looking for both grades 7/8 and high school students.

Step 1: Book a timeslot in the calendar here. 

Step 2: Before the presentation, students will be asked to fill out a survey about their career interests (approx. 30 minutes). 

Step 3: During the presentation, your students will receive a customized career profile. They will have the opportunity to review this profile and provide feedback through a survey. 

From JP: I know you are extremely busy, so let me lay out the 'why' if it helps. The benefits for students would be a customized career profile with recommendations for organizations, people, jobs, and learning options. The benefits for you would be improving an approach to meaningful career exploration with the intentions of changing the world! 

If this is a good fit for you and those you help, please go ahead and book a time here.  

Earth Rangers is introducing a new program called ER Teens. This project-based volunteer program enables teens aged 13-18, to make a difference in their local area and get involved in the environmental space.

When participating in the program, teens will connect with like-minded peers and network with professionals while building leadership skills like communication, problem-solving, and time management skills. They’ll be working with a mentor to design and lead an impactful environmental project in their community with the option to earn volunteer hours!

Registrations are currently being accepted for Summer 2023. Students can also learn more by going to the ER Teens website https://www.earthrangers.com/EN/CA/er-teens/

If you ask any parent what they want most for their child’s future, they will usually express some iteration of "I just want them to be happy." So let’s talk about happiness and what the implications are for becoming our best possible selves in the future. The longest running study on happiness out of Harvard has provided us with a powerful recipe. Dr. Robert Waldinger and his team have decades of data, both quantitative and qualitative, that suggest that a happy life is one filled with happy relationships. Happy relationships within our family, community, and friend groups, but also in our workplaces. The lessons from the Harvard study underscores that "having social connections is better for our health and well being—and conversely, loneliness kills. Second, having higher-quality close connections is more important for our well-being than the number of connections. Third, having good relationships is not only good for our bodies but also for our brains."

If we want to create holistic, impactful career education programs for schools, then we need to bring teachers along for the ride. Teachers are the ones on the front lines, talking to students and equipping them with the skills and knowledge they will need to succeed in their adult lives, which puts them in an unrivalled position to positively influence career development.

The problem many of us who work in this space face is that teachers are not the easiest bunch to reach. All teachers, regardless of what they teach, or where they teach it, have had a rough trot over the past few years, and are understandably reluctant to add to their workload or deliver another program (Pressley, 2021). The rise of standardized testing and additional data and accountability requirements on teachers, usually externally imposed, can also make them reluctant to consider new programs or adjustments to curriculum (Perryman & Calvert, 2020).

GAME BRAiN is a free presentation funded by the Ministry of Health which informs youth on the risks of gambling. GAME BRAiN will be available to all Ontario High Schools starting this fall. The GAME BRAiN presentation targets students in grades 9-12 and highlights the risks of gambling, how to avoid these risks and where to get help. Research has shown that youth are 2-4 times more likely to develop a gambling problem than adults, so it is important for youth to be aware of the realities of gambling, the risks involved and where to get help if need be. For more info on GAME BRAiN please click on the GAME BRAiN info sheet which includes a short video and booking form. To date, over 50,000 students across Ontario have found GAME BRAiN to be educational, engaging and a great way to learn about gambling risks.

If you would like to book a free GAME BRAiN presentation for your students, or get more information, please email Mary Davis, Senior Project Manager, RGC atmaryd@rgco.org.

OSCA/ACOSO is pleased to announce our 2023 Fall Conference Keynote Speakers:

Dr. James Makokis and Anthony Johnson

The Amazing Two Spirit Couple is on a mission to raise awareness to create equal access for LGBTQ2S & Indigenous populations. Their ability to blend their personal experiences with high-level expertise creates new foundations of understanding for the acceptance of individuals while empowering individuals to give them tools and strategies for how they can be a part of the solution through allyship and unity. In 2019, Dr Makokis competed alongside his husband Anthony Johnson as "Team Ahkameyimok" on the Amazing Race Canada and won, becoming the first two-spirit, Indigenous, married couple in the world to do so.