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Mental Health Forum

Register now to join us for our Virtual Mental Health Forum on October 21-22. Our two-day program focuses on building resilience and supporting clients' complex needs through difficult and uncertain times.

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Virtual Training

Register now for upcoming virtual training opportunities to build your skills in areas like managing through change, handling and resolving difficult conversations, managing depression and anxiety, building resiliency and more.

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Annual Report

In 2019, OMSSA laid the building blocks to be nimble, flexible and responsive for our members in 2020. Read our Annual Report for highlights and key accomplishments from 2019.

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Job Board

Find your next great candidate or your next opportunity on OMSSA's Human Services Job Board, with new postings from across Ontario added every week.

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New Virtual Training

Register now for fall/winter virtual training opportunities, with courses on resolving difficult conversations, managing through change, building resiliency, understanding depression and anxiety and more.

Customized SAMS Training

Struggling with SAMS? OMSSA can work with to develop, customize and deliver a SAMS training plan for you and your team, in virtual or in-person formats.

Mental Health Forum: Program and Registration Now Available

Program details and registration are now available for OMSSA's Virtual Mental Health Forum, happening October 21-22, 2020.

OMSSA's 2019 Annual Report

OMSSA’s 2019 Annual Report is now available. Have a look to learn about key milestones and accomplishments from 2019.

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Coming Up

Sep

OMSSA's 2020 Virtual Annual General Meeting

OMSSA's 2020 Annual General Meeting will be an opportunity to hear from OMSSA’s Board and Executive Director on 2019 accomplishments, and to hear from the...

Oct

21-22

2020 Virtual Mental Health Forum

OMSSA’s 2020 Virtual Mental Health Forum will focus on building the skills and understanding to bolster resiliency and self-care for those working in...

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Policy Updates

Province Launches Webpage to Report and Track COVID-19 Cases in Schools and Child Care Centres

The Province launched a dedicated webpage to report on and track COVID-19 cases in schools and child care centres. Access it here.

New Funding under Canada-Ontario Early Learning and Child Care Agreement

The provincial and federal governments announced nearly $147 million in new joint funding to support reopening and offset costs linked to COVID-19 for licensed child care providers and EarlyON child and family centres. Read more in the Province's news release.

Read OMSSA's Submission: Ontario's Five-Year Review of the Child Care and Early Years Act

After consultation with members, OMSSA shared priorities and recommendations with Ontario's Minister of Education Stephen Lecce on the Province's five-year review of the Child Care and Early Years Act. Read it here (PDF).

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