Conferences
Upcoming Conferences
These conferences offer valuable opportunities for professional development, networking and knowledge exchange with colleagues from across Ontario, with key updates on relevant emerging trends and policy developments.
Conference Archives
2025 Exchange Conference
2025 Exchange ConferenceOMSSA hosted more than 400 people from the human services, health, child care, and public services for our in-person 2025 Exchange Conference held on May 13th and 14th in Toronto, Ontario. Thank you to all of those who presented, moderated,...
2024 Policy Conference
2024 Policy Conference OMSSA hosted over 370 human and public services leaders from across Ontario for our in-person 2024 Policy Conference held on December 4th and 5th in Toronto, Ontario. Thank you to all of those who presented, moderated, attended, engaged, and...
2024 Virtual Forum
2024 OMSSA Forum Strengthening Our Foundation: The Current and Future State of Community Safety and Well-BeingOMSSA hosted more than 170 people from across Ontario for our 2024 Virtual Forum held on September 24th and 25th. Thank you to all of those who presented,...
2024 Exchange Conference
2024 Exchange ConferenceOMSSA hosted more than 400 people from the human services, health, child care, and public services for our in-person 2024 Exchange Conference held on May 7th and 8th in Toronto, Ontario. Thank you to all of those who presented, moderated,...
2023 Policy Conference
2023 Policy Conference OMSSA hosted 360 human and public services leaders from across Ontario for our in-person 2023 Policy Conference held on November 30th and December 1st in Toronto, Ontario. Thank you to all of those who presented, moderated, attended, engaged,...
2023 OMSSA Forum
2023 OMSSA Forum Exploring Human Services: Practices from Near and FarOMSSA hosted more than 360 people from across Ontario for our 2023 Forum held on September 26th and 27th. Thank you to all of those who presented, moderated, attended, engaged, and helped make the...
2023 Exchange Conference
2023 Exchange ConferenceOMSSA hosted more than 330 people from the human services, health, child care, and public services for our in-person 2023 Exchange Conference held on May 9th and 10th in Ottawa, Ontario. Thank you to all of those who presented, moderated,...
2022 Policy Conference
2022 Policy ConferenceOMSSA hosted more than 270 human and public services leaders from across Ontario for our in-person 2022 Policy Conference held on December 7th and 8th in Toronto, Ontario. Thank you to all of those who presented, moderated, attended, engaged,...
2022 OMSSA Forum
2022 OMSSA ForumOMSSA hosted more than 330 people from their homes and offices across Ontario and beyond for our 2022 OMSSA Forum. OMSSA‘s 2022 Forum focused on the issue of workplace mental health and the types of changes affecting human services workplaces. Over two...
2022 Exchange Conference
2022 Exchange ConferenceOMSSA hosted more than 620 people from their homes and offices across Ontario and beyond for our 2022 OMSSA Exchange Conference. Over three mornings, we heard insights into issues like: Transformation leadership National child care service...
2021 Policy Conference
2021 Policy ConferenceOMSSA hosted more than 330 human and public services leaders from across Ontario for our 2021 Policy Conference on November 30th, December 1st and 2nd. Thank you to all of those who presented, attended, engaged, and helped make the Conference a...
2021 Defining Pathways to Reconciliation Forum
2021 Defining Pathways to Reconciliation ForumOMSSA hosted more than 350 people from their homes and offices across Ontario and beyond for our 2021 Defining Pathways to Reconciliation Forum. Thank you to all of those who presented, attended, engaged, and helped make...
2021 Exchange Conference
2021 Exchange ConferenceOMSSA hosted more than 670 people from their homes and offices across Ontario and beyond at our 2021 OMSSA Exchange Conference. Over four mornings, our 2021 conference focused on how human services is innovating in response to the COVID-19...
2020 Policy Conference
2020 Virtual Policy ConferenceMessage from OMSSA's President 2020 has presented immense challenges for Ontario’s human services providers, and the clients and communities they support. But these challenging times have also given rise to a shared sense of clarity,...
2020 Virtual Mental Health Forum
2020 Virtual Mental Health ForumOMSSA hosted more than 750 people from their homes and offices across Ontario and beyond at our first-ever virtual Mental Health Forum. The two-day virtual event focused on building skills and understanding to bolster resiliency and...
2019 Policy Conference
2019 Policy ConferenceThank you to the more than 250 delegates who joined us from across the Province for our sold out two-day conference. With a theme of Shifting Gears, our 2019 conference enabled human services leaders, provincial leaders, policy-makers and subject...
2019 Employment Forum
2019 Employment ForumThank you to the 225+ delegates from across Ontario who attended our two-day Employment Forum. With a focus on life stabilization and pre-employment, the forum was a unique and valuable professional development and networking opportunity for...
2019 Mental Health Forum
2019 Mental Health ForumThank you to the 200+ delegates from across Ontario who attended our first ever Mental Health Forum, a cross-sectoral event that highlighted best practices leading to positive outcomes, equipping managers and frontline staff with the knowledge,...
2018 Integration Forum
Integration ForumThank you to everyone who attended OMSSA's 2018 Integration Forum! The one-day forum highlighted examples, insights and lessons learned from across the sector as Service System Managers further their efforts towards human services integration....
2018 Employment Forum
Employment ForumMoving Clients Forward in a Modern AgeThank you to everyone who attended OMSSA's 2018 Employment Forum! Hosted in partnership the Association of Municipal Employment Services (AMES), the forum brought together innovators, experts and experienced...
2018 Children’s Services Forum
Children's Services ForumThank you to everyone who attended OMSSA's 2018 Children's Services Forum
2018 Housing Forum
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