Successful completion of an education level equivalent to at least a two (2) year community diploma in Social Services or Child Care or one (1) year university or successful completion of the Ministry of Education School Attendance Counsellor's Certification Program which is deemed to be acceptable to O.A.C.A.S. (Please send proof with your application). The Certification Board must receive from your Superintendent or Supervisor (your immediate Supervisor), a letter verifying that you have served satisfactorily for at least two (2) years as an Attendance Counsellor.

If you were hired prior to March 25, 1970 you may qualify for certification under the grandfathering clause. Please Note: Part-time Attendance Counsellors are also eligible for O.A.C.A.S. certification.

Please send a letter applying for certification to:

Jennifer Johnston (jennifer_johnston@lakeheadschools.ca), Certification Chair

 

1978	Sally Field	Guelph
1979	Bill Hay	London
1980	Helen Desroches	Ottawa
1981	Harley Shaw and Frank Wren	Geneva Park
1982	Jack Shepherd	Kingston (RMC)
1983	Robert Cairns	Windsor
1984	No Recipient	Toronto
1985	Ed James and Mike Bennett	Hamilton
1986	Cliff Lehman	Peterborough
1987	Archie Collisimo	Sudbury
1988	Lillian Orban	Ottawa
1989	Joe Yurkiw	Collingwood
1990	Ted Green	London
1991	Shirley Byers	Oshawa
1992	Lynn Lambert	Kingston
1993	No Recipient	Sault Ste. Marie
1994	Malcolm Powell	Niagara Falls
1995	Shirley Mitchell	Collingwood
1996	Sylvie Wesley	Windsor
1997	Ron Blouin	Cornwall
1998	No Recipient	Etobicoke
1999	Norma Orazietti-Ironside	Waterloo
2000	Karen Munro	North Bay
2001	No Recipient
2002	Steve McCann	Barrie
2003	Glenn Purcell	Hamilton
2004	Joseph O'Connor	London
2005	Peter Maas	Etobicoke
2006	Suzanne Smith	Kingston
2007	Miriam Adams	Etobicoke
2008		Kings College
2009	Pearce Thomas	Collingwood
2010	Susan Bagnell	Ottawa
2011	Chris Herron	Toronto
2012	Kathy Lowery-King	Muskoka
2013	Gerry Chamberland	Renfrew
2014	Joanne Shaw	Belleville
2015	Margaret Tombolini Hamilton Wentworth	Niagara Falls
2016	Frances Gormley Waterloo Region	Niagara Falls
2017	Glenda Carleton Thunder Bay Catholic	Sudbury
2018	Giulia Picente  York Region	Niagara Falls
2019	Erin Fitzgerald  Near North	Niagara Falls