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Admin Attendance Training

January 16, 2025

Deadline is January 16, 2026

January 5, 2026

OACAS Coffee Chats

December 18, 2025

1 Hour Virtual Refresher Course- Members Only

December 12, 2025

Upcoming Coffee Chats

December 18, 2025

Save the Date - Conference 2026

October 14, 2025

Prolonged Absence Slide Deck- French

September 10, 2024

Prolonged Absence Slide Deck- English

September 10, 2024

Mental Health Branch Presentation PPM 169- An Overview for Attendance Counsellors

January 22, 2025

Addressing Lack of Attendance in Schools

November 19, 2024

Welcome Back - OACAS President Tammy Peplinski

September 25, 2025

CBC- Kids missing more school since pandemic

March 27, 2024

Toronto Star- School avoidance tied to mental health

February 18, 2023

CBC- Cellphone ban in Ontario classrooms start today

November 3, 2019

TVO Today- Why are more student avoiding school?

March 28, 2023

The Globe and Mail- Educators worry about absences as COVID-19 challenges continue for parents, students

May 4, 2021

Globe and Mail- Thunder Bay’s schools bring Indigenous stories into classes

October 28, 2019

Province Takes Action to Ensure Students Catch Up

October 20, 2022

OACAS Covid Update

April 15, 2020

Upcoming Webinar- Creative interventions to access and treat school refusal- September 30, 2025

OACAS 70 Years Certificate - MPP Simcoe-Grey

May 22, 2024

Conference 2023 Itinerary

May 31, 2023

OACAS 70 Years Certificate- MOE

May 24, 2024

Celebrating 70 Years Flyer

May 22, 2024

Memo to School Boards

October 20, 2022

Christine Riedel's Letter to School Boards French- September 10, 2021

September 10, 2021

Grants for Students Needs and Related Regulations French

April 20, 2022

Grants for Students Needs and Related Regulations

April 20, 2022

Covid Outbreak Factsheet

OACAS Conference 2023- Save the Date

May 31, 2023

Memo to Directors of Education French

May 27, 2021

Memo to Directors of Education

May 27, 2021

OACAS Conference 2023 Flyer

May 31, 2023

OACAS Media Release

April 2024

JPSA Executive Summary French

2023

Toronto Star Article Featuring Glenda Carleton

August 24, 2020

Christine Riedel's Letter to School Boards

September 10, 2021

Learning Recovery and Renewal Memo

May 4, 2021

Ministry of Education Board Interface

September 2, 2022

2022-2023 Grants for Student Needs

April 20, 2022

JPSA Executive Summary

2023

President's Christmas Message

December 17, 2019

Covid Update May 2020

May 14, 2020

Welcome Letter from President Erin Fitzgerald

OACAS Conference 2024- Save the Date

May 22, 2024

Key Messages Coalition Position Paper

OACAS Virtual Meeting Questions

Conference Flyer 2022

June 2, 2022

Regional Fall Newsletter 2020

September 2020

AGM Minutes Virtual Meeting

June 3, 2022

Conference 2022 Agenda

June 2, 2022

OACAS 2020 Welcome Back Letter

September 15, 2020

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