“CELEBRATING FEMALE TEACHER-COACHES” WEEK (NCCP Certification) OFSAA and the Coaching Association of Ontario, with financial support from the Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries are pleased to announce a partnership focused on female teacher-coaches within Ontario secondary schools. The purpose of the initiative will be to assist current teacher-coaches in obtaining NCCP certification and increase their knowledge of coaching and physical literacy skills. During the first week of March,…

CIAAA National Athletic Directors Conference Subsidy Click here to see the poster of presenters. OFSAA is pleased to announce that it will provide funding for 18 Ontario High School Athletic Directors to attend this year’s CIAAA National Athletic Directors Conference. This “Virtual” conference will be held from April 21 – 24. One athletic director from each Association will receive this support, and each association is encouraged to promote this event…

Due to the current pandemic situation, our President Nick Rowe announced that all OFSAA championships and festivals for the spring season have been cancelled. Despite this disappointing news, we wish to reiterate our continued support for sports and activity for the benefit of students’ physical and mental well-being. School sports play a vital role in education and in the lives of students, and while this announcement affects OFSAA events only,…

So we can’t easily meet in person these days, but there is a trendy new online spot to meet — The OFSAA CAFÉ. You might have heard that this virtual program on ZOOM encompasses a wide variety of sessions for both curricular and co-curricular programs geared towards high school educators. The aim of these casual 20 to 30 minute weekly online workshops is to increase participants’ knowledge in several areas of school sport, enlighten folks…

Information regarding this year’s Alumni Scholarship Award along with the updated application is available on our website at: https://www.ofsaa.on.ca/programs/scholarships/ofsaa-alumni Students from COSSA will be able to submit applications for this year’s scholarship awards by the deadline of April 15, 2021.  Could you please pass this information on to the individuals in your association that you feel will be able to distribute it to graduating students? Obviously, the selection committee will…