2016 George Braithwaite Scholarship Winner – Janet Lorimer

2016 George Braithwaite Scholarship Winner – Janet Lorimer

The winner of this year’s George Braithwaite Scholarship Award began her career in social services as a Service Coordinator, and shortly afterward became a Residential Manager overseeing 24hr. supervised ...

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2016 Gerry Sutton Scholarship Winner – Christina Hall

2016 Gerry Sutton Scholarship Winner – Christina Hall

The winner of the 2016 Gerry Sutton Scholarship has worked in the developmental services field for 25 years. She started her career working with children and families, and has progressed through many ...

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2016 Annie Oliver Award Winner – The Honourable John Baird

2016 Annie Oliver Award Winner – The Honourable John Baird

The Annie Oliver Award for Excellence, named after the founding President of OASIS, Annie Oliver, is awarded each year for outstanding contributions to the work of OASIS. This year’s ...

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Response to Ontario Government’s New Autism Plan

Response to Ontario Government’s New Autism Plan

RELEASE TORONTO (April 13, 2016) — The Ontario government has announced a new Ontario Autism Program which integrates Intensive Behavioural Intervention (IBI) and Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA) into one system. The new system, ...

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OASIS’ Four Pillars

OASIS’ Four Pillars

Materials for Members As noted in our October Newsletter, on October 20, 2015, OASIS held an information day at Queens Park that included a number of meetings throughout the day with Members ...

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OASIS Bi-Monthly Newsletter – February 2016

OASIS Bi-Monthly Newsletter – February 2016

OASIS Newsletter – February 2016 The OASIS newsletter is a bi-monthly newsletter keeping you up-to-date on our member agencies and the Ontarians they serve. This month’s edition includes: An update from ...

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OASIS Submission to the Ontario Ministry of Labour Steering Committee

OASIS Submission to the Ontario Ministry of Labour Steering Committee

Closing the Gender Wage Gap The Hidden Gendered Costs of Informal Caregiving Introduction OASIS wishes to thank the steering committee for meeting with our organization during the process of gathering ...

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2016 Pre-Budget Submission

2016 Pre-Budget Submission

OASIS has respectfully submitted the following to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs as part of the 2016 Pre-Budget Consultation process: Supporting documents: OASIS Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Survey ...

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