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The Ontario Association of Child and Youth Care (OACYC), in partnership with Lambton College's 3-year Advanced Child and Youth Care Diploma Program and Sarnia-Lambton Rebound, invites practitioners, students, educators, researchers, leaders, community partners, and community members to submit proposals for the 2027 OACYC Provincial Conference: Moments Matter, to be held at Four Points by Sheraton in Sarnia-Lambton, Ontario. Please visit our conference web site for more details. Questions? Please contact the OACYC Conference Committee: conference@oacyc.org

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Leadership in relational contexts requires sustained commitment. Building teams, developing morale, addressing workforce turnover, mentoring through example, and safeguarding relational values are ongoing and intentional tasks. As we become more experienced as practitioners and leaders, it is ever more apparent that there is a growing responsibility to ensure that hard-earned relational learning is: - Preserved - Remembered - Adapted - Reimagined - Carried forward by emerging generations. UNITY 2026 seeks to explore how we remain rooted in relational practice while rising into relational leadership. We invite presenters to submit proposals that align with the theme of Relational Leadership Practices. We welcome a broad spectrum of contributions, including: - Research - Practice-based presentations - Workshops (interactive and experiential) - Panel discussions - Storytelling and narrative approaches - Innovative leadership models - Case studies - Reflective or theoretical explorations. Consideration will be given to any proposal that meaningfully engages with relational leadership.