An Important Message from the OOA

Tuesday, November 26 2024 | 10 h 07 min | News

As we move closer to 2025, the Ontario Opticians Association and the Opticians Association of Canada will discontinue the blended membership program. 

In light of changes being made to how Ontario Members could access services in 2025, your executive board has determined that it would not be in the best interest of Ontario to continue the partnership with the OAC in its current form. 

The Ontario Opticians Association has been working on behalf of Ontario Opticians for 78 years as advocates, ambassadors and continuing education providers. 

As both Associations are dedicated to furthering the profession through advocacy on behalf of Opticians, the OOA will continue to do so on the provincial level and the OAC will focus on the federal level. 

As we move forward as your Provincial association we confirm our commitment to our members to always work in the best interest of all Opticians living and working in Ontario.

To maintain the integrity of the OOA, we will be adding new initiatives to bridge the gap between the services that were provided by the OAC to OOA members. We will continue to offer In person conferences and trade shows throughout Ontario, with discounts for early bird tickets, and the OOAcademy for asynchronous CE. We will continue to offer Venngo MemberPerks as a member benefit for your everyday purchases.

Beginning in 2025 we will be adding more webinars for members of the OOA in a series we call OOAccess. The most important change for our members is that The Ontario Opticians Association will be issuing Professional Liability Insurance directly from our Ontario office. We will continue our partnership exclusively with Brokerlink as our PLI provider to ensure that our members have what they need to maintain their license in Ontario.

The OOA feels that because you are receiving membership to your Provincial Association only in 2025 that our prices should reflect this change. Beginning this year, our price will be $100 + HST per year. This price includes all of the benefits listed above and includes $1,000,000 PLI.

For those who have already joined the OOA for 2025, we are in the process of issuing partial refunds to reflect the new price.

The Ontario Opticians Association thanks you for continued support and we look forward to continuing to serve the Opticians in Ontario.

Sincerely, 

Jennifer Wicks RO
Executive Director
The Ontario Opticians Association

Source : Ontario Opticians Association

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