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Seminar recaps, volunteer calls, scholarship news and what the COLS family is up to, straight from the people who make it happen.

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We've rebuilt cols.ca. It's easier to use on a phone, simpler to find your way around, and built to be accessible. This is what changed.

Scholarship

April 20, 2026

Volunteering

November 23, 2025

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CommunityOctober 17, 2026

Welcome to the new cols.ca

We've rebuilt cols.ca. It's easier to use on a phone, simpler to find your way around, and built to be accessible. This is what changed.
ScholarshipApril 20, 2026

Applications for the 2026 Memorial Scholarship are now available

COLS is happy to announce the release of the application form for the 2026 Memorial Scholarship.

VolunteeringNovember 23, 2025

We’re looking for COLS 2026 volunteers

The Seminar Planning Committee is looking for the next group of volunteers to help lead the seminar.
CommunityNovember 9, 2025

Timmins Leadership Lab

Timmins Youth Connect and COLS are proud to present the Timmins Leadership Lab.
ScholarshipApril 21, 2025

Applications for the 2025 Memorial Scholarship are now available

The application form for the 2025 Memorial Scholarship is out now.

VolunteeringDecember 10, 2024

We’re looking for COLS 2025 volunteers

The Seminar Planning Committee is looking for volunteers to help lead the 2025 seminar.
SeminarOctober 17, 2024

Meet your new Seminar Chairs for COLS 2025

The Board of Directors is proud to announce that Allie Moore and Ayush Mehta have been named Seminar Chairs.
VolunteeringAugust 18, 2024

Join a COLS 2025 Planning Committee

Interested in joining one or more of our committees to help plan and support the 2025 seminar?
ScholarshipApril 30, 2024

Applications for the 2024 Memorial Scholarship are now available

The application form for the 2024 Memorial Scholarship is out now.

SeminarAugust 13, 2023

Unwrapping COLS 2023

Back in person for the first time since 2019 and, for the first time in 15 years, in a brand-new home at the University of Guelph.
ScholarshipApril 24, 2023

Applications for the 2023 Memorial Scholarship are now available

The application form for the 2023 Memorial Scholarship is out now.

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