Licence Holder Meeting
2025 Annual Licence Holder Meeting
This year marked ESA’s 20th Annual Licence Holder Meeting — a milestone celebrating two decades of collaboration, innovation and safety leadership made possible by Ontario’s licence holder community.
The meeting was held on Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Agenda Highlights
- COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGNS: Hear the creative, data-informed ways we are educating and empowering consumers on the value of hiring licensed professionals.
- DIRECTOR OF LICENSING: Get a review of the past fiscal year and a preview of our strategic direction, aimed at evolving service delivery and fostering compliance.
- UNDERGROUND ECONOMY: Learn how we are using data-driven approaches to identify and disrupt unlicensed activity.
- LICENSING PLATFORM: Find out more about our digital transformation and the new licensing self-serve platform.
- Q&A SESSION: Submitted questions answered by our technical experts.
- KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Insights from Candice White, CEO & Registrar at STO, on the future of skilled trades.
Video: Watch a recording of the 2025 Licence Holder Meeting.
2024 Licence Holder Meeting
The 2024 virtual meeting was held on Wednesday, November 20, 2024
- Keynote Address from Dr. Stephanie Mason, Interim Medical Director and Burn & General Surgeon at Sunnybrook’s Ross Tilley Burn Centre
- Meeting Highlights
- Developments in Licensing, Operations, and Communications
- Key findings from the Ontario Electrical Safety Report (OESR)
- Overview of efforts to monitor compliance and the underground economy
- 2024 OESC and what it means for you
- Technical Q&A focused on emerging technologies and industry topics
Video: Watch a recording of the 2024 Licence Holder Meeting