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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