In partnership with Sci-Tech Ontario, the co-ordinating body for Ontario's science fairs, the OAML is engaged in a series of activities designed to encourage high school students to consider the medical laboratory sciences, as a potential career field.

The OAML Awards for Medical Laboratory Sciences recognize excellence in science fair exhibits in the field of medical laboratory sciences in Ontario. The awards are administered by Sci-Tech Ontario.

Our partnership with Sci-Tech is an important component of our Human Resources Program. To learn more about Ontario's thirty regional science fairs or how to develop a science project, visit Sci-Tech Ontario at www.scitechontario.org

OAML SCHOLARSHIPS

$1,000.00 scholarships/bursaries are available to assist Ontario students who have completed at leat one year in a full-time program leading to certifcation as an MLT or to a Bachelor's degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences. Five awards will be made in academic 2009 - 2010.   Application materials will be available online in September 2009.

OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE TO MLT STUDENTS

General scholarships and bursaries are available to MLT students through the awards programs of colleges and universities.  Scholarships and bursaries that are available only to MLT students include the following:

Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science

CSMLS has seven $500.00 scholarships available for MLT students in the current year. Information can be found at www.csmls.org.

Michener Institute

Michener Institute, Toronto, has available five scholarships for MLT students in each academic year. These are:

Kay Boyington Medical Laboratory Scholarship ($500.00)

MacDonald Sutton Medical Laboratory Science Scholarship ($500.00)

MDS Laboratory Services Inc. Medical Laboratory Scholarship ($500.00, two available each year in the second year of the program)

Gamma-Dynacare Medical Laboratory Science Award ($1,000.00 available to a student enrolled in the second year of the Medical Laboratory Science Program)

For further information contact the Michener Institute.

Cambrian College

Cambrian College, Sudbury, has available three $1,000 awards, the MDS Laboratory Services Inc. - Medical Laboratory Science Awards.  The awards are available to students enrolled in the first and second years  of the Medical Laboratory Technology Program at Cambrian College.  Application is through Cambrian College, using the Cambrian College Scholarship, Bursary & Award application form (Application A).  Selection criteria and further information are available from Cambrian College.

St. Clair College

St. Clair College, Windsor, has available six scholarships for students in the medical laboratory sciences:

Agnes Baillargeon Memorial Scholarship (x2) to a second or third year Medical Laboratory Science student ($900.00)

Denise Kennedy Memorial Scholarship (1) to a medical laboratory sciences student ($500.00) 

Ilaine Matuscin Memorial Scholarship (1) is a faculty-selected award for a Year II medical laboratory sciences student proficient in transfusion science ($500.00)

Dr. Kenneth M. Schneider Scholarship (1) given to a medical laboratory science student ($500.00 )

Gamma-Dynacare Medical Laboratory Science Award ($1,000.00 available to a student enrolled in the second year of the Medical Laboratory Science Program)  

Selection criteria and further information are available from St. ClairCollege.

St. Lawrence College

Gamma-Dynacare Medical Laboratories Bursary ($1,000.00 available to a student enrolled in the second year of the Medical Laboratory Sciences Program).  Selection criteria and further information are available from St. Lawrence College

INFORMATION FOR INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGISTS
Registration and Certification Process for Internationally Trained Medical Laboratory Technologists (MLT's) in Ontario

The College of Medical Laboratory Technologists of Ontario (CMLTO) is the registering body for MLT's. To work as an MLT in Ontario, internationally trained MLT's will need to have their language, education and experience assessed for equivalency to Ontario Standards. This assessment is called a prior learning assessment (PLA).

CMLTO has contracted the Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science (CSMLS) to perform the PLA function in conjunction with a firm called the International Credential Evaluation Services (ICES). If your training was taken in a language other than English or French, you must have your language proficiency tested by either TOEFL or CanTEST.

To download the CSMLS Information Handbook, go to www.csmls.org and click on International Technologists. Once the CSMLS confirms equivalency to a Canadian accredited program, an applicant may apply to write the CSMLS national certification examination. After passing the examination, an applicant may apply to the CMLTO for practising membership in order to work in Ontario.

it is sometimes necessary for an applicant to enrol in a bridging program to fill any gaps in education that are needed to fulfil Canadian equivalency requirements. The bridge program also offers to the applicant the opportunity for clinical practice.

CMLTO and the MInistry of Training, Colleges and Universities have developed materials to answer your questions.  Link to the CMLTO Fact Sheet here.

CMLTO has a career map that may be very useful to international technologists. It succinctly outlines the steps that have to be taken to achieve certification and registration in Ontario. To obtain this document, please click on the following link:  CMLTO Career Map

Contact information:

CMLTO 36 Toronto Street Suite 950 Toronto, ON M5J 2C5 www.cmlto.com Tel: (416) 861-9605 Application assessment fee: $160.50		TOEFL (English/French proficiency) PO Box 6151, Princeton, New Jersey, 08541 Tel: (609) 771-7100 www.toefl.org Fee: $100.00, minimum score is 550
CanTEST 600 King Edward Avenue, Room 114 Ottawa ON K1N 6N5 (613) 562-5743 www.cantest.uottawa.ca/ A band level 4 pass score is required. Fee: $105.00		Education Assessment: International Credential Evaluation Services (ICES) 3700 Willingdon Avenue Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2 Tel: (604) 432-8800 www.bcit.ca/ices Fee: $200.00
CSMLS P.O. Box 2830, LCD 1 Hamilton, ON L8N 3N8 Tel: (905) 528-8642 Fax: (905) 528-4968 www.csmls.org click on International Technologist