Staying Connected

Learn about the Ontario Professional Hairstylist Association’s hairstylist mentorship program.

The Ontario Professional Hairstylist Association (OPHA) has launched OPHA Connect, a free online mentoring program to provide education for mentors, students, apprentices and employers, with learning modules designed to streamline the hairstyling certification process. In partnership with Ontario’s Skills Development Fund, OPHA Connect supports more than 35,000 hairstylists across the province with its online resource platform and is working toward a goal of delivering the program to at least 750 candidates in hopes of supporting the next generation of hairstylists.

In Ontario, hairstyling is a compulsory skilled trade that requires government licensing and apprenticeships that include both in-salon and school education training. With OPHA Connect, its mission is to make it easier to navigate the hairstylist apprentice program.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT OPH-ASSOCIATION.COM/JOIN.