{"id":19646,"date":"2026-06-28T07:35:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T11:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hosacanada.org\/home\/?page_id=19646"},"modified":"2026-07-07T09:43:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:43:02","slug":"2026-2027-conferences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hosacanada.org\/home\/2026-2027-conferences\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 &#8211; 2027 Conferences"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2026-2027 Conferences<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom\" style=\"height:32px\"><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs layout_ver navwidth_auto navpos_left style_default switch_click toggle_style_1 has_scrolling\" style=\"--sections-title-size:1em;\"><div class=\"w-tabs-list items_3 align_none\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\"><div class=\"w-tabs-list-h\"><button class=\"w-tabs-item active\" aria-controls=\"content-flc-2026\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span class=\"w-tabs-item-title\">Fall Leadership Conference (FLC)<\/span><\/button><button class=\"w-tabs-item\" aria-controls=\"content-slc-2027\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span class=\"w-tabs-item-title\">Spring Leadership Conference (SLC)<\/span><\/button><button class=\"w-tabs-item\" aria-controls=\"content-vslc-2027\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span class=\"w-tabs-item-title\">Virtual Conference (vSLC)<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-sections titles-align_none icon_chevron cpos_right\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section active\" id=\"flc-2026\"><button class=\"w-tabs-section-header active\" aria-controls=\"content-flc-2026\" aria-expanded=\"true\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">Fall Leadership Conference (FLC)<\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-flc-2026\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3>Fall Leadership Conference (FLC)<\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">FLC 2026 will be taking place online from <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">November 15 &#8211; 22, 2026<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">FLC provides an opportunity for members to see where they stand amongst their peers and practice for our main conference, SLC. While everyone is encouraged to participate, FLC is not a qualifier for SLC or ILC. As such, the conference will host only written tests and facilitate submissions\/presentations for submission-based events. For any procedural or debate events (including HOSA Bowl), Round 2 will not be conducted at FLC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Only students who have paid the registration fee can attend the conference. The last day to add new students through the chapter registration portal is <strong>October 26, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET<\/strong>. The last day to register, pay, and change your event\/teammate information is <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">October 29, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Late registrations or event changes will not be accepted. You must have the correct number of registered and paid teammates to compete in a team event. Students who do not register with a sufficient number of teammates will be switched to a random individual event.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559731&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The submission deadline for events that require a submission is <strong>October 30, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET<\/strong>. Late submissions will not be accepted.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section\" id=\"slc-2027\"><button class=\"w-tabs-section-header\" aria-controls=\"content-slc-2027\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">Spring Leadership Conference (SLC)<\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-slc-2027\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3>Spring Leadership Conference (SLC)<\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">SLC 2027 will be held in-person at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre North Building from <b>March 1 &#8211; 3, 2027<\/b>. This in-person conference is only available for secondary\/high school competitors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>SLC is a national competition where students compete in an event of their choice. The top three competitors\/teams in each event will be offered the opportunity to compete at the International Leadership Conference (ILC).<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Only students who have paid the registration fee can attend the conference. The last day to add new students through the chapter registration portal is <strong>January 18, 2027 at 11:59 PM ET<\/strong>. The last day for students to register, change events, and teammate information is <strong>January 21, 2027 at 11:59 PM ET<\/strong>. You must have the correct number of registered and paid teammates to compete in a team event. Students who do not register with a sufficient number of teammates will be switched to a random individual event.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The submission deadline for events that require a submission is <strong>January 22, 2027 at 11:59 PM ET<\/strong>. Late submissions will not be accepted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IMPORTANT:\u00a0<\/strong>The chapter registration portal shows the events the students will be competing in based on the information they provided during registration. If any of this looks incorrect, please reach out to your students before the deadline.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section\" id=\"vslc-2027\"><button class=\"w-tabs-section-header\" aria-controls=\"content-vslc-2027\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">Virtual Conference (vSLC)<\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-vslc-2027\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3>Virtual Spring Leadership Conference (vSLC)<\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">vSLC 2027 will be taking place online from <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">March 1 &#8211; 7, 2027<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><b>HOSA Canada <\/b><b>Competitive Events<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>NGL\/ATC Events<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Eligible Students<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Post-Secondary\/University Students<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All Registered HOSA Canada students (Secondary and Post-Secondary).<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Ranking<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Top 10 rankings will be provided and qualifying students are invited to participate in ILC. Medals can be shipped to competitors (for a fee).\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Top 10 rankings will be provided and qualifying students are invited to participate in ILC.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Only students who have paid the registration fee can attend the conference. The last day to register, pay, and change your event\/teammate information is <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">January 21, 2027 at 11:59 PM ET<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Late registrations or event changes will not be accepted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Competitive Events (Post-Secondary\/University Students Only)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Competitive Events at the virtual conference is <em>COMPETING<\/em> and <em>RANKING<\/em> and will include written tests for all applicable events and submissions\/live Round 2 presentations for all submission-based events. <span data-contrast=\"auto\">For any procedural or debate events (including HOSA Bowl), Round 2 will not be conducted at vSLC.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The top three post-secondary competitors\/teams from each Competitive Event will be offered the opportunity to compete at the International Leadership Conference (ILC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The submission deadline for events that require a submission is <strong>January 22, 2027 at 11:59 PM ET<\/strong>. Late submissions will not be accepted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NGL\/Cengage Academic Testing Centre (ATC) Exams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This virtual conference will also include <em>COMPETING<\/em> and <em>RANKING<\/em> exams for all NGL\/Cengage Academic Testing Centre (ATC) Exams offered by HOSA Canada. These events only involve an online written test.<\/p>\n<p>The top three competitors from each ATC Exam will be offered the opportunity to compete at the International Leadership Conference (ILC).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-2027 Conferences Fall Leadership Conference (FLC)Spring Leadership Conference (SLC)Virtual Conference (vSLC)Fall Leadership Conference (FLC)Fall Leadership Conference (FLC) FLC 2026 will be taking place online from November 15 &#8211; 22, 2026. 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