{"id":1141,"date":"2024-02-20T20:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T01:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-coto.pantheonsite.io\/uncategorized\/board-elections-update-district-voting-now-open\/"},"modified":"2025-01-16T15:18:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T20:18:33","slug":"board-elections-update-district-voting-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/board-news\/board-elections-update-district-voting-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Board Elections Update &#8211; District 3 Voting Now Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Board of Directors sets the strategy for the College and makes decisions to ensure the public receives ethical, competent care from Ontario\u2019s occupational therapists.<\/p>\n<p>Involvement on the Board provides registrants and members of the public with rewarding opportunities to contribute to both public protection and the future of the occupational therapy profession.<\/p>\n<h2>District 3<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Voting in the District 3 by-election opens Tuesday, February 20, 2024. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Registrants who are eligible to vote in District 3 will receive an electronic ballot to the email on file with the College.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to announcing the results<br \/>in March and thank you in advance for your participation.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8217c53c wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#e1f1fd;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">\n<p><strong>Please note:&nbsp;<\/strong>In March 2023, COTO reduced the electoral districts from six to three.&nbsp;This redistribution ensures geographical diversity and creates a more equal number of occupational therapists in each district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>District 1 is composed of Toronto and Mississauga.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>District 2 is composed of the west part of Ontario and northwest to Thunder Bay.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>District 3 is composed of the areas east of Toronto to Ottawa and northeast.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Your district may have changed. Review the<\/strong> <a href=\"[f669d9a7-009d-4d83-ddaa-000000000002]ded5367c-41ee-6436-8e92-ff000015ec13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">descriptions of each district<\/a>&nbsp;<strong>to see if your area is up for election.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have questions about the election ballot, please contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:elections@coto.org\">elections@coto.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>View additional information about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/about\/who-we-are\/elections\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">College elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Board of Directors sets the strategy for the College and makes decisions to ensure the public receives ethical, competent care from Ontario\u2019s occupational therapists. Involvement on the Board provides registrants and members of the public with rewarding opportunities to contribute to both public protection and the future of the occupational therapy profession. 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