Vulnerable Occupancy Workshops in Mississauga!

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Vulnerable Occupancy workshops were recently hosted in Mississauga at the end of July.

These seminars were very informative and very easy to digest.  Monique & Laura were able to share and discuss real-life experiences similar to situations many of us have encountered.

If you have already attended one of these workshops, I suggest you try to.  And you don’t have to be an engineer to understand the message!

On hand to present a gift of appreciation were from left are:

OMFPOA Director Gary Lafromboise , OFM advisors, Laura Elchyshyn and Monique Belair, OMFPOA Director Karin Roskam