How do I create a HOSA chapter at my school?

Students will be registering and paying for the conference individually on shop.hosacanada.org. 

Each school still must have at least five registered members to be considered a chapter. If the chapter does not have at least five members, the students will be added to our “at-large” chapter. Students part of the “at-large” chapter cannot participate in team events. Students cannot pair up with members for team events that are not from the same chapter. Therefore, it is encouraged to still have at least five members per chapter to allow students to participate in team-based competitive events.

For schools with an established chapter, we require the following details:

1. Chapter Advisor Information: Please create an account on shop.hosacanada.org, and select your membership type as teacher. Make sure to input an email, phone number and your school name. This will allow us to send you emails for chapter logistics.

2. Chapter President Information: When you create an account on shop.hosacanada.org, make sure to check off the box that asks if you are the chapter president. If you already have an account, simply login, click the person icon at the top right, click edit account, and check off the box. We may email you sometime in the future asking for proof that you are indeed the chapter president.

IMPORTANT: Please complete the above steps by November 11 at 11:59 pm. The chapter presidents and advisors need to be contacted after this date to help register students on our testing platform for FLC, and if you do not provide this information we cannot register your students. 

If you are not a part of your school's chapter:

1. On shop.hosacanada.org, select no when asked if you are part of your school's HOSA chapter, on your account details. Please complete this by November 11 at 11:59 pm. 

2. You must have a parent/guardian accompanying you to SLC in May 2023.