{"id":606,"date":"2013-05-13T13:54:31","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T13:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebarbercentre.ca\/site\/?page_id=606"},"modified":"2020-05-02T18:11:18","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T18:11:18","slug":"sign-petition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thebarbercentre.ca\/site\/sign-petition\/","title":{"rendered":"Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The OBA has gone through a wealth of advocacy and lobbying the Ministry to effectively recognize professionals across Ontario, see for yourself.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Visit Change Dot Org and see how Ontario Barbers made CHANGE...\" href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/ministry-of-training-colleges-and-universities-recognize-barbers-hair-types-separate-from-hairstylist-in-canada\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"586\" height=\"342\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-643\" title=\"petition\" src=\"http:\/\/thebarbercentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/petition.gif\" alt=\"&quot;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebarbercentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/petition.gif 586w, https:\/\/thebarbercentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/petition-300x175.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Visit Change Dot Org to add your signature now...\" href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/ministry-of-training-colleges-and-universities-recognize-barbers-hair-types-separate-from-hairstylist-in-canada\">Visit our signatures and the support of Ontario Barbers and others\u00a0&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank You.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"ar-title\">Hamilton barber says province\u2019s rules need a makeover<\/h3>\n<p>For the past 15 years, Hamilton barber Sean Gibson has been advocating to the province to recognize barbering as a distinct trade. Right now, all barbers need to get a hairdressers license&#8230;.<a title=\"Read More\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news-story\/8756093-hamilton-barber-says-province-s-rules-need-a-makeover\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Bill PR44, Ontario Barber Association Act, 2011<\/h3>\n<p>The Ontario Barber Association has applied for special legislation to enable it to govern and discipline its members and to grant to its members the exclusive right to use the designations &#8220;registered student barber&#8221;, &#8220;registered apprentice barber&#8221;&#8230;.<a title=\"Read More\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ola.org\/en\/legislative-business\/bills\/parliament-39\/session-2\/bill-pr44\/debates\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Ontario barbers forced to learn women&#8217;s styling techniques<\/h3>\n<p>Barbers in Ontario are facing the prospect of being forced back to school to learn how to do things like highlights and perms, some of them after decades of experience cutting men&#8217;s hair&#8230;.<a title=\"Read More\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\/ontario-barbers-forced-to-learn-women-s-styling-techniques-1.2326264\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>As it happens CBC &#8211; On Barber<\/h3>\n<p>Frank Olsynko has been a barber for 45 years. And like his father before him, he cuts men&#8217;s hair, and shaves men&#8217;s faces. But now Mr. Olysnko will have to learn to do the same for women too&#8230;.<a title=\"Listen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/asithappens\/popupaudio.html?clipIds=2415894810\">Audio Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Urban Barber Sean Gibson<\/h3>\n<p>Sean Gibson demonstrates the techniques used in an urban barber shop&#8230;.<a title=\"Watch Video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FpUoFVe4HaE\">YouTube Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>They\u2019re not comfortable cutting African hair<\/h3>\n<p>All Sean Gibson wants is to walk into a barber shop and find that the barber knows how to cut his hair&#8230;..<a title=\"Read More\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news-story\/3878610--they-re-not-comfortable-cutting-african-hair-\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Councillor Josh Colle wants to scrap a bylaw requiring barbers to hold a provincial hairstylist certificate<\/h3>\n<p>Toronto Councillor Josh Colle thinks a city bylaw, which requires barbers to have a provincial hairstylist certificate, should be trimmed back&#8230;&#8230;<a title=\"Read More\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2012\/07\/04\/councillor_josh_colle_wants_to_scrap_a_bylaw_requiring_barbers_to_hold_a_provincial_hairstylist_certificate.html\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Barber cut off from setting up shop in Dryden<\/h3>\n<p>A local barber whose business proposal didn\u2019t make the cut with the City of Dryden is shearing in Sioux Lookout.<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Szachury feels abandoned by the city after he trained with the Ontario Barber\u2019s Association to open a barbershop in Dryden and was denied a business license&#8230;&#8230;.<a title=\"Read More\" href=\"http:\/\/thedrydenobserver.ca\/2013\/03\/barber-cut-off-from-setting-up-shop-in-dryden\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The OBA has gone through a wealth of advocacy and lobbying the Ministry to effectively recognize professionals across Ontario, see for yourself. 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