About Us
​Vision: A generation of empowered students driving change for safer roads.
Mission: To empower students to influence change in unsafe driving behaviours, through awareness, peer engagement, and education for the next generation.
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Volunteers
• 300+ student leaders
• 8 Youth Advisory Team Members
• 20+ School Chapters and Staff Advisors
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Pillars: Education. Leadership. Change.
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OSAID's Value Statement:
Ontario Students Against Impaired Driving (OSAID) envisions a future where empowered students lead the charge in transforming road safety in their communities. Our vision is rooted in the belief that students have the passion, creativity, and leadership to drive meaningful change.
Motor vehicle crashes remain the leading cause of death and injury among youth aged 15 to 24 in Canada - a devastating reality that drives OSAID’s work. We believe that these avoidable deaths and injuries on our roads can be prevented when students are equipped with the tools and knowledge to make informed decisions and influence their peers and
communities.
Guided by our core pillars - Education, Leadership, and Change - OSAID is committed to fostering a culture of responsibility and awareness that mobilizes a generation to create a movement that reduces unsafe
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OSAID's History
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Throughout OSAID’s history, hundreds of schools have set up chapters across Ontario and countless lives have been positively impacted by the student driven work of OSAID. Since 1987, OSAID has empowered students to lead the fight against impaired driving. What began with a small group of passionate students, educators, and police officers grew into a province-wide movement, reaching over 500 school chapters by the mid-1990s and hosting 28 provincial and 5 national youth road safety conferences.
Today, due to the pandemic and changes in priorities at the school level, OSAID sits at over 20 chapters in Ontario, with 300 student volunteers engaging with approx. 15,000 peers. The Board of Directors and Provincial Coordinator act as a support hub for OSAID groups and activities, providing support, resources and motivation to volunteers raising awareness around the issues of impaired and distracted driving.
Recent successes include our annual Students Against Impaired Driving Day or SAID Day (winner of the 2023 Initiative of the Year Award at the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario Road Safety Achievement Awards). Hosted on , the Thursday before the May long weekend, this event encourages schools, businesses, and community organizations to proclaim, promote and participate in reducing the tragedies caused by impaired and distracted
driving.
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For more information about OSAID or our programs, please contact us at: info@osaid.ca