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  • Meet Our Members
    • Jordan Durocher, Township of Whitewater Region
    • Mark Reinert, Town of Petawawa
    • Becky Westman, Township of Perth East
    • Brad Putnam, City of Peterborough
    • Cathy Seguin, City of North Bay (Retired)
    • Amy Gangl, Municipality of North Perth
    • C. Earle Moore, City of Brockville
    • Luke Gonzalez, John Nike Leisuresport, UK
    • Ian Andresen, City of Kawartha Lakes
    • Art Johnston, City of London
    • Terry Vachon, Clearview Township
    • Sheree Brame, Norfolk County
    • Kevin Gale, Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury
    • Jim Bryson, City of Stratford
    • Darin Ayres, County of Brant
    • Robert Lilbourne, Municipality of Strathroy-Caradoc
    • Ross Rankin, Recreation Association of the Public Service of Canada
    • Rick Cox, Tillsonburg
    • Duncan Sanders, London
    • Ed Greer, Barrie
    • Frank Cain, University of Guelph
    • Vikki Dupuis, Guelph
  • ORFA News and Alerts
    • New York 9/11
    • ALERT - Indoor Air Quality
    • ALERT - Health and Safety Posting
    • ORFA NEWS - Sport and Recreation Infrastructure Financing: Sector Perspectives and Key Consideration
    • ORFA NEWS - Renewed Collaboration between ORFA and Ma
    • ORFA NEWS - The Wilcock Family Collaboration
    • Province of Ontario Launches Occupational Exposure Registry
    • ALERT - Increasing Risk of Inappropriate Use of Open Public Facilities
    • ORFA SYMPOSIUM 2026
    • ORFA Notice of Bereavement (Boyer Family)
    • ALERT - Refrigeration Plant Room Eyewash, Deluge Shower and Sensing Equipment Installation and Maint
    • ORFA 2026 Membership Categories & Fees, December 19, 2025
    • Risk Management Manual Release Notice
    • ALERT - Release of TSSA BPV Reporting Flowchart
    • PRESS RELEASE - Aging Recreation Infrastructure
    • ALERT - Facility Focus: Winter 2025/26 Operational Reminders
    • ALERT - Recreation Facility Overhead Service Doors Risk and Safety Reminder
    • ORFA Awards & Recognition
    • ALERT - Ontario's Seventh Working for Workers Act
    • ORFA Strengthens Strategic Alliances
    • Supervisory Reminder - Summer Students
    • Grounds Season Opening
    • ALERT - Risks of Ice Sheet Hot Water Over 49°C
    • The Risks and Hazards of Unplanned Ice User Group Season Extensions
    • Concern of Sporting Gear Storage Creating Facility Egress Obstruction Risks and C
    • ORFA BOD for 2025/26
    • AGCO SOP Recreation Grounds Use Application Gap
    • Ice Sheet Facility Operations 2024/25
    • OLA Spectator Conduct Notice
    • MLITSD Inspector Visit Results in Positive Member Experience
    • Information and Skills Development Coord.
    • Prepare Employees for the Upcoming Solar Eclipse
    • Grounds Worker Railway Track Safety and Controls
    • IAQ Arenas Survey
    • ORFA Advises Members Consider Adding Lithium-ion Battery Emergency Mgmt in Facility Response
    • Concern of Increased Risk of Violence and Abuse to Operators When Curfews Are Used In Hockey Games
    • ORFA Award Recipients for 2023 Announced
    • ORFA Award Recipients for 2025 Announced
    • ORFA Members Share Recent TSSA Inspector Activity
    • ORFA Response to Hockey Canada Rule Book (version 2, July 2023)
    • Ice Plant Operational Limitations Warning - Aug 22, 2023
    • Review of TSSA Advisory May 10, 2023
    • ORFA Registered Industrial Ice Surface Refrigeration Training Pathway
    • ALERT - Jan 30, 2023
    • H&S Posting - Jan 5, 2023
    • 2023 Professional Development Sessions
    • 2023 Professional Development Programs
    • ORFA Professional Development Programs - Spring and Fall Sessions 2023
    • Research Study on Crisis Readiness
    • ORFA Board of Directors Announced For 2023/24
    • ALERT - May 31, 2022
    • ALERT - May 6, 2022
    • ALERT - May 4, 2022
    • Professional Development Programs
    • Emergency Relief Community Sport & Recreation Grant
    • Message from the Chair of the 75th Anniversary Committee
    • Recreation Facility Accessibility: Planning to Get Out Safely Guideline
    • Ontario Natural Grass Sod Industry Outlook 2022-2024
    • Return to Hockey - ORFA and OHF Provide Additional Guidance
    • Understanding Facility COVID Contact Tracing Requirements
    • CRC Water Safety Winding Down
    • ORFA Adopts Risk Based Reg Framework for Unattended Plants
    • ORFA Position Statement on Return to Play
    • Return to Classroom Safety Plan Vaccinations
    • Masks, heat stress and urine colour
    • Identifying and Limiting Access
    • ALERT - May 10, 2021
    • ALERT - April 22, 2021
    • Updated Greenspace Use During COVID Shutdown
    • Greenspace Use During COVID Shutdown
    • ALERT - April 1, 2021
    • Open Letter to ORFA Members and Employers
    • High Demand for Outdoor Aquatics
    • COVID Shutdown and Compliance
    • Ice Resurfacer Use
    • 2021/2022 Board of Directors
    • Stage 3 - Reopening Sport and Recreation
    • ORFA Professional Development Courses: 2020 Reboot
    • NEW! ORFA E-News Advertising Opportunities
    • Return to Play doesn't mean facility is open
    • Recreation Facility COVID-19
    • Alert - Outdoor Recreation Amenities Closed
    • Alert - Playground Use During COVID-19
    • APDP and EXPO Event Cancellation
    • 2020 OTS
    • You Have the Power to Save A Life
    • Policy Review Recommendation
    • CFB Petawawa Visit
    • Accessibility and Inclusion Award
    • ORFA Leadership Post Fernie Tradegy
    • NEW! Aquatic Facility Operations Course Announcement
    • Facility Evictions Can Be A Slippery Legal Slope
    • Facility AEDs Need to be Accessible
    • High Risk Venues For Spreading Colds and Flu
    • Risks of Using Ice Skating Rink Snow Dumping
    • 2019/2020 Board of Directors
    • Responding to Reg 565
    • Fernie Arena Contributing Factors
    • Technical Safety BC - Investigation Report
    • Operational Awareness Towards Modified Ice Games
    • ORFA’s #150RecFacilities Campaign Winner
    • Kraft Hockeyville – Your Vote Counts!
    • Rick Hansen Foundation - Leadership Forum
    • 27th Annual Ontario Turfgrass Symposium
    • NSPF Announces Partnership with ORFA
    • Are Ontario’s Ice Rinks Safe? FOLLOW UP
    • Ice Arena Registered Refrigeration Plant Safety
    • 2017-10 Are Ontario's Ice Rinks Safe?
    • NEW! Professional Designation Recertification Process
    • Potential Amendments to Operating Engineers Regulation
    • Structural Inspections
    • Throwing of Items By Fans
    • New Partnership with RFANS
    • Supervisory Reminder - Summer Students
    • #150RecFacilities
    • Reminder - Refrigeration Plant Operations
    • Recreation Workers Who Use ATV’s or UTV’s Must Know the Rules
    • Arena Legionella Contamination
    • New Cross-Ice and Half-Ice Mandatory Policy
    • NOTICE – Section 39: Operating Engineers Regulation
    • Recreation Facilities Asset Management (RFAM) Software Program Provided At No-Cost to ORFA Members
    • ORFA New Logo and Tagline
    • Facility Manager Survey
    • PSHSA and ORFA Sign Memorandum of Understanding
    • ORFA and CHS Partnership
    • Board of Directors (2015-16)
    • Board of Directors (2017/18)