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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
ORFA Recommends Updating Image-Capture Policies
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)