Program


Sunday June 17, 2012
Location: Elm Hurst Inn and Spa
Time Planned Program Planned Program
3:00 – 8:00pm Registration and Check In – Early Arrival
3:00 – 8:00pm On the Oxford Trails – Tour Oxford County Trails with Guides from the Oxford County Trails Committee
DAY 1 – Monday, June 18, 2012
Location: Elm Hurst Inn and Spa
Time Planned Program
Planned Program
7:30 -9:00am Registration
8:00 – 8:20am

Opening Remarks:

Warden Don MacKay, Oxford County

8:20 – 9:00am

The Ontario Trails Strategy – Renewed Mandate

Craig Stewart, Manager and Carol Oitment, Project Managers; Ministry of Health Promotion

Domenica Ozarko, Director, Strategic Policy, Partnerships and Research Branch
Ministry of Health

Larry Ketcheson, CEO, Parks and Recreation Ontario.

John Lohuis, Canadian Parks and Recreation Association

Moderator: Chris Laforest, President, Ontario Trails Council President

9:00 – 10:00am

Rouge Park – Canada’s First Urban Wilderness Park

Invited Speakers:

Diana Smyth, Trail Coordinator, Rouge Park

Mike Bender, Manager of Conservation Lands, Toronto Region Conservation Authority

Don Ross, Executive Director, Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve

Moderator: Cathy Bingham, Director, Carolinian Canada Coalition

10:00 – 10:10am Coffee Break
10:10 – 11:00am Trails Education – About the OTC Program

Invited Speakers:

Jeff Jackson, Professor, Algonquin College

Paul Ronan, Executive Director, Ontario Parks Association

Graham Burke, Facilitator, Ontario Trails Education Program

Moderator: Damian Bradley, Chair Trillium Trail Education Program

11:00 – 11:50am The Provincial Cycling Strategy

Invited Speakers:

J. David McGlaughlin, Senior Planner, MMM Group

Michael Canzi, Ministry of Transportation

Doug Cota, President, Cycle Ontario

Moderator: Alan Medcalf, Board Member, Ontario Trails Council

12:00 – 1:00pm
Working Luncheon with Ontario Trails Council AGM
1:00 – 2:00pm


Provincial – National Trails Panel

With Remarks from – Minister of Tourism and Culture, The Honourable Michael Chan

Invited Speakers:

Robert Ramsay, Director, Canadian Off-Highway Vehicles

Dennis Burns, Executive Director, Canadian Council of Snowmobile Organizations

John Cushing, President, Canadian Trails Federation

Moderator: Wayne Daub, All Terrain Quad Council of Canada

2:00-2:50pm Regional Trail Initiatives

CASO Line - with Kathryn Kielstra

Perth County Active Transportationwith Kerry Price

Wellington County Active Transportationwith Chris Gosselin

Essex Trail Development - with Kevin Money, ERCA

Moderator: Patrick Connor, Ontario Trails Council

3:00 – 3:15pm Coffee Break
3:15 – 4:30pm Northern Trail Projects

Nipigon Rail To Trail -

with Kirsten Spence and Nipigon Economic Development

Path of the Paddle -

with Trans Canada Trail and Hap Wilson

Moderator: Dan Andrews, Trans Canada Trail Ontario

5:00 – 7:00pm Canadian Trails Federation
Annual General Meeting


DAY 2 – Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Location: Elm Hurst Inn and Country Spa and Off-site
Time Planned Program Planned Program
7:30 – 9:00am Registration
9:00 – 10:30am SAY YES to Trails

This plenary session will provide examples from trail leaders who have achieved trail development in the face of competing challenges. Bring your local clerk and a counsellor! This session will teach them about the value of trails and why,  SAYING YES to TRAILS works for these communities and how they can say it more at home!

Opening Remarks - Warden Don Mackay, Zorra-Tavistock

Invited Speakers:

Tom Beaton, Director, Parks, Recreation and Cemeteries Chatham-Kent

Jay Cranstone, Planner, MMM Group

Stephen Paul, Director, Economic Development, Lennox and Addington County

Moderator: Damian Bradley, Ontario Trails Council

10:30-10:40am Coffee Break
10:40-11:50am Carolinian Canada Coalition:

Building the CCC Lake Erie Stewardship Trail

Invited Speakers:

Michelle Kantor, Executive Director, CCC Trail

Dan Dufour, Director of Trail Development, CCC Trail

Moderator: Cathy Bingham, Director CCC Trail

12:00 – 1:00pm Luncheon
1:00 – 3:00pm Trails Tourism – A cohesive RTO approach

Invited Speakers:

Michele MacKenzie, CEO Canadian Tourism Commission

James Murphy, Director, Explorers Edge

Beth Potter, President Tourism Industry Association of Ontario

Bill Sullivan, Director of Marketing RTO7

Moderator: Chris Hughes, BC Hughes Toursim Consulting

3:00 – 3:15pm Coffee Break
3:15 – 5:00pm On the Oxford Trails – Tour Oxford County Trails with Guides from the Oxford County Trails Committee

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DAY 3 – TBD


Time Elm Hurst Inn And Spa
8:30am – 12:00 Trails Skills Training Program
12:00 – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00 – 4:30pm
Trail Skills Development Training