ORFA Facility Focus
Hosted by Terry Piche, CRFP, CIT, Technical Director, Ontario Recreation Facilities Association Inc.
Podcasting since 2020 • 27 episodes
ORFA Facility Focus
Latest Episodes
Recreation Operational Melting Pot of Issues
Recently, the ORFA Provincial R&D Group met virtually to discuss topics that members are raising as issues and challenges while ORFA staff presented their priorities to the group for awareness and feedback. The Provincial R&D Group cons...
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Season 4
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Episode 27
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24:38
The "Grass Root" Start of the Guelph Turfgrass Institute (GTI)
In this podcast, ORFA Director Training, Research and Development speaks with Guelph Turfgrass Institute’s (GTI) Communications and Outreach Coordinator Dr. Sara Stricker about the “grass root” start of the GTI, its growth and future goals. The...
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Season 4
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Episode 26
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35:12
Not Your Supervisors BAR Course
In this podcast, ORFA’s Director of Training, Research and Development looks back at the history of refrigeration training for ice rinks and the evolution that the Association has undertaken to get to where we are today. He answers the question...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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16:02
ORFA Moves to No Final Test at the End of In-class Training Courses
In this podcast, ORFA’s Technical Director looks back at the evolution of ORFA course final assessments while sharing the options that are coming on-line that will provide members with more flexibility to complete the final step in the training...
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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11:50
The History and Importance of User Fees
In this weeks podcast, ORFA’s Technical Director discusses recreational user fees. The current Hockey Canada saga includes the use of registration (user) fees for something their members deemed inappropriate. User fees are always a sensitive to...
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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13:46