Scope: To ensure Hockey Opportunity Camp is providing all campers, their families, staff and facility guests with equal opportunities and service, through the requirements of the Accessibility Standards for Customer Service, Ontario Regulation 429/07.
Applicability: All employees, all positions, at the office and camp.
Intent: This policy is intended to meet the requirements of the Accessibility Standards for Customer Service, Ontario Regulation 429/07 under the Accessibility for Ontarian's with Disabilities Act, 2016.
Definitions:
Assistive Device – is a technical aid, communication device or other instrument that is used to maintain or improve the functional abilities of people with disabilities. Personal assistive devices are typically devices that customers bring with them such as a wheelchair, walker or a personal oxygen tank that might assist in hearing, seeing, communicating, moving, breathing, remembering and/or reading.
Policy:
In accordance with the Accessibility Standards for Customer Service, Ontario Regulation 429/07, this policy addresses the following:
A. Providing Goods and Services to People with Disabilities
Hockey Opportunity Camp Hockey Opportunity Camp is committed to ensuring that its policies, practices and procedures are consistent with the principles of dignity, independence, integration and equal opportunity for all, including those with disabilities.
B. Assistive Devices
We will ensure that our staff is trained and familiar with various assistive devices that may be used by persons with disabilities while accessing our services.
C. Guide Dogs, Service Animals, and Service Dogs
We welcome people with disabilities and their service animals. Guide Dogs, Service Animals, and Service Dogs are allowed on the parts of our premises that are open to the public. If there is a need for a person with disabilities (who requires a Guide Dog, Service Animal, or Service Dog) to enter into the kitchen where food is prepared and stored, alternative methods of support will be provided whenever possible.
D. Support Person
A person with disability who is accompanied by a support person will be allowed to have that person accompany them on our premises. Payment for a support person will be determined on a case by case basis.
E. Notice of Temporary Disruption
In the event of a planned or unexpected disruption to services or facilities for persons with disabilities at the office or camp, reasonable efforts will be made to provide notice promptly. This notice will include information about the reason for the disruption, its anticipated length of time, and a description of alternative facilities or services, if available. This notice will be placed at the office and camp site.
F. Training for Staff
Hockey Opportunity Camp will provide training to employees, volunteers and others who deal with the public or third parties on their behalf during the first week of their orientation, as well as continued training at regular intervals. Revised training will be provided in the event of changes to legislation, procedures and/or practices. A record of training will be kept.
Training will include:
An overview of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the requirements of the customer service standard
G. Feedback Process
All are invited to submit feedback to:
Kevin McLaughlin
Camp Director
PO Box 448
Sundridge, ON P0A 1Z0
kevin@learnhockey.com
Those who provide feedback can expect to hear back within 7 business days.
This policy and its related procedures will be reviewed as required in the event of legislative changes.
Applicability: All employees, all positions, at the office and camp.
Intent: This policy is intended to meet the requirements of the Accessibility Standards for Customer Service, Ontario Regulation 429/07 under the Accessibility for Ontarian's with Disabilities Act, 2016.
Definitions:
Assistive Device – is a technical aid, communication device or other instrument that is used to maintain or improve the functional abilities of people with disabilities. Personal assistive devices are typically devices that customers bring with them such as a wheelchair, walker or a personal oxygen tank that might assist in hearing, seeing, communicating, moving, breathing, remembering and/or reading.
- Disability – the term disability as defined by Accessibility for Ontarian's with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code refers to:
- Any degree of physical disability, infirmity, malformation or disfigurement that is caused by bodily injury, birth defect or illness and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes diabetes mellitus, epilepsy, a brain injury, any degree of paralysis, amputation, lack of physical co-ordination, blindness or visual impediment, deafness or hearing impediment, muteness or speech impediment, or physical reliance on a guide dog or other animal or on a wheelchair or other remedial appliance or device;
- A condition of mental impairment or a developmental disability;
- A learning disability, or dysfunction in one or more of the processes involved
- In understanding or using symbols or spoken language;
- A mental disorder; or
- An injury or disability for which benefits were claimed or received under the insurance plan established under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997.
- Guide Dog – is a highly-trained working dog that has been trained at one of the facilities listed in Ontario Regulation 58 under the Blind Persons’ Rights Act, to provide mobility, safety and increased independence for people who are blind.
- Service Animal – as reflected in Ontario Regulation 429/07, an animal is a service animal for a person with a disability if:
- It is readily apparent that the animal is used by the person for reasons relating to his or her disability; or
- If the person provides a letter from a physician or nurse confirming that the person requires the animal for reasons relating to the disability.
- Service Dog – as reflected in Health Protection and Promotion Act, Ontario Regulation 562 a dog other than a guide dog for the blind is a service dog if: o it is readily apparent to an average person that the dog functions as a service dog for a person with a medical disability; or
- The person who requires the dog can provide on request a letter from a physician or nurse confirming that the person requires a service dog.
- Support Person – as reflected in Ontario Regulation 429/07, a support person means, in relation to a person with a disability, another person who accompanies him or her in order to help with communication, mobility, personal care, medical needs or access to goods and services.
Policy:
In accordance with the Accessibility Standards for Customer Service, Ontario Regulation 429/07, this policy addresses the following:
A. Providing Goods and Services to People with Disabilities
Hockey Opportunity Camp Hockey Opportunity Camp is committed to ensuring that its policies, practices and procedures are consistent with the principles of dignity, independence, integration and equal opportunity for all, including those with disabilities.
B. Assistive Devices
We will ensure that our staff is trained and familiar with various assistive devices that may be used by persons with disabilities while accessing our services.
C. Guide Dogs, Service Animals, and Service Dogs
We welcome people with disabilities and their service animals. Guide Dogs, Service Animals, and Service Dogs are allowed on the parts of our premises that are open to the public. If there is a need for a person with disabilities (who requires a Guide Dog, Service Animal, or Service Dog) to enter into the kitchen where food is prepared and stored, alternative methods of support will be provided whenever possible.
D. Support Person
A person with disability who is accompanied by a support person will be allowed to have that person accompany them on our premises. Payment for a support person will be determined on a case by case basis.
E. Notice of Temporary Disruption
In the event of a planned or unexpected disruption to services or facilities for persons with disabilities at the office or camp, reasonable efforts will be made to provide notice promptly. This notice will include information about the reason for the disruption, its anticipated length of time, and a description of alternative facilities or services, if available. This notice will be placed at the office and camp site.
F. Training for Staff
Hockey Opportunity Camp will provide training to employees, volunteers and others who deal with the public or third parties on their behalf during the first week of their orientation, as well as continued training at regular intervals. Revised training will be provided in the event of changes to legislation, procedures and/or practices. A record of training will be kept.
Training will include:
An overview of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the requirements of the customer service standard
- A review of the requirements of the Accessibility Standards for Customer Service, Ontario Regulation 429/07.
- Instructions on how to interact and communicate with people with various types of disabilities.
- Instructions on how to interact with people with disabilities who:
- Use assistive devices;
- Require the assistance of a guide dog, service dog or other service animal; or o require the use of a support person (including the handling of admission fees).
- Instructions on how to use equipment or devices that are available at our premises or that we provide that may help people with disabilities.
- Instructions on what to do if a person with a disability is having difficulty accessing your services.
- Hockey Opportunity Camp’s policies, procedures and practices pertaining to providing accessible customer service to customers with disabilities.
G. Feedback Process
All are invited to submit feedback to:
Kevin McLaughlin
Camp Director
PO Box 448
Sundridge, ON P0A 1Z0
kevin@learnhockey.com
Those who provide feedback can expect to hear back within 7 business days.
This policy and its related procedures will be reviewed as required in the event of legislative changes.