DIRECTIONS

Our registration desk and the conference sessions will be held at the Michael DeGroote Centre for Learning and Discovery:

parking

If you are driving, but not staying in residence, parking passes are available for purchase at the same discounted price of $12/day as those staying in residence.  Passes may be purchased at the Commons Building, at the location shown on the above map.

Meals

The conference offers a Thursday evening dinner; and coffee, snacks, and lunch on Friday. Breakfast is provided only with accommodation registrations. The Friday evening dinner will take place at local restaurants. Signup for Friday dinner locations at the conference Friday morning.

Accommodations

Accommodations for the conference are at Les Prince Hall, with a selection of rooms for single/double occupancy at a cost of $60 or $40 per night, respectively, including a hot breakfast.  The breakfast location is at the Peter George Centre, a new building across from the Commons Building.

Each room has its own bathroom and shower. There are two common/shared kitchen facilities on each floor, with stove, fridge, kettle, toaster, and microwave, but no cookware, dishes, or cutlery.  Please note that residence registration for check-in/out is at a separate building, the Commons Building.

Registration for accommodations is available here.

The map above has been modified to highlight the Commons Building (Service Centre for check-in/out), Les Price Hall Residence, Michael DeGroote Centre (conference sessions), parking areas closest to residence, and the Peter George Centre (breakfast), along with suggested driving and walking routes connecting these locations.

Parking is available to guests staying overnight at Les Price Hall, at a reduced cost of $12/day. Parking passes can be purchased at the residence registration desk upon arrival (Commons Building). (Please note that guests staying from Thursday afternoon to Saturday will need parking passes for each of the three days.)

exhibitors

The exhibit area welcomes vendors, non-profit charitable organizations, and academic institutions to showcase science educational resources and services. The exhibit area is in a central location where coffee and lunch breaks will be held. Break times are extended for teachers to visit exhibitors and vendors (see the schedule above for exact times). 

The exhibit area will include one 6' x 2.5' table at a cost of $250. One extra table can be obtained for an additional $100. Non-profit, charitable organizations will not be charged a fee. Organizations who are identified sponsors of the OAPT Conference will not be charged a fee. The Exhibit area will be set up for Friday May 22, 2020 only. Set up will be made available by 7:00 am, with participants arriving by 8:00 am. The last coffee break is 2:45 pm and the day ends at 5:00 pm. If you wish to obtain an exhibitor table(s), please fill our exhibitor information form. The number of tables is limited by space. Please sign up early to assure availability. 

First-Time Subsidy 

The OAPT believes that encouraging first-time attendance will create a new generation of teachers who will want to attend annually, having learned the professional value that the conference delivers.  To encourage FIRST TIME ATTENDEES, we will cover their supply teacher costs for Friday May 22nd. This offer will be made available on a first-come first-serve basis until the available funds have been allocated. Register for the conference and complete this form for the travel subsidy. The OAPT will contact you to confirm that you are approved for the subsidy. Initially, the board pays for the supply teacher and after you attend OAPT Conference, the school board will send us an invoice for the supply cost and OAPT will reimburse the cost directly. 

Travel Subsidy 

The OAPT recognizes that teachers in northern Ontario lack many of the PD opportunities that are available in the south and have much higher travel costs. For the 9th year running, the OAPT will be covering the travel costs for teachers north of Algonquin Park. We would like to thank the Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics for helping us to provide this subsidy. To apply, please complete this form.