Travel Information
Nottawasaga is approximately 100km North of Toronto. It is expected that participants in Toronto or Mississauga will take one of the buses from the OCASI office or the bus from Mississauga. Participants coming from outside this area will have their travel expenses reimbursed, provided they use the cheapest means of available travel.
Travelling From Toronto
Participants leaving from Toronto can take OCASI charter bus from OCASI office — 110 Eglinton Ave. West (2 blocks west of Yonge and the Eglinton Subway station) before 9:30 am on November 1, 2010. Buses will depart for Nottawasaga at 9:45 a.m. sharp.
Map to OCASI office
Return Trip
The OCASI buses will leave on Wednesday, November 3 at 4:30 pm.sharp, and arrive at approximately 6:00 pm. The bus will take you to the OCASI office.
From Outside Toronto
Participants from Central West, Southern, Sudbury, Central East, Southern, Western and Eastern Ontario regions must use the cheapest means of transportation.
You may choose to:
- meet the charter bus at OCASI office at 9:30 am , on November 1, 2010; or
- use car pools
From Northern Ontario (excluding Sudbury)
Participants may travel by air. Please book your air ticket, and OCASI will reimburse the cost. Direct transportation from the airport to the Nottawasaga Inn Resort must be arranged with Simcoe County Airport Service, at 1-800-461-7529 or 705-728-1148 at least one week prior to the arrival date. Alternately you can meet the bus at OCASI.
Other Travel Information
If your journey is longer than 6 hours in length and you are unable to arrive in time for Opening Plenary (1:30 pm on Monday Novermber 1), you may request to arrive one day early – the evening of Sunday October 31. Please contact the Petra Roberts at proberts@ocasi.org after registering online, to make accommodation arrangements.
Map and Directions:
http://www.nottawasagaresort.com/map.htm
Accommodations
All participants will be lodged in double rooms (shared accommodation) with shared bathroom facilities. You will be booked randomly with a colleague, unless you indicate your roommate choice when you register online. Due to the limited number of rooms available, we can only provide double occupancy accommodation.
For more information on accomodations check out the Questions and Answers section.
Fragrance-free
Nottawasaga Inn Resort is fragrance-free facility. Please do not bring or wear perfume during the conference, as some people have allergic reactions.
