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INFORMED CONSENT/ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF RISKS

TO: ORO-MEDONTE FOREST SCHOOL INC., AND ITS DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, VOLUNTEERS, EDUCATORS, AGENTS, PARTNERS, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS AND REPRESENTATIVES [HEREIN COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS “OMFS”]


FROM: the below named Parent/Guardian

[HEREIN REFERRED TO AS THE “PARENT/GUARDIAN”]

In consideration of OMFS permitting you and/or your child and/or your children (named below) [HEREIN REFERRED TO AS THE “PARTICIPANT”], the child/ward of the below named Parent/Guardian, to participate in the outdoor program operated by OMFS {the “OMFS Program”}, I AGREE to allow the Participant to participate in all activities described below and ACKNOWLEDGE the defined risks involved in these activities.


At OMFS safety and preventing injury is a priority. Below is a description of the program activities and the risks involved in these activities. Being an outdoor program, the OMFS Program carries with it an innate risk. Despite our constant efforts to navigate and control risk, nature can be unpredictable.

At OMFS we assist and support activities involving risk so that participants may learn how to manage risk in a responsible manner. 

I, the undersigned, represent and warrant that I have full legal responsibility for decisions regarding the Participant and AGREE that myself and/or my child and/or my children may be involved in the following activities, which carry with them an inherent level of risk: 

Tree climbing; tool use, using a variety of hand tools; slacklines and low ropes elements; rough and tumble play; playing with loose parts; building, attending, and cooking over open fires; building temporary shelters; moving along uneven terrain which may include icy, rocky, muddy areas, those with deadfall, those that border open bodies of water; playing near, in, or crossing bodies of water such as creeks, ponds, and wetlands; investigating found natural materials; careful handling of natural objects including, but not limited to, bird seed, animal bones, plants; natural playgrounds; exploration, and other activities, events, and services in any way connected with or related to OMFS activities.  

OMFS has strict safety procedures in place, contained within the OMFS Policies Handbook.  Educators and volunteers review the handbook at regular intervals and know that injuries could occur if the safety procedures are not followed.  OMFS educators complete risk/benefit assessments on activities carrying risk and these are reviewed regularly. Daily site assessments and on-the spot safety assessments are conducted to ensure the natural area doesn’t contain hazards that pose immediate risks to the participants.

OMFS has a maximum 6:1 child to adult ratio and all activities are supervised closely. Activities carrying inherent risk are only permitted after proper, step-by-step instruction and when the educator believes that the child is ready.  Activities may be suspended if an educator feels that a child is not able to adhere to the stated rules for that particular activity and/or the child doesn’t appear to be ready for the responsibility on a particular day.

When participating in the OMFS Program there is the risk of injury that includes, but is not limited to, cuts, scrapes, burns, sprains, strains, bruises, insect bites, poison ivy, allergic reactions, illness including Covid-19, and risks associated with adverse weather conditions, as well as more serious injuries (both acute and permanent) and in rare cases, death. 

OMFS assumes responsibility for the child once the child has been greeted and signed into the program for the day. OMFS’s responsibility ends when the adult responsible arrives and the child has been signed out at the end of the day.   


CONFIRMATION OF CONDUCT 

I hereby represent that neither I nor my child or my children have any physical restriction(s) which would prohibit my/his/her/their/our participation in the activities of OMFS. I hereby agree that I, my child and/or my children will follow the OMFS Guidelines and the COVID-19 Guidelines as set out by the employee organizers of OMFS and outlined in the OMFS Parent Handbook, and that by not adhering to the rules and regulations, the participant may not only endanger himself/herself/themselves, but permission to participate may or will be revoked and he/she/they may or will be asked to leave the premises.

I hereby represent that neither I nor my child or my children will attend OMFS with any symptoms, or positive test results of Covid-19. I hereby agree that I will inform OMFS of any symptoms, illness, or positive Covid-19 test results. 

OMFS cannot be held liable for any exposure the participants may have to Covid-19 and I acknowledge that participation carries with it a risk of exposure.


I, ACKNOWLEDGE that the OMFS Program carries with it an element of risk and the possibility of injury.  I feel that I have been adequately informed of the risks involved and I have had the opportunity to ask clarifying questions to further my understanding of these risks. I UNDERSTAND that injuries sustained during outdoor activities have the potential to be severe and in very rare cases, even fatal. I FREELY AND VOLUNTARILY AGREE to enroll the Participant in this program, AWARE of these risks and I ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY for the Participant’s involvement in the OMFS Program.  I hereby CONSENT TO and AUTHORIZE OMFS to administer care/first aid to stabilize and/or improve any injury that the Participant may have sustained during any activities related to the OMFS Program and hereby GIVE MY CONSENT to illness treatment when I cannot be reached to provide consent.


ON BEHALF OF THE PARTICIPANT, MYSELF AND OUR RESPECTIVE HEIRS, ASSIGNS, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND NEXT OF KIN:

a. I hereby ASSUME ALL RISKS associated with the Participant’s participation in the OMFS Program;

b. I hereby provide a FULL AND FINAL RELEASE AND WAIVER OF LIABILITY to OMFS and AGREE NOT TO SUE OMFS for any loss, injury, disability, death, costs or damages of any type, howsoever caused or arising, and whether directly or indirectly caused or arising from the participation of the Participant in the OMFS Program;

c. I hereby AGREE TO INDEMNIFY AND TO SAVE AND HOLD HARMLESS OMFS from any litigation expense, legal fees, liability, damage, award or cost, of any form or type whatsoever, that they may incur due to any claim made against them with regard to the Participant’s participation in the OMFS Program.


I HAVE READ THIS DOCUMENT THOROUGHLY AND UNDERSTAND THAT OMFS IS RELYING ON MY WARRANTIES, ASSUMPTIONS WAIVER AND RELEASES WHEN ACCEPTING THE PARTICIPANT’S PARTICIPATION IN THE OMFS PROGRAM.


I UNDERSTAND THAT BY SIGNING THIS DOCUMENT I GIVE UP SUBSTANTIAL LEGAL RIGHTS THAT I AND/OR THE PARTICIPANT WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE.


I AM SIGNING THIS DOCUMENT VOLUNTARILY AND WITHOUT INDUCEMENT.





First Participant's Name

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Parent(s) or court-appointed legal guardian(s) must sign for any participating minor (those under 18 years of age) and agree that they and the minor are subject to all the terms of this document, as set forth above.


By signing below the parent or court-appointed legal guardian agrees that they are also subject to all the terms of this document, as set forth above.
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