The official record of Open Ice Initiative. Follow the camps, milestones, partnerships, media coverage and moments that have shaped the organisation from the rink outward.
National and local coverage of Open Ice Initiative, plus updates from the rink as each programme cycle comes together.
Two organisations, one in the classroom and one at the rink, exploring a pathway that carries a student from a school assembly to a pair of skates.
Four days of ice and dryland, free lunch, and a full set of equipment for every camper.
Where the programme stands after its first three cycles, and what the numbers mean.
The councillor for Beaches-East York did not watch from the stands on the first morning of March Break Camp. He put skates on.
Four teams, coloured pinnies, a five minute running clock and no offsides. The hockey was raw. The point was not the hockey.
There is a version of this where the athlete arrives, poses, gives a speech about hard work and leaves. He did the opposite.
CTV News covered the March 2026 camp at Ted Reeve Community Arena, filming the first on-ice session.
CP24 came to Ted Reeve Community Arena for the March 2026 camp. Sean Leathong reported on a camp built for children who could not otherwise afford the game.
Beach Metro News on the camp, the coaching, and the gear campers keep for good.
Campers who want to keep playing move into Saturday sessions at Upper Canada College.
The Keep Your Gear policy is the part of the model that lets a child keep playing after the camp ends.
One day of coverage is worth more to a small nonprofit than a year of paid advertising it could never afford.
CP24 interviewed Andrew Adair about why he started Open Ice Initiative, a month before the March 2026 camp ran.
Open Ice ran its first camp over the 2025 winter break at Ted Reeve Community Arena.
TorontoToday on how the programme covers ice, coaching, equipment and lunch so that families pay nothing.
TorontoToday on removing the cost barrier for first-time players.
TorontoToday profiles founder and president Andrew Adair and the origins of Open Ice.
This page is the news record. Each story opens the corresponding article on the main Open Ice Initiative website, so the organisation remains the source of record.
