Appendix: Expanded Examples of the 4 Areas
Active Living
Health, Wellness and Fitness Organizations that offer services focused on improving and maintaining healthy living.
Types of Organizations | Examples in London and Ontario | Examples of Job titles |
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Community service organizations | Boys and Girls Club London | Recreation programmer |
Youth Opportunities Unlimited | Recreationist | |
Growing Chefs! Ontario | Recreation coordinator | |
NAmerind (London) Friendship Centre | Equipment operator | |
Southwest Centre for Forensic Mental Health (SJHC) | Facility manager | |
Camp Leaders | ||
Recreation leader | ||
Director Leisure programs | ||
Health related organizations | Canadian Mental Health Assoc (CMHA) | Recreation therapist |
Alzheimer Society Southwest Partners | Recreation therapist aide | |
Parkwood Institute (SJHC) | Music Therapist | |
Art Therapist | ||
Volunteer coordinator | ||
Educational organizations | Fanshawe College | Recreation Attendant |
Western University | Events coordinator | |
Therapeutic Recreation Ontario (TRO) | Recreation facilitator | |
Program Coordinator | ||
Corporate fitness services, and facilities | Fitness Forum | Fitness Advisor |
GoodLife Fitness | Club Attendant | |
Movati Athletic | Fitness Leader | |
Long Term Care and Retirement Residences | McCormick Home | Active Living manager |
Kensington Village | Activity aide, | |
Oneida Long Term Care Centre | Life enrichment aide | |
Recreation aide | ||
Retail, and wholesale trade related to active living (e.g. swimming pools, home-based exercise equipment, active apparel etc.). | Mountain Equipment Company (MEC) | Salesclerk |
Sport Chek | Retail Customer Advisor | |
Hollandia Pools and Spas | Customer Service |
Sport and Leisure
Organizations that offer sporting and leisure activities, excluding professional athletes, musicians, artists etc.
Types of Organizations | Examples in London and Ontario | Examples of Job Titles |
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Community and Provincial sport organizations | EMSA (Elgin and Middlesex Soccer Association) | Coach |
West London Minor Hockey Association | Manager | |
Athletics Ontario | Sport Administrator | |
Sports Director | ||
Sport Information Officer | ||
Community and Provincial leisure organizations | Ontario Field Ornithologists | Program Leader |
London Community Orchestra | Community Arts programmer | |
London Camera Club | Administrator | |
Gateway Casinos London | ||
Non-profit and Commercial offering access to sport and physical recreation to the public | BMO Centre | Instructor |
Sunningdale Golf & Country Club | Administrator | |
Boler Mountain | Engagement Officer | |
Facilities Worker | ||
Community and Provincial cultural organizations (museums, heritage sites, community theatres, community orchestra and music organizations) | Grand Theatre | Guide |
Museum London | Interpreter | |
Aeolian Hall | Events Planner | |
Museum of Ontario Archaeology | Volunteer Coordinator | |
Fanshawe Pioneer Village | Supervisor Visitor Experience | |
Retail, and wholesale trade related to amateur sport and leisure pursuits (e.g. equipment manufacture, sales, rentals, etc.). | Herm’s Sport Exchange | Salesclerk |
London’s Source for Sports | Retail Customer Advisor | |
Customer Service |
Outdoor Recreation and Parks
Organizations that provide outdoor spaces, and activity opportunities in outdoor spaces.
Types of Organizations | Examples in London and Ontario | Examples of Job Titles |
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Public, voluntary, and commercial parks, open spaces, and facilities for individual and group involvement in active and passive outdoor pursuits (e.g., picnics, hiking, camping, climbing, rafting, etc.). | Pinery Provincial Park | Park Communicator |
Upper Thames River Conservation Authority | Park Resource Officer | |
Springbank Park | Parks Maintenance | |
Parks Crew | ||
Conservation Area Technician | ||
Forestry Technician | ||
Park Administrative Supervisor | ||
Trails Supervisor | ||
Trail Technician | ||
Guides and outfitters | Thames Valley Trail Association | Information Officer |
Hike Ontario | Outdoor Educator | |
Reelpro Fishing Charters | Park Interpreter | |
Outdoor Educator | ||
Wilderness Instructor | ||
Provincial Recreation Associations | Ontario Parks Association | Program Leader |
Ontario Camping Association | Administrator | |
Ontario Recreational Canoeing and Kayaking Association | Instructor | |
Tourism-related organizations around outdoor recreation & parks | Grand River Rafting Co | Adventure Course Guide |
Cotton Co ATV Snowmobile Tours, Burlington | Outdoor Programming Leader | |
Backcountry Tours, Muskoka | Campground Manager | |
Algonquin Outfitters | ||
Wendigo Lake Expeditions | ||
Retail, and wholesale trade related to outdoor recreation and parks (e.g., camping equipment, recreational vehicle trade - snowmobiles, RVs, etc.). | Nova Craft Canoe | Salesclerk |
London’s Paddle Shop | Retail Customer Advisor | |
Pelee Wings Nature Store | Customer Service |
Community Recreation
Organizations that offer community-based spaces and programming.
Types of Organizations | Examples in London and Ontario | Examples of Job Titles |
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Public and community-based organizations, spaces, and centres that offer active and passive recreation opportunities | Stronach Community Recreation Centre | Program Facilitator |
Earl Nichols Arena | Recreation Development specialist | |
YMCA of Southwestern Ontario | Director of Parks and Recreation | |
City of London, Recreation and Sport | Operator – recreation/parks | |
Facility Manager | ||
Day Camp Director | ||
Aquatic Supervisor, | ||
Aquatic Staff | ||
Commercial organizations that offer recreational opportunities | East Park London | Facility Clerk |
The Factory | Recreation Attendant | |
Western Fair District | Operator | |
Retail, and wholesale trade related to community recreation (e.g., suppliers of playground equipment, etc.). | Little Tikes Playground Equipment | Salesclerk |
Retail Customer Advisor | ||
Customer Service |