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2019 Convention
At the Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel & Suites and Conference Centre
See you Feb. 14-16, 2019
Please Contact
Kathryn Lambert,
Convention Administrator
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Phone: 519-287-3553
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Welcome
Welcome to the Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies. The OAAS is the provincial association representing over 200 Agricultural Societies from across the province. Its mission is to act as a resource and a united voice for its Members by providing leadership through education and communication to encourage them to promote agriculture and a rural way of life in Ontario.
In Ontario Agricultural Societies are governed by the Agricultural and Horticultural Organizations Act. Their purpose is seen as being a community organization mandated with preserving and celebrating the rural way of life in Ontario. As the provincial association, the OAAS primary focus is to assist its Members in achieving their own respective goals.
The OAAS is governed by a Board consisting of a Provincial Director from each of the fifteen districts in the province. These 15 Board Members, with four Executive Members provide leadership to the association.
With respect to staff resources, the OAAS is managed by Vince Brennan, Office Manager and Kathryn Lambert, Convention Administrator.
The highlight of the year for the OAAS is the annual convention, which takes place in mid-February. The convention, which brings together upwards of 1000 delegates from all across the province, provides the OAAS Members with education, information, and networking opportunities that are meant to improve the operations of the individual Agricultural Societies.
The OAAS encourages visitors to this website to visit the many pages inside and learn about the organization, its Members and the great job that Agricultural Societies are doing in Celebrating Rural Ontario.
New location for the 2019 Convention
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2019 Convention Announcement
The Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies (OAAS) is thrilled to announce a new location for the 2019 Convention at the Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel & Suites and Conference Centre, taking place February 14-16, 2019. The hotel is conveniently located on Hwy # 7, minutes from 401, 407 & 404, in Richmond Hill, within the GTA.
This recently renovated property, including the attached Best Western Parkway Hotel Toronto North, offers over 400 rooms exclusively each night to the OAAS Convention. The hotel has guaranteed that if the OAAS room block is full by January 14th, the two properties will accommodate only OAAS Convention delegates over the three days.
The OAAS is striving to attract new convention delegates and Ontario Fair volunteers by offering room rates starting as low as $129 per night, for 2 beds as well as free parking within steps of the hotel front door. An added bonus - if you wish to extend your stay in Toronto, the same hotel rate is being offered 3 days prior to and 3 days after the Convention.
Judging Lists, District Meetings, and Judging Schools
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Judging Lists, 2018 District Meetings, and 2018 Judging Schools
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First Impression Program deadline is now April 7th 2018
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First Impressions Program 2018
Note New Deadline it is now April 7th
This unique program offers the opportunity to look at your fair through the eyes of others.
It is a tremendous chance to identify areas for improvement that will enhance your guests' experience at your fair.
- We all know that first impressions are the ones that last and become memories.
Help your fair create positive lasting first impressions by participating in this
unique program.
- Agricultural Societies are paired with another fair. A team from each Agricultural
Society visits the other's fair and evaluates specific characteristics based on the
visitors' "first impressions"
- The feedback from these visits validates the areas the society is doing a terrific job
and identifies areas for improvement.
Application deadline is change to April 7th, 2018
Please send payment to:
OAAS Office Manager % Vince Brennan
1911 Foxboro-Stirling Rd; R.R.# 4
Stirling, Ontario
K0K 3E0
If paying by cheque please make it out to: OAAS
OAAS congratulates Rob Black on his appointment to the Senate
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Stirling, Ontario, February 26, 2018. The Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies (OAAS) certainly endorses the appointment of Rob Black to the Senate. At the OAAS Annual General Meeting in Toronto on February 17, Vince Brennan, Office Manager, introduced Black to the members as a voice for rural Ontario and a friend of OAAS.
In the last two years Black has assisted the OAAS with its governance changes and with its development of a strategic plan. His knowledge of policy and structure for organizations has been invaluable to the OAAS as it renewed its structure.
Read more: OAAS congratulates Rob Black on his appointment to the Senate