DO YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR PLAYGROUNDS SAFER?

The CPRA Canadian Playground Safety Institute (CPSI) provides:

    *         Technical Instruction of the CSA Play Space and Equipment
Standards*
    *         Practical hands-on training for inspections and completing
inspection reports*
* Successful completion of these two courses provides CPRA inspection
certification.

Courses for 2003 are scheduled across Canada.

Courses coming to YOUR AREA are:


Theory Courses

                                     March 6 - 7              Toronto
                                    April 28 - 29            Sudbury
                                    May 26 - 27             Ottawa
                                    September 11 - 12      Toronto


Practical Courses

                                    March 3 - 4              Ottawa
                                   March 24 - 25           Toronto
                                   May 1 - 2                   Toronto
                                   October 20 - 21         Ottawa
                                   November 13 - 14        Toronto

Register early to prevent your course from being cancelled due to low
enrollment!!!

Go to <http://www.cpra.ca/>www.cpra.ca for a full list of courses, dates
and registration information.

The 2003 CPSI brochure is also available on-line at www.cpra.ca

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Just Released!!!

An Arsenic report in Canadian playgrounds was released last week from
Environmental Defense Canada (EDC).  EDC is a not-for-profit organization
and not a government agency.

Testing in major cities across Canada was conducted on soil where
playground structures containing CCA treated wood were found.  Their
findings were that arsenic levels are elevated in many of the locations
where the testing occurred.

Health Canada has not come out with their report, which may possibly be out

around June.  To find a copy of the report, visit our website at
<http://www.cpra.ca/>www.cpra.ca and it is posted on our main page.  This
report is for your information.  Please feel free to forward this to others

who may be interested.

  Please note: This report is only available in English.





Shelley Wagner
Program Coordinator
Canadian Parks and Recreation Association
404 - 2197 Riverside Drive
OTTAWA ON K1H 7X3
Tel: (613) 523-5315 x309
Fax: (613) 523-1182
E-mail: [log in to unmask]

Visit www.cpra.ca for the complete 2003
CPSI Schedule!

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