We have been working with our partners at Uplifter to develop a new feature which will allow for our clubs/skating schools to utilize Uplifter for the collection of the Skate Ontario Waiver (Acknowledgement, Release, Indemnity, and Assumption of Risk Regarding COVID-19). 

Uplifter now has the following features that will enable proper digital collection of the Skate Ontario Waiver: 

• Digital Signature capability 
• Prompt to acknowledge identity – participant or parent/legal guardian  
• Scroll through requirement by user

These three features are mandatory for all club/skating schools to incorporate into the online collection of the Skate Ontario Waiver through Uplifter. 

Uplifter has recorded a video of the step by step process for implementing this waiver into your registration procedure for this season. To view the video, please click here. 

The language that needs to be included in the waiver can be found here. 

We understand that not all Skate Ontario clubs/skating schools utilize Uplifter as their online registration system. In order for a club/skating school to utilize a different online registration platform for the collection of the Skate Ontario Waiver, the club/skating school needs to ensure the following parameters are met by the registration platform in order to proceed with an online collection of the waiver: 

1. A simple check box for acknowledgement of the waiver is not acceptable. 

1. The waiver acknowledgement needs to be associated/linked with a participant’s and/or a parent/legal guardian’s account which is time/date stamped upon completion. 

1. The platform needs to demonstrate evidence that the participant or the parent/legal guardian of a participant under 18 years of age has scrolled through and read the language of the waiver in order to add a digital signature to the waiver. 

1. The platform needs to include language that confirms the participant or the parent/legal guardian of a participant under 18 years of age, is consciously signing the waiver by utilizing a digital signature option. 

1. Clubs/skating schools must use the following language in the waiver acknowledgement section, please click here for the waiver language.  

If a club/skating school is implementing a digital waiver collection system, it is their responsibility to ensure that the above parameters are met. If a club/skating school can not guarantee the above, they must not include the waiver in their online registration process. In that situation, a club/slating school can utilize the fillable PDF version of the Skate Ontario Waiver for members to complete and send the waivers to a specified email address for collection. If a club/skating school administrator or registration platform provider have any questions, please reach out to Melissa Fraser. 

Skate Ontario clubs/skating schools have the responsibility to ensure that all registered members or the parent/legal guardian of participants under 18 years of age, have read and acknowledged the Skate Ontario Waiver by signing it (digitally or physically) prior to starting any type of programming. The method of collection of waivers (digital versus physical) will be an organizational decision made by each club/skating school.