2017 IFSS World Championships! - Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve, Ontario, Canada

To ring in Canada’s 150th Birthday CAHDS http://canada-mushing.ca/ and Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve Ltd. http://www.haliburtonforest.com in Haliburton, Ontario partnered up and thought you can’t get much more Canadian then hosting a dog sledding event. So in true Haliburton Forest fashion, “Go big or go home!” we will be hosting the 2017 International Federation of Sleddog Sports (IFSS) Winter World Championships. You heard me right. Basically, Ontario will be home to the Olympics of dog sledding January 24 to February 1!

Over nine days we will see 22 different classes of races, with over 20 countries represented by approximately 150 teams and 1,200 dogs.

There will be opening and closing ceremonies, Musher Banquets, onsite food vendors, toboggan hill, etc…

How can you be witness to these events? Simple! You can join us as a spectator and view the races from the start/finish line, along the start/finish shoot as well as from MacDonald Lake. BUT why not be part of the team that made this event possible.

Over the course of the event we estimate that we will require approximately 40 to 60 volunteers a day. Volunteer positions include but are not limited to:

• Parking Services
• Dog Handlers
• Veterinarians and Veterinarian Technicians - http://canada-mushing.ca/veterinarians-needed-for-upcoming-ifss-world-campionship-in-haliburton-ontario/
• Food Services
• Checkpoint Attendants
• First Aiders
• Folks with their own ATVs to help guide dog teams to the start line

For Volunteer Position descriptions please visit: http://canada-mushing.ca/call-for-volunteers-haliburton-world-championships-2017/

For a schedule of events, information about location and venue as well as becoming part of a team either as a racer or volunteer please visit http://www.worlddogsleddingchampionships.ca/. More information will be posted on this site soon including available accommodations, shuttle services, etc…

To sign up to be a volunteer please fill out this form online https://surveys.haliburtonforest.com/index.php/685254

For any further inquiries and more information about volunteer positions please do not hesitate to email Tegan Legge – Project Manager at tlegge@haliburtonforest.com or give her a ring at 800-631-2198 ext. 210.