TorontoToday profiles founder and president Andrew Adair and the origins of Open Ice.
Andrew Adair founded Open Ice Initiative in 2025 while a student at Upper Canada College. TorontoToday's Bright Spots profile covered how a high school student built a seventeen member executive, recruited professional coaching, and secured corporate partners.
The profile also covered what Open Ice is trying to prove: that the barrier to hockey in Toronto is cost, not interest, and that removing the cost removes the barrier.
I saw it as a chance to do something genuinely meaningful that aligned with my personal values. I'm trying to open the door to help a new generation into hockey.
This is our summary. Read or watch the original at TorontoToday.
Two organisations, one in the classroom and one at the rink, exploring a pathway that carries a student from a school assembly to a pair of skates.
Four days of ice and dryland, free lunch, and a full set of equipment for every camper.
Where the programme stands after its first three cycles, and what the numbers mean.
