Did you know that we have an on-site fitness room available for use by those working at IOS and PGC, including CCG employees and ship’s crew? The fitness room includes various cardio equipment, a large area for fitness classes, large TV, dumbbells up to 65 lbs, assorted barbells and plate weights, medicine balls, various other strength equipment, a smith machine, mats, and so on. This equipment has been acquired over the last many years as part of the health and wellness at IOS and PGC through grants and user memberships. The fitness room is self-maintained by users, meaning that users are responsible for cleaning up after they are finished and possibly helping to repair equipment when necessary. The fitness room is open 24 hours a day. Showers are available nearby in the hangar.
Orientation Session
If you are interested in using the fitness room, there is an once-only orientation session that is required by all users. The cost for the session is $10. The session is about 15 minutes long and you may wear your usual work clothing. Orientation sessions are typically held Wednesdays at 12 noon, but can be arranged at other times as well. Contact Steve to arrange an orientation session (contact details below).
Annual Fees
There is an annual fee to help pay for the fitness room equipment life cycle issues and to ensure that fitness room users will continue to have well-maintained and safe equipment for use. Fitness room users are more than welcome to have a say on how collected fees should be used in the fitness room. The annual fitness room fee is $50/year (1 Jan – 31 Dec) and includes unlimited access to the fitness room. There are no discounts for partial year or seasonal use and there are no discounts for students. We also do not offer a “drop-in” rate and memberships cannot be shared.
Fitness room memberships fees may be paid to the Staff Association with Interac transfer (info@yourstaffassociation.ca). Access to the Fitness room via your building access cards will be activated once your fee has been paid and that you have taken the orientation session. For those that previously took the orientation session, but that do not wish to pay the membership fee at this time, you may still re-join the fitness room in the future with a paid membership and you will not have to repeat the orientation session.
For ship’s crew without building access cards, the lower guardhouse will sign you out a card to access the fitness room, provided you have paid your annual membership fee and your name is on file.
Your Fitness Room Coordinator
Steve Romaine (stephen.romaine@dfo-mpo.gc.ca; 250-363-6868 or 250-514-6067)