About Us
We want to hear from you.
In Ontario, over 21,000 farmers are certified or trained in pesticide safety and over 1,000 employees of pesticide vendor businesses. At the Ontario Pesticide Education Program, we offer over 300 courses face-to-face each year. In the future, we plan to offer certification online and encourage you to consider this innovative approach for certification. Whether it’s online or face-to-face, our team of staff and instructors are genuinely committed to helping you achieve training and certification in pesticide safety so that you work safely, protecting yourself, others and the environment. Our connection with you makes our work profoundly satisfying. We, the staff and instructors, look forward to making your experience of certification satisfying to you. If you have any feedback for us, please contact me at skelner@ridgetownc.uoguelph.ca.
Susan Kelner, Program Coordinator
Ontario Pesticide Education Program (OPEP)
University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus - Brien House
120 Main St. East
Ridgetown ON Canada N0P 2C0
Telephone: 1-800-652-8573 (Ontario only) or 519-674-2230
Fax: 519-674-1589
opep@opep.ca
The Ontario Pesticide Education Program (OPEP) at the University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus co-ordinates the Grower Pesticide Safety Course and the Pesticide Vendor Certification Course across the province, under the direction of a Steering Committee with representatives from:
- AGCare (Agricultural Groups Concerned about Resources and the Environment)
- Ontario Ministry of the Environment
- Ontario Agri Business Association (representing pesticide vendors)
- CropLife Canada (representing pesticide manufacturers and distributors)
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food and Rural Affairs
- University of Guelph
- University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus
This committee provides technical advice and support for this program.