How To Join Us: Travel

Conference attendees may travel by train from Toronto aboard Via Rail or New York aboard Amtrak.

National and international flights that arrive at John C. Munro Airport in Hamilton ON, Pearson Airport in Toronto ON, or Buffalo Niagara International Airport in Buffalo NY will connect with shuttle bus service to the Niagara Region (see Niagara Airbus).

National and international flights that arrive at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (Toronto Island) may connect with Via Rail service from Union Station (Toronto) to St. Catharines or scheduled coach service from the Toronto Bay Street Bus Terminal.

Bus travel in the region is provided by Coach Canada/Coach USA and Greyhound.

Private vehicular traffic is well served by the QEW 400-series highways in Ontario and the New York Interstate Highway system.

Google Map for St. Catharines, On and Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON

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Public Transit

St. Catharines operates a municipal transit system. All bus routes connect at the Downtown St. Catharines hub, including connections to Brock University. More information regarding public transit around the city and to the conference location at Brock University can be found on the St. Catharines Public Transit Commission website.

Accommodation

We have negotiated a special accommodation rate with Four Points by Sheraton, located directly across from the Brock University campus. For hotel and reservation information and to book accommodation please check our link to the Four Points by Sheraton website. (***the special rate is no longer available: please see this page)

Other accomodations in the St. Catharines area include:

Hotels

All hotels mentioned below are located on or near Ontario St. Municipal transit is available on this main arterial route.

Holiday Inn
Comfort Inn
Quality Hotel Parkway Convention Centre
Capri Inn

See also Tourism St. Catharines

Bed and Breakfast

Emilys Place Bed and Breakfast "is a very nicely equipped, private one bedroom apartment in a quiet, non smoking building" (located in West St. Catharines approximately a 20 minute trip to Brock University via public transit, with one connection at downtown hub).

Heritage House "is a charming Victorian style Bed and Breakfast located in the Downtown St. Catharines area" (approximately a 15 minute trip via public transit).

Keefer Mansion "combines the best of Victorian elegance with 21st century luxuries to create a uniquely Niagara lodging experience in the centre of an incredible region" (located in Thorold, approximately a 15 minute trip via public transit).

Springbank House Bed and Breakfast " includes gracious rooms that have a restful atmosphere of old world elegance and tradition" (located Downtown St Catharines, approximately a 15 minute trip via public transit).

*We are not endorsing any of the above-accommodations, simply providing this information for your reference. Descriptions are copied from the independent websites.