At the CCES, we work in collaboration with our partners to produce a more fair, safe, accessible, and inclusive sport system for Canadians. It is our pleasure to share with you some highlights from the first six months of this fiscal year to demonstrate the impact of this work. We welcome your input and suggestions on how we can continually improve and how we might bring additional value to the work you do.
Our priority areas are anti-doping, competition manipulation, true sport and ethical sport engagement – all of which are critical to a values-based sport system and a positive sporting culture that drives both performance and participation. We are grateful for Sport Canada’s ongoing support of this work and confidence in the CCES.
It’s critical for Canada to continue to be a world leader in protecting athletes’ right to clean competition. We recognize the immediate concerns and risks associated with sport gambling as it relates to sport integrity and athlete safety – and the need for a national policy and educational resources on competition manipulation. Culture change in sport is clearly needed as a component to addressing safe sport in a long-term comprehensive manner. Through our work in True Sport, and the culture change we have established around doping prevention, we can help address this challenge. Poor governance can be a key predictor of ethical issues within sport and we are committed to assisting sport organizations improve their governance through initiatives such as governance education, risk management training, management by values workshops and development of various template policies or guidance.
With this new Progress Report, we’ll be bringing you a timely account of our headway toward our objectives, including stats on measurable outcomes as well as milestones that we feel are worth celebrating. Please never hesitate to reach out – we would welcome hearing from you.