True Sport Spotlight: Safe Sport Nova Scotia

In the fall of 2020, Elana Liberman published an article titled, “The absence of harm is not enough,” in which she explores how Sport Nova Scotia is working towards safe sport. As the organization’s Safe Sport lead, she argues that in order to achieve good sport, safe sport must mean more than simply the elimination of harm. Read the full True Sport Spotlight.

If you would like to be in the True Sport Spotlight, we’d love to hear from you! Submit your story online or email info@truesport.ca.

Sport for Life Presentation

“When sport is good, it has the power to instill character in our kids, strengthen our communities, and increase opportunities for excellence.”

Earlier in February, True Sport participated in the 2021 Virtual Sport for Life Canadian Summit focused on Pathway to Policy. True Sport team members Kasey Liboiron and Sarah Bennett delivered the presentation “The True Sport Journey: Moving Beyond Individual Champions.” A big thank you to Sport for Life for hosting the summit and the opportunity to share a resource that will further values-based sport within the Canadian sport system. Watch the presentation on YouTube.

NEW! Climbing Added to Sport ListClimbers –

we heard you say that you couldn’t find your sport on the Declaration page, so we added it to the sport list! If you can’t find your sport on our list and would like it added, please email info@truesport.ca. Join True Sport today!

Update on True Sport Principles Posters

Did you know that True Sport Principles posters are available in 14 languages? And we are in the process of adding Mi’kmaq to the mix! Send a message to info@truesport.ca if you would like to provide a translation in the language used by your sport group. We also have a new principles poster in landscape orientation available for download. See all of the True Sport Principles posters.