Ottawa – November 17, 2023 – The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) are proud to announce an extension of their partnership aimed at advancing their joint mission to protect the integrity of sport and the prevention of competition manipulation in Canada and internationally.
This collaboration will see the CCES update its free, online education course called “Understanding Competition Manipulation” to include the latest updates from the Olympic Movement Code on the Prevention of the Manipulation of Competition as well as the development of a harmonized national policy.
The CCES will first make the updated course available to athletes and support personnel participating in the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games in January, followed by all members of Team Canada at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The 15-minute interactive course currently provides participants with an overview of what competition manipulation is, the risks of competition manipulation, and how to prevent it.
Participants who take the course will come away with a better understanding of the rules around competition manipulation and sports betting which include: not betting on your own sport or sport on the program of a multi-sport Games in which you are taking part, not manipulating a competition, not sharing confidential information as well as the obligation to report any attempt to manipulate a competition.