Canadian Olympic Committee – CBC article HERE

Statement Regarding Safe Sport from:
Tricia Smith, President, Canadian Olympic Committee
Marc-André Fabien, President, Canadian Paralympic Committee

TORONTO & OTTAWA, February 10, 2019 – The Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Committees stand for sport free of harassment, abuse or discrimination of any kind. We are committed to the health and safety of all who play or work for the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic teams and to doing our part to ensure safe sport is the standard.

We will both be in Red Deer, Alberta, next weekend, for the 2019 Canada Winter Games. We look forward to meeting with the Minister of Sport and our partners in the sport system to advance this important conversation and to take action to better safeguard those in sport today and into the future.

Part of our talks will focus on better harmonized mechanisms and actions to address harassment, abuse, and discrimination in the areas of awareness, prevention, reporting, management, and monitoring. The goal is to ensure a common understanding among stakeholders and supporting the safest possible environment for all participants from the club level all the way to Team Canada.

The COC and CPC will be strong and influential voices committed to driving meaningful improvements on this critical issue.

Media Contacts:

Canadian Paralympic Committee
Nicole Watts
Manager, Public Relations
nwatts@paralympic.ca / 613-462-2700

Martin Richard
Executive Director, Communications and Brand
mrichard@paralympic.ca / 613-725-4339

Canadian Olympic Committee
Josh Su
Specialist, Public Relations
jsu@olympic.ca / 647-464-4060

Photi Sotiropoulos
Director, Communications and Media Relations
psotiropoulos@olympic.ca / 416-476-9174