Maltreatment in Canada: A Focus on Para-Athletes

Safe Sport Training

Canadian Paralympic Committee: Safe Sport Hub

Advancing Safe Sport Through Occupational Health and Safety

Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Sport, v6.0 (2022)

Annotated Version of the Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Sport (UCCMS)

Safe Sport and Safeguarding in Sport: A review and synthesis of the literature

Sport integrity: Why is it worth protecting?

Sports fans are all intimately familiar with the rules of their favourite sports: what’s allowed, and what will get you penalized. Many are less familiar with the behind-the-scenes rules that protect athletes and the integrity of sport itself. Why protect the integrity of sport? When the outcome of an event is predetermined by competition manipulation…

Balancing Act: Navigating weight cutting in sports for athlete well-being  

Weight cutting in sport sounds harsh because it is. As a U19 national champion wrestler with international experience and a mixed martial artist, I have first-hand experience losing weight in a short amount of time to compete in my desired category. And I can tell you that it is both mentally and physically daunting.    My…

Embracing Excellence: Cultivating Success Through Positive Sport

Introduction and Context Safe Sport continues to be a top concern in Canada, with continued efforts to address maltreatment at all levels of sport. While sexual violence is discussed most frequently in research and practice, with the rhetoric being that children need to be protected from ‘bad apples’ and ‘predators’, Canadian1,2 and international3,4 prevalence studies…