Prevention
Screening and Hiring Practices
All of our staff are screened during the recruitment process including criminal background checks and vulnerable sector checks.
Training and Education
Our coaches and A&R staff are required to complete online training and education through the Coaching Association of Canada's Safe Sport Training. Additional training for coaches is found within their NCCP membership under workshops like Creating a Positive Sport Environment. This provides coaches practical strategies for fostering a safe, inclusive, and positive sport environment. Respect in Sport is another platform for training designed specifically for parents and sport administrators. We encourage all participants to understand and commit to our standard for fostering a safe, inclusive sport environment.
In addition, we conduct in-person relevant Safe Sport workshops and coaching seminars throughout each year
We encourage all participants, including parents, to improve and increase their Safe Sport knowledge by also completing the Coaching Association of Canada's Safe Sport Training. These modules are complementary and an account to participate can be created here.
The Responsible Coaching Movement
3 Pillars: Rule of Two, Background Screening, Ethics Training.
The Responsible Coaching Movement (RCM) is a call to action for sport organizations, parents, and coaches to enact responsible coaching across Canada — on and off the field.
Established by the Coaching Association of Canada and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, the RCM invites all coaches and sport organizations to learn and apply consistent coaching principles. It includes three distinct pillars, each serving to create a sport environment that is Safe, Smart and Secure.
We have taken the RCM pledge and, in doing so, not only require our coaches to adhere to the Responsible Coaching requirements, but also encourage them to self-educate on the additional components of the true sport principles.
Policies and Codes of Conduct
As part of our Safe Sport commitment we require our coaches and student-athletes to adhere to various protection and sanctioning based policies and codes of conduct. Below are the applicable policies and codes for Safe Sport and other forms of conduct.
For our coaches:
OUA Conduct and Discipline
Athletics Code of Ethics (PDF)
Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Sport (UCCMS) (PDF)
https://cces.ca/sites/default/files/content/docs/2025-01/CCES-UCCMS-Final-E.pdf
- This applies to any sports-related misconduct. All incidents may be investigated in accordance with these documents along side the university’s applicable institutional policies.
For our student-athletes:
Our student-athlete requirements are found here
It is our aim that student-athletes read, understand, and acknowledge what they are responsible for and how they are protected by our institution. We encourage our student-athletes to come to us with any questions, feedback, or clarifications needed.
We also adhere to all OUA governance policies (PDF) as a condition of our membership
