We must break the culture of silence in sport and I expect all national sport organizations to actively participate in that.”Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton (BCS) and Boxing Canada are among national sport organizations that have NDAs in their agreements. Four days after Boxing Canada penned a letter to Sport Canada, high performance director Daniel Trepanier resigned. Sport Canada recently launched the first Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner (OSIC), which will handle complaints of maltreatment in sport. She’s vowed a review of the funding agreement with national sport organizations, to improve governance and accountability, and plans to revisit the Canadian Sport Policy, which binds all sport organizations across Canada. Both Reimer and Peel recommend St-Onge make the AthletesCAN athlete agreement template mandatory for Canadian sport organizations.

Source: The Star June 08, 2022 19:45 UTC