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(French version follows below) Written by Mike Fleurantin, Sport Law In less than a decade, basketball in Canada has grown from a sport with potential to a national passion. This ...
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Kaelem Moniz, for Sport Law Have you ever been ziplining? Gone to a trampoline park? Or even played in an amateur sports league? If so, there is a good chance ...
Written by Donny Jackson In our last blog post, we made comparisons between “real life” sporting events and Esports events and highlighted the importance of maintaining competitive integrity. Competitive integrity ...
Written by Jason Robinson, Sport Law In Part 1 of our blogs on Special Meetings of Members we shared the process for calling a Special Meeting and the common questions ...
Written by Greg Gilhooly, Sport Law Why have I started working with the Sport Law team? Because I believe in the power of sport. Sport, when it’s at its best, ...
Written by Will Russell, Sport Law Published May 14, 2024 Sport organizations have an obligation to control their environments, including practices, competitions, and events. This can mean limiting or denying ...
Written by Mike Fleurantin, Sport Law Spring is often associated with new beginnings and rebirth. This spring, I am so proud to begin the next chapter in my legal career ...
This blog was first shared for a class assignment at King’s University College for the Diversity and Social Justice course. “Not about us without us” could be a rallying cry ...
It’s hard to believe that this time last year, we were contemplating a national tour to connect with provincial and territorial sport leaders who were longing to re-imagine a healthier ...
To be bereaved is to be torn apart. On this national Grief and Bereavement Day, it is fitting for us to pause, reflect on all the losses that we have ...
Published October 12, 2023 Recently, the Canadian Sport Dispute Resolution Code (the Code) was updated. Effective October 1st, 2023, these changes largely reflect the evolving involvement of the Sport Dispute ...
As far back as I can remember, I had my hair in a ponytail, glove on my hand, and cleats on my feet. I grew up on the softball diamond. ...
Published on August 24, 2023 On March 1, 2023, the International Olympic Committee announced that there would be an “Olympic Esport Series” games lineup. Yes, you read that right: Olympic ...
Published on August 3, 2023 The “F” word… Fraud – it’s not something we talk a lot about in the non-profit world or particularly the amateur sport community, but just ...
Published on July 12, 2023 As Sport Law team members, we care deeply about sport, people and dreams. We often find ourselves working alongside leaders when they are feeling vulnerable, ...
Published May 31, 2023 Over the past year, we have noticed an increase in the requests to assist with Special Meetings of Members. This blog focuses on the process of ...
Published on May 4, 2023. What is the line between off-duty activities that are captured by your conduct policies - and subject to your complaint process - and behaviours away ...
Published on April 13, 2023 We need to name it to tame it. Our words shape our worlds. What got us here, isn’t what we need to get us to ...
Published on February 16, 2023. Money. Medals. Morals. A new triple bottom line to measure success in sport. In a keynote last year, I was asked to present on Management ...
Published on February 2, 2023. Hope. The one thing that can change everything. A year ago we shared Hope on the Horizon by offering our views on the many ways ...
If we want to make sport better, we need to know better. After completing hundreds of governance presentations over the past 30 years, one of the most common comments we ...
Published on October 14, 2022. Read part 1 and part 2 of this conversation now. Sometimes leading means leaving. It may feel counter-intuitive but read on if you are curious ...
Published on October 6, 2022 Last month I wrote about how humans try to organize complexity into nice little boxes. Dealing with challenges, maltreatment, conflict, the pandemic, increasing scrutiny and ...
As a long-time passionate advocate for healthy, human sport, I have made a conscious decision to focus on hope-filled solutions to counter so much of the negative and depleted narrative ...
I have just completed a weeklong integration learning session with Coaches Rising – a global community of professional coaches who believe that the work we do can transform lives, build ...
Published on August 11, 2022 Justice delayed is justice denied. But exactly how long is too long? Sport organizations are frequently required to manage administrative processes, from team selections to ...
For the past decade, the team at Sport Law has sometimes felt alone on an island, speaking about humanistic and values-based approaches to leading, competing, and coaching in sport. Over ...
Published on June 24, 2022 “Our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.” This quote from author and researcher Brené Brown sums up how I ...
Published on May 31, 2022 This blog is Part 3 of our ongoing virtual meeting roadshow, where we share our learnings and interesting moments from the hosting of online member ...
Published on May 25, 2022 The Rolodex. Fax machines. The watercooler. Icons and increasingly relics of ‘the office’ that are no longer relevant in the modern workplace. Mobile technologies, such ...
Sport Law has been accompanying sport leaders since 1992, helping them address legal, governance and communications issues. During this time, we listened to the growing needs of leaders who were ...
In a widely anticipated decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the termination of a 30-year employee for a single incident of misconduct. In Render v. ThyssenKrupp Elevator (Canada) Limited, ...
Published on March 31, 2022 Anyone else feel that sport is in deep transition? Everywhere we turn we see organizational leaders being fired or leaving because they are burned out. ...
Published on March 10, 2022 A challenging issue that sport organizations have navigated in recent months is the implementation of mandatory vaccination policies. While vaccination requirements, along with testing and ...
Published on February 25, 2022 Overview Social media use is abundant today, especially as COVID restrictions have moved much of our personal and professional lives online. Many sport organizations have ...
Published on January 27, 2022 Part of our commitment to elevate sport is providing accessible information and practical guidance to the Canadian sport community, including clarifying frequently used terms. Given ...
Published on January 25, 2022 Last year I delivered a dozen keynotes on the state of sport and what we believe is needed to better meet the needs of the ...
Published January 19, 2022 I Thought YOU Were Doing That You’ve probably seen it before. Lofty goals and program objectives are listed in a strategic plan, but just don’t seem ...
Published January 12, 2022 As we turn our tired hearts to 2022, the team members at Sport Law are here to support sport leaders, coaches, athletes, and volunteers through the ...
Published December 14, 2021 Having just completed the 4th Sport Leaders Retreat, Sport Law is accompanying a group of technical leaders on what will be our 5th Quest in a ...
Published November 12, 2021 As a femtor, I have made a commitment to say ‘yes’ when I get asked to have a conversation with an emerging sport leader or an ...
Published November 9, 2021 Since the onset of COVID-19 in March 2020, we have all shifted to a new virtual reality. When we posted our initial blog about hosting your ...
Published October 29, 2021 The Virtual Sport Leaders Retreat: Sport Coaches and Technical Leadership Edition was inspired by the lessons learned from the Sport Leaders Retreat – a leadership experience that was launched ...
Published October 19, 2021 A few months ago, we paid homage to the great Phil Collins in our blog on generative tension which explored the natural tension that arises when two or more people work together towards ...
Published October 5, 2021 November 3, 2021 – Sport Law is excited to launch a new virtual offering to support grief and loss literacy for caring leaders in and outside ...
Published September 30, 2021 As we gradually return to organized activities, many Sport Organizations are looking to update their COVID protocols for their employees, volunteers, participants, and spectators. A key issue is whether to introduce a ...
Published September 29, 2021 September 29, 2021 – (Ottawa) Sport Law is committed to serving sport organizations in their desire to fulfill their mission and live their values. To support ...
Published September 25, 2021 Written by: John Gobin In our continuing series of blog posts on the ONCA, this post will focus on the implementation of the Act, new amendments ...
Published September 1, 2021 I was in a conversation with a client recently and they remarked how they were exhausted all the time and were struggling to recharge their depleted ...
Published August 25, 2021 By: Will Russell I am very excited to be joining Sport Law and contributing to the continued success of the group as well as the Sport Organizations that ...
Published July 29, 2021 This blog is dedicated to the care professionals … the ones who go the extra mile, who put the needs of others before their own, who ...
Published July 12, 2021 When we are bereaved, we feel ‘torn apart’. Words that often accompany our losses, both death and non-death related include ‘gutted, heartbroken, empty, dead inside, devastated, ...
Published June 30, 2021 June 30, 2021 – Sport Law is pleased to announce that seven members of our team are now certified in the use of the NOVA Profile, a psychometric ...
Published June 17, 2021 It feels like Phil Collins understands a thing or two about tension. It is not widely known that arguably his best solo song, “In the Air Tonight,” was written ...
Published June 10, 2021 ‘What got us here, won’t get us there.’ That seems to be the prevailing sentiment when I sit down with leaders to figure out how we ...
Published June 1, 2021 Ottawa – June 2, 2021 –Getting to simple requires such hard work. After almost a year of soul searching, working with our branding partner Godzspeed, engaging our ...
Published May 27, 2021 May 26, 2021 – Sport Law is excited to launch a new virtual offering to support grief and loss literacy for coaches, athletes, sport administrators, and ...
Published May 18, 2021 Ottawa, May 18, 2021 - Sport Law is responding to the sport community’s need for leadership development training that is customized, sport specific, and supported by ...
Published April 27, 2021 Who am I to grieve? This question has surfaced over and over while hosting facilitated conversations with athletes, coaches, sport leaders, and others. My response … who are you not to? ...
Published April 5, 2021 Saying goodbye is hard. Have you noticed that sport leaders are really good at taking on new challenges, initiating things, and managing by objectives? I ...
Published March 26, 2021 March 26, 2021 –The SLSG believes in bringing members of the sport community together through our monthly “Conversation Matters: You Ask, We Share”, spending an hour with sport leaders from across the country sharing ...
Published March 2, 2021 February 24, 2021 –The SLSG believes in bringing members of the sport community together through our monthly “Conversation Matters: You Ask, We Share”, spending an hour ...
Published February 25, 2021 By: Melissa Knox I need to make my own t-shirt that reads, “Black History Is Every Month.” February, the shortest month of the year. Just when ...
Published February 9, 2021 As someone who likes to explore novel ideas or find innovative ways to spark conversation within the sport sector, I am offering up this blog to ...
Published January 21, 2021 The SLSG believes in bringing members of the sport community together through our monthly “Conversation Matters: You Ask, We Share”, spending an hour with sport leaders ...
Published January 14, 2021 Written by: Dina Bell-Laroche As we enter into 2021, the invitation is to explore the hidden depths of our souls such as we can show up ...
Published December 31, 2020 Written by: Dina Bell-Laroche As we look ahead to 2021, we might find ourselves feeling a mixture of emotions … fear, sadness, happiness, anger, disgust, or ...
Published December 22, 2020 By: Stephanie Potter Sport has played such a significant role in my life, and I am beyond thrilled to have joined the SLSG so that I ...
Published December 17, 2020 The SLSG believes in bringing members of the sport community together through our monthly “Conversation Matters: You Ask, We Share”, spending an hour with sport leaders ...
Published December 8, 2020 In his poignant essay on the deep sadness he experienced after the death of his cherished wife Joy Davidman, author C.S. Lewis acknowledged that he was surprised to ...
Published November 25, 2020 Recently, we’re been asked to join virtual AGMs, town halls, and other gatherings to stimulate discussion, challenge outdated mindsets, and open hearts to new possibilities. What ...
Published November 13, 2020 Paper Waivers vs. Electronic Waivers Have we finally gone paperless on this issue? In these unprecedented times, the paper waiver is being ushered ever further out ...
Published November 3, 2020 November 3, 2020 –The SLSG believes in bringing members of the sports community together through our monthly “Conversation Matters: You Ask, We Share”, spending an hour ...
Published October 14, 2020 By Dina Bell-Laroche Over the past several decades societies have endeavored, some more than others, to challenge and address injustices including racism, inequity, and exclusionary practices, ...
Published September 21, 2020 September 21, 2020 – The SLSG is pleased to announce that we will be working with Queen’s University’s Athletics & Recreation on a department review. This ...
Published September 10, 2020 In preparing for an upcoming project that focuses on leadership, current safe sport practices, and management by values, I read Scaling Leadership by R. Anderson and ...
Published September 9, 2020 September 9, 2020 – After an intentional pause to recharge, SLSG Partners have relaunched our monthly “Conversation Matters: You Ask, We Share” to bring insight and ...
Published September 1, 2020 Through our work, we have received hundreds of messages and calls from sport leaders across the country expressing their longing for a different way. This blog ...
Published August 26, 2020 The Sport Law & Strategy Group (SLSG) is pleased to share several updates that reflect our commitment to bringing strategic insight and exceptional services to the ...
Published August 25, 2020 I am incredibly excited to be joining the SLSG team and I look forward to connecting with so many of you in the near future. With ...
Published July 1, 2020 The Sport Law & Strategy Group is pleased to announce that lawyer Michelle Kropp has joined our existing team of eleven professionals located across the country ...
Published July 1, 2020 As the newest member of the SLSG, I am very excited to be joining a group of professional, dedicated, and knowledgeable sport consultants. I began my ...
Published June 29, 2020 Since posting our earlier blogs about hosting your AGM amidst COVID-19 and SLSG’s Simply Voting subscription to support sport organizations, the response from the sport community ...
Published June 25, 2020 The SLSG has been hosting weekly “Conversation Matters: You Ask, We Share” spending an hour with sport leaders from across the country sharing information and responding ...
Published June 23, 2020 Throughout the pandemic, the Sport Law & Strategy Group (SLSG) has been supporting sport organizations in their Return to Sport plans by ensuring they are meeting ...
Published June 4, 2020 The SLSG is cotinuing to host its weekly “Conversation Matters: You Ask, We Share” where we spend an hour with sport leaders from across the country ...
Published June 3, 2020 In a pre-COVID-19 world, most of our clients did not know what the word ZOOM meant. Now it’s a verb as in “I’m zoomed out.” (Note: ...
Published May 31, 2020 The SLSG is hosting weekly “Conversation Matters: You Ask, We Share” where we spend an hour with sport leaders from across the country sharing information and ...
Published May 28, 2020 For more than 25 years the SLSG has been committed to providing current and relevant information to the Canadian sport community to help better manage the ...
Published April 28, 2020 In 2018 I became certified in using the EQ-i and the EQ 360 psychometric assessment tools that support a deepened understanding of how emotions influence the way ...
Published May 20, 2020 What if one of your participants exposes another participant to COVID-19? And that participant blames you? We strongly recommend that sport organizations update their waivers and ...
Published May 19, 2020 Strategic planning is one of the ways sport leaders can minimize uncertainty, create a galvanizing vision to rally the troops, express shared values that reflect a ...
Published May 19, 2020 As this is a rapidly changing environment, the information contained in this summary document may not be the most up to date and we have used ...
Published May 14, 2020 The SLSG is hosting weekly “Conversation Matters: You Ask, We Share” where we spend an hour with sport leaders from across the country sharing information and ...
Published May 12, 2020 I listened to author and motivational speaker Simon Sinek speak unedited to his team recently and he asked a powerful question: “What will we become?” This ...
Published May 7, 2020 The SLSG is hosting weekly “Conversation Matters: You Ask, We Share” where we spend an hour with sport leaders from across the country sharing information and ...
Published May 6, 2020 COVID-19 has changed how we communicate. Face-to-face conversations are restricted. Conferences and annual meetings have moved to virtual spaces. Coaches and athletes are struggling to stay ...
Published May 4, 2020 The SLSG is hosting weekly “Conversation Matters: You Ask, We Share” where we spend an hour with sport leaders from across the country sharing information and ...
Published May 4, 2020 As I wrote about earlier this week, helping others and expressing empathy releases the 'feel good' emotions that we need to thrive. Some of you might ...
Published April 26, 2020 I recently read a great opinion piece in the Globe and Mail on how altruism can help people overcome what appear to be insurmountable challenges. The ...
Published April 23, 2020 The SLSG is hosting weekly “Conversation Matters: You Ask, We Share” where we spend an hour with sport leaders from across the country sharing information and ...
Published April 21, 2020 As the world continues to adjust to the “new normal” under COVID-19, sport leaders have been considering how best to encourage safe training environments for athletes ...
Published April 16, 2020 The SLSG is hosting weekly “Conversation Matters: You Ask, We Share” where we spend an hour with sport leaders from across the country sharing information and ...
Published April 14, 2020 The SLSG is hosting weekly “Conversation Matters: You Ask, We Share” where we spend an hour with sport leaders from across the country sharing information and ...
Published April 9, 2020 Earlier this week we blogged about the support that SLSG can provide for your meetings, as well as the latest federal and provincial updates on annual ...
Published April 8, 2020 These are uncertain times. We are faced with unprecedented complexity and a rapidly changing crisis. Some can adapt and focus on the positive. Others are barely ...
Published April 6, 2020 Due to COVID-19, many organizations who have regularly hosted their annual general meeting (AGM) over the next few months now face uncertainty as to when they ...
Published April 2, 2020 Considering current world events, the SLSG is hosting weekly “Conversation Matters: You Ask, We Share” and spent an hour sharing information and responding to questions from ...
Published March 26, 2020 As this is a rapidly changing environment, the information contained in this summary document may not be the most up to date and we have used ...
Published March 26, 2020 In her beautiful poem that has been shared across the globe, Kitty O’Meara’s “And the people stayed home” has struck a chord with all those affected ...
Published March 23, 2020 Considering current world events, the SLSG moved up the launch of “Conversation Matters: You Ask, We Share” and yesterday spent an hour sharing information and responding ...
Published March 20, 2020 In light of current world events, the Sport Law & Strategy Group (SLSG) has updated the launch of Conversation Matters: You Ask, We Share! online sessions ...
Published March 17, 2020 As a caring and values-based company, the SLSG has been working alongside its sport community partners over the past several weeks to minimize risks related to ...
Published March 12, 2020 We recently published a blog on what organizations can do to mitigate travel related risks. As more and more events are being cancelled, we offer these ...
Published March 9, 2020 The impact of COVID-19 on sport is becoming increasingly worrisome and it has become THE story in 2020. Multiple world championship and Olympic qualification events, such ...
Published March 2, 2020 Since 2014, the SLSG has been providing Integral Coaching™ services to a growing number of clients. This blog serves to demystify the services we provide and ...
Published February 25, 2020 The Sport Law & Strategy Group (SLSG) believes in giving back to the sport community that we have been serving since 1992. Last year we launched ...
Published February 18, 2020 Increasingly we are looking at proactive approaches to help our clients prevent the issues that are keeping them up at night. One of the simplest ways ...
Published February 12, 2020 We are increasingly being asked for help to identify, vet, and select prospective employees, vendors and higher-level volunteers (like nominees for a Board of Directors) through ...
Published January 26, 2020 Last year I blogged about the importance of preparing for team travel risks when travelling outside of Canada for competitions and training camps. I also co-hosted ...
Published January 20, 2020 As we look back on the last decade, I can’t help but recognize the significant shifts in the sport sector. As someone who has been working, ...
Published January 15, 2020 The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) and the Sport Law & Strategy Group (SLSG) are proud to collaborate on the annual Sport Leaders Retreat, ...
Published December 10, 2019 It struck me recently that we are masterful at initiating things as sport leaders, athletes, and coaches. We are forever looking to climb the next mountain ...
Published December 9, 2019 Parliamentary Workshop for Sport Leaders - Monday, January 20th from 9am-4pm at the House of Sport After delivering their most recent webinar on Managing Meeting Challenges ...
Published December 3, 2019 A few weeks ago, I published Part 1 of Stewarding Conflict to explain different ways that people hold conflict. Our lawyers at SLSG are experienced at ...
Published December 3, 2019 Dina Bell-Laroche facilitated a 3 day Sport Leaders Retreat with 10 sport stewards from across the country and from 10 different sport. Together, they discovered new ...
Published November 27, 2019 This blog is about working through conflict in a deliberate and purposeful way. The word conflict derives from the Latin word conflictus which means to ‘strike ...
Published November 26, 2019 The Sport Law & Strategy Group (SLSG) is a team of 11 professionals working exclusively in the Canadian sport sector helping sport organizations be the best ...
Published November 5, 2019 The Sport Law & Strategy Group (SLSG) is inviting sport leaders from across the country to take a few minutes to let us know what you ...
Published October 30, 2019 Last weekend I hosted the first Leading with Values Retreat for female leaders in partnership with Sport PEI. Their executive director Gemma Koughan had attended the ...
Published October 16, 2019 As I begin my new chapter with the Sport Law and Strategy Group (SLSG) as a leadership coach and consultant, I am reflecting on my time ...
Published October 16, 2019 The Sport Law & Strategy Group is pleased to announce that former national team rhythmic gymnast and national team coach Lauren Brett, has joined our team ...
Published October 7, 2019 Earlier this year I completed an eight-month coaching journey that completely transformed my coaching practice. As an Integral Master CoachTM, I have been longing to support ...
Published September 16, 2019 The Sport Law & Strategy Group is pleased to announce that one of our associates, Jason Robinson, has successfully passed the exam to become a Certified ...
Published July 24, 2019 As part of its commitment to create a high performing, safe and respectful environment for high performance athletes and coaches, Wrestling Canada (WCL) was inspired to ...
Published July 15, 2019 I have been writing about governance gremlins and outdated sport systems over the past year and my hope with this blog is to share some of ...
Published July 4, 2019 Over the past 27 years, the Sport Law & Strategy Group (SLSG) has written hundreds of articles on topics related to the law, planning, leadership, and ...
Published June 20, 2019 This blog was written to share what I’ve come to learn about grieving (internal response to loss) and mourning (shared experience of loss or grief gone ...
Published May 27, 2019 The Whitecaps FC announced today that the Sport Law & Strategy Group (SLSG) has been retained as the independent third party to conduct a thorough review ...
Published May 22, 2019 By LJ Bartle and Tia Wintre Two years ago, we made one of those big life decisions to leave an organization we both cared about deeply. ...
Published May 7, 2019 Of late, I have been reflecting on the state of sport and our collective desire to ensure it supports a holistic, healthy and safe experience for ...
Published March 26, 2019 Given the current landscape of sport, we have been spending a lot of time reflecting on the topic of trust. Without a doubt, trust is one ...
Published February 21, 2019 In the wake of a public dialogue on abuse in sport, I was reminded of the Latin phrase “primum nil nocere” which means “first, to do ...
Published February 20, 2019 Never has it been more important for sport leaders to understand the management of complaints. Having recently launched its Sport Management Series 2.0 to support sport ...
Published February 13, 2019 The Sport Law & Strategy Group (SLSG) is proud to announce that it is continuing its commitment to give back to the sport community by offering pro-bono consulting services ...
Published February 8, 2019 In SIRC's recent blog, Investing in Leaders is Smart Risk Management Strategy, Sport Leaders Retreat facilitator and the Sport Law and Strategy Group's (SLSG) Partner Dina ...
Published January 29, 2019 The Sport Law & Strategy Group (SLSG) is pleased to announce the launching of its Sport Management Series 2.0 which is now available via e-book on the SLSG Website. We are featuring one ...
Published January 29, 2019 In this blogpost we overview five pieces of new or upcoming Ontario legislation and discuss how they may impact your sport organization. There are also important ...
Published January 16, 2019 Since 2007, I have had the privilege to facilitate enterprise risk management workshops (ERM) with 56 National, Multi-Sport, Provincial/Territorial and Community Sport Organizations. In collaboration with ...
Published January 15, 2019 We are pleased to provide Values-in-Action: Igniting Passion and Purpose in Sport Organizations in an e-book format so that more sport leaders can benefit from the ...
Published January 15, 2019 The Sport Law & Strategy Group (SLSG) and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) are offering the Sport Leaders Retreat to help sport leaders ...
Published December 20, 2018 As an Integral Master Coach(TM), I am required to engage in meaningful practices to continuously hone my capacity to be in service of others. An additional ...
Published December 20, 2018 We last wrote about Criminal Record Checks – a Discussion for Every Sport Organization in January 2016 and its time to update our knowledge in this ...
Published December 11, 2018 At the Sport Law & Strategy Group (SLSG), one of our core values is professional integrity – acting fairly, ethically and with compassion. One way of ...
Published December 3, 2018 Over the past year, I’ve worked with several organizations on the topic of safety – helping them manage through crisis and supporting them through the healing ...
Published November 4, 2018 The Sport Law & Strategy Group (SLSG) is pleased to announce that LJ Bartle and Tia Wintre, two experts in the areas of quality assurance, healthy ...
Published November 4, 2018 By Tia Wintre and LJ Bartle In life, people want to shape their experiences and feel empowered to be part of the decision-making process. It makes ...
Published October 29, 2018 Over the past number of months, I have been working with several clients to realign their financial management systems, bring their daily financial management in-house, and ...
Published October 16, 2018 With cannabis becoming legal on October 17th, many sport organizations have been asking themselves the following questions: What do we have to know? Is it the ...
Published October 10, 2018 I have written numerous blogs on methods to advance the governance and leadership of Canadian sport. I, along with my colleagues at the Sport Law & ...
Published October 4, 2018 The number of travel policy related requests and questions has increased at the SLSG in recent months, and the importance of preparing for international team travel ...
Published October 2, 2018 Dina Bell-Laroche will host a feature webinar for CAAWS on October 31st at noon. The webinar is titled 'Directing Change: Towards Gender Equitable Sport Boards' and ...
Published September 24, 2018 My partner (and friend) Steve Indig is an avid basketball fan and sent me the link to the Silver Memo, which highlights the NBA Commissioner’s recent ...
Published August 7, 2018 A problematic issue has emerged in some sport dispute cases in the #metoo aftermath. We are sharing this blogpost to remind sport leaders that every individual’s ...
Published July 6, 2018 The Sport Law & Strategy Group and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) are again offering a Sport Leaders Retreat to help sport executives from ...
Published July 3, 2018 I recently completed a project for Rowing Canada Aviron (RCA) related to their existing National Training Centres (NTC) and the development of a long-term NTC strategy. ...
Published June 20, 2018 There comes a time in your life when you are faced with a moral dilemma. In those moments, you might question your purpose; asking yourself “Why ...
Published June 7, 2018 Dispute resolution and abuse in sport are intersecting issues that can be addressed by policies (the current approach) or by an independent dispute resolution officer (an ...
Published May 29, 2018 The Sport Law & Strategy Group (SLSG) has recently joined the House of Sport to better connect with and serve members of Canada’s sport community. The ...
Published May 29, 2018 The Sport Law & Strategy Group is pleased to announce that lawyer Adam Klevinas has joined our team as an associate. Adam, a former national team ...
Published May 28, 2018 When I won my first case as a lawyer, I remember proudly announcing it to my then Director General. He immediately shot back with a question ...
Published April 17, 2018 A few years back I wrote about emotional intelligence (EI) in the context of leadership and shared ways that sport leaders can enhance their EI. My ...
Published April 11, 2018 *This post was revised and updated on June 13th, 2018 The Ontario government recently passed ‘Rowan’s Law’, which is concussion management legislation that will affect every ...
Published April 11, 2018 The SLSG believes that consistent, ongoing professional development can help us better serve the needs of our clients. To that end, we wanted to share our ...
Published March 27, 2018 Increasingly I’ve been tempted to answer my phone with “You’ve got a crisis, how can I help?” As a result of helping sport organizations better manage ...
Published February 27, 2018 Once again, we are pleased to share our analysis of the Medals Index for the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. We know Canada won a record ...
Published February 22, 2018 The increase to the Ontario minimum wage was not the only important employment-related change that has recently come into effect. Improved worker protections, changes to employment ...
Published February 13, 2018 The SLSG is hosting a special professional development workshop for sport leaders on March 6th from 9am to 4pm in Toronto. The workshop is geared toward ...
Published January 26, 2018 The Ontario Not-for-profit Corporations Act (“ONCA”) has been stuck in legislative limbo since 2010 – but there have been recent developments that affect every Ontario not-for-profit ...
Published January 10, 2018 Dom Chorafakis is the founder and principal technical consultant with Akouto, a cyber security consulting firm. Dom is actively engaged in cybersecurity research and development and ...
Published December 18, 2017 My business partner and good friend Steve Indig and I have been dreaming big these days. Fresh off a 25th anniversary which helped us launch a new ...
Published December 16, 2017 Tyler Matthews was a recent student of mine at Brock University. He completed a Bachelor of Sport Management (Honours) at Brock University and his sport management ...
Published December 9, 2017 Whether your organization’s year-end is December 31, March 31, or some other time during the year, the annual audit is always a source of stress for ...
Published December 5, 2017 I recently had the pleasure of joining the leadership team for the 2017 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon (STWM) at its Forward Command Centre prior to the ...
Published November 23, 2017 The Sport Law & Strategy Group (SLSG) celebrates its 25th anniversary this week and we would like to thank all of our clients, partners, friends, families and ...
Published November 14, 2017 This blog is about two big milestones for me – one to happen in a matter of days and one to happen in about six months. ...
Published November 2, 2017 This weekend I achieved a personal milestone in spending time with the compassionate and dedicated members of Synchro BC. We weren’t there to do strategic planning, ...
Published November 2, 2017 We are pleased to announce that former national team water polo player and certified International Coach Federation (ICF) bilingual coach Rosanna Tomiuk has joined our team as ...
Published October 31, 2017 I took my first psychometric assessment when I was 19. A psychometric assessment measures psychological characteristics such as personality traits, behavioural styles, cognitive abilities, or motivations. I was ...
Published September 8, 2017 This is the second of a two-part blog. Read part one here. I recently participated in several excellent webinars on the topic of emergency planning, including how ...
Published September 1, 2017 This is the first of a two-part blog. Read part two here. Earlier this year I hosted a webinar on emergency preparedness planning for events and this topic continues ...
Published August 30, 2017 Sport Leaders Program November 29 – December 1, 2017 The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, the Sport Law & Strategy Group and Coaching for Excellence ...
Published August 1, 2017 The Sport Law & Strategy Group (SLSG) is proud to partner with iS4 soccer legends, to host its next webinar on August 30 from 11:45 AM ...
Published July 17, 2017 The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) is inviting expressions of interest from sport leaders who want to participate in a Management by Values workshop on ...
Published July 6, 2017 Sport organizations located in Ontario can access thousands of dollars in funding to train and enhance the skills of their employees – and we can help! ...
Published June 8, 2017 I recently became certified in the use of a psychometric self-awareness tool that I believe can have a profound impact on the development of sport leaders. ...
Published June 6, 2017 Recently I completed a course on parliamentary procedure with the University of Wisconsin and proudly updated my LinkedIn profile to announce my status as a newly ...
Published May 10, 2017 In sport, we often talk about physical literacy as “the mastering of fundamental movement skills and fundamental sport skills that permit a child to read their ...
Published March 28, 2017 The CCES has announced that applications are being accepted for the next round of Risk Management Workshops for NSOs and MSOs. Expressions of interest are due ...
Published March 21, 2017 On March 13, 2017, the Ontario government announced a new multiyear funding program to support recognized provincial sport organizations to develop and deliver programs aligned with ...
Published March 16, 2017 The newest edition of SIRCuit, published by the Sport Information Resource Centre, focused on Leadership. The e-publication contains a great article on the CCES Risk Management ...
Published March 15, 2017 A person would have to be on a deserted island to not be aware of the increasingly frequent occurrence of cyber-attacks in the world of politics ...
Published February 14, 2017 This blogpost is our annual ‘what to watch’ post where we review the important topics and issues we will be paying attention to in the coming ...
Published February 3, 2017 Sport Law & Strategy Group Newsletter vol 13(1) - February 2017 This edition of our newsletter features posts about managing risks, transgender issues in sport, harassment, leadership, the ...
Published January 27, 2017 In 2016, the SLSG partnered with the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES), the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical ...
Published January 5, 2017 I have written in this space previously about the issue of gender and sport (2012, 2010, 2006), and given developments over the last year or so, ...
Published November 18, 2016 By now, most BC societies have received formal notice from BC Registry Services that the new BC Societies Act will come into force on November 28th, ...
Published November 2, 2016 The Sport Law & Strategy Group ("SLSG") is proud to support the launch of iS4, a new company formed by former and current Canadian National Soccer ...
Published October 28, 2016 Risk management has made front line news again over the past few weeks. Beyond politics and ethical considerations of medically assisted deaths to the striking of ...
Published October 12, 2016 I read with interest an article in the Ottawa Citizen about the rising number of public service executives who are seeking counselling to deal with a ...
Published October 5, 2016 In recent risk management workshops with National Sport Organizations (NSOs) as part of the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport’s Risk Management Program that I have ...
Published September 20, 2016 In our previous post about Game ON, we discussed the policies that Ontario Provincial Sport Organizations (PSOs) will need to have in order to be formally ...
Published June 29, 2016 Increasingly I’m inspired to think of choices when tackling both every day and complex problems by approaching them as ‘and/with’ problems instead ‘either/or’. This connected duality ...
Published June 1, 2016 Since 2007 the Sport Law & Strategy Group (SLSG) has partnered with the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport to deliver the Risk Management Project, a ...
Published May 9, 2016 One of the legacies of Toronto hosting the 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games has been a renewed focus on sport in Ontario and the creation of ...
Published May 3, 2016 Sport Law & Strategy Group Newsletter vol 12(1) - April 2016 This edition of our newsletter features posts about Criminal Records Checks, our Harassment in Sport blog series, ...
Published April 8, 2016 By Rachel Corbett. I have been very impressed by the Harassment in Sport blog series presented by the Coaching Association of Canada, the Canadian Centre for Ethics ...
Published April 4, 2016 Our intention for this four-part blog series on harassment in sport is to review the past, assess where we are, and chart a course forward that ...
Published March 24, 2016 Recently, organizations in Ontario and BC have been asking us about transitioning to compliance with the upcoming Ontario Not-For-Profit Corporations Act (ONCA) and the new BC ...
Published February 22, 2016 This blogpost will review the topics and issues that we will be paying attention to in the upcoming year. We write a similar post every year ...
Published February 8, 2016 We are proud that SLSG Partner Dina Bell-Laroche is one of the featured speakers on Resilience + Reach, a Global Online Coaching Summit that runs from ...
Published February 8, 2016 On my way to Yellowknife, I printed off a dozen articles from the Non Profit Risk Management Center, a great source of risk management advice for ...
Published January 27, 2016 Our intention for this four-part blog series on harassment in sport is to review the past, assess where we are, and chart a course forward that ...
Published January 7, 2016 Are Criminal Record Checks (CRCs) really necessary? Since they take time and effort for a volunteer to obtain, and they cost money, this is often the ...
Published December 16, 2015 Our intention for this four-part blog series on harassment in sport is to review the past, assess where we are, and chart a course forward that ...
Published December 8, 2015 Big news for BC sports organizations! The new not-for-profit corporations act – the BC Societies Act – has been announced to come into force on November ...
Published November 18, 2015 Sport Law & Strategy Group Newsletter vol 11(2) - October 2015 This edition of our newsletter features news about the new BC Societies Act, updates to important ...
Published October 28, 2015 Hosting a successful sport event involves many factors, some of which involve taking risks or exposing your organization to potential risks. Minimizing risk during the hosting ...
Published August 26, 2015 Risk management is a concept that more and more sport leaders are embracing. In part, this shift towards proactive, integrated and system-wide management of risks is ...
Published July 20, 2015 I was reading a great article in the December 2001 edition of the Harvard Business Review on leadership that is worth sharing. Written by Goleman, Boyatzis ...
Published June 25, 2015 There have been several recent changes in Ontario law that have come into effect, or will soon, that impact amateur sport organizations in Ontario that have paid ...
Published June 22, 2015 In her groundbreaking book Mindset: the new psychology of success, world renowned psychologist Carol Dweck shared years of research on the power of our mindset. She ...
Published June 9, 2015 With the recent successes and the rising popularity of Canadian Olympic athletes, more and more sponsorship dollars are gravitating towards amateur sport. A few statistics from ...
Published June 2, 2015 The Sport Law & Strategy Group has been handling internal appeals for sport organizations for over twenty years. Our task is to ensure procedural fairness during ...
Published May 27, 2015 [An updated blogpost relating to Management by Values was posted in August 2015 and is accessible here] by Dina Bell-Laroche and Rachel Corbett (originally written ...
Published May 26, 2015 Regardless of their certification level, experience, employment or volunteer status, sport discipline, or location, coaches have a legal obligation to provide a safe environment for their ...
Published May 20, 2015 The new BC Societies Act is expected to come into force within 18 months (by November 2016) and will replace the existing BC Society Act – ...
Published May 4, 2015 Are you prepared? The Ontario government recently announced that they will be conducting a targeted Employment Standards Act enforcement blitz. The first phase of this blitz ...
Published April 29, 2015 I recently read an article in the Ottawa Citizen that ranked Ottawa among the top 10 happiest out of 33 metropolitan areas across the country. The ...
Published April 6, 2015 People are the lifeblood of any organization whether they are paid staff, Directors, or volunteers. Without their passion and commitment, many of the best-laid plans would ...
Published March 27, 2015 Athlete appeals: Should you help? How to determine when to go to bat for your athlete and when to step aside Appeals by athletes are most ...
Published March 20, 2015 Sport Law & Strategy Group Newsletter vol 11(1) - March 2015 This edition of our newsletter features news about our new webinar series, coaching-by-values, and hosting ...
Published March 12, 2015 This is our annual ‘What We’re Watching’ post that describes our success of the past year and looks forward to our plans and hopes for 2015. ...
Published March 6, 2015 Inspired by my book on Values-in-Action: Igniting Passion and Purpose in Sport Organizations and my certification in 2014 as an Integral Master CoachTM, I’m writing this ...
Published February 20, 2015 By Rachel Corbett Many readers of this blog may know that I took a leave of absence from the Sport Law & Strategy Group in the ...
Published January 22, 2015 Is your organization looking to host a championship event? Whether your proposed event is international, national, provincial, or local the decision to host an event should ...
Published January 15, 2015 The Sport Law & Strategy Group is thrilled to announce that sport professional Jason Robinson has joined our team as our latest associate. Jason joins an ...
Published January 15, 2015 I am excited and very honoured to join the Sport Law & Strategy Group. My first introduction to the organization came in 2003 when I met ...
Published November 8, 2014 For a few years I’ve been recommending that sport organizations develop their own social media policy. In the most comprehensive blogpost - ‘Does your organization need ...
Published October 20, 2014 Midnight on Friday, October 17 was the deadline for federally incorporated not-for-profit organizations to transition from old legislation (Canada Corporations Act) to new legislation (Canada Not-for-profit ...
Published October 8, 2015 Service Ontario has launched a new section for not-for-profits in Ontario making it faster and easier for organizations to get the services and information they need ...
Published September 12, 2014 What does it mean to lead an organization? Research and business leaders will tell you it comes down to culture. High performing organizations are driven by ...
Published August 26, 2014 Four months ago in a blogpost we counted the remaining National Sport Organizations (NSOs) that had not yet transitioned to compliance with the new federal NFP ...
Published July 15, 2014 Recently I became certified as an Integral Master CoachTM with Integral Coaching Canada. The certification process took fourteen months and is recognized by the International Coaching ...
Published July 7, 2014 Sport Law & Strategy Group Newsletter vol 10(2) - July 2014 This edition of our newsletter features important updates about the NFP Act (four months to ...
Published June 25, 2014 We would like to provide our readers with an update on some personnel changes and other activities at the Sport Law & Strategy Group. Co-Founder Rachel ...
Published June 13, 2014 We last wrote about the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (ONCA) in September 2013 and unfortunately not much has changed. The legislation is expected to come into ...
Published June 10, 2014 It seems that everywhere we turn, not for profits and charities are being put under more and more scrutiny. Whether this is warranted or not remains ...
Published May 12, 2014 Building on the March 25 posting by LeeAnn Cupidio, we wanted to delve a little further into the somewhat confusing situation faced by Registered Canadian Amateur ...
Published April 29, 2014 With 24 National Sport Organizations (NSOs) having transitioned to compliance with the new NFP Act, and more organizations in the process of completing the final steps ...
Published April 14, 2014 On October 17th 2011 the NFP Act (also known as the CNCA) came into force and required that every federally-incorporated not-for-profit organization transition to compliance with ...
Published April 1, 2014 With the summer intern recruitment push now upon us, this might be a good time to get some clarification on the status of unpaid internships. An ...
Published March 25, 2014 Canada’s Anti-Spam Law* (CASL) was passed in December 2010 and is expected to come into force on July 1, 2014. Once in effect, the CASL is ...
Published March 18, 2014Updated May 17, 2022 There are times within meetings, particularly executive meetings, when discussions must be kept confidential. Such discussions are considered to be “in camera” meetings. ...
Published March 12, 2014 We have been following this issue since it first arose in 2012, when the Quebec Soccer Federation (QSF) issued a rule prohibiting its players from wearing ...
Published February 25, 2014 I have been blogging about the Sochi Olympic disputes that went to the Ad Hoc Court of Arbitration (CAS), which heard disputes during the course of ...
Published February 24, 2014 Four years ago I wrote an article about the different ways to count Olympic medals. One of the issues I wanted to raise was that in ...
Published February 21, 2014 Sport Law & Strategy Group Newsletter vol 10(1) - February 2014 This edition of our newsletter features tips for sport leaders in the areas of work-life ...
Published February 12, 2014 Last month, a third decision was reached in a SDRCC (Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada) case on the issue of lack of jurisdiction due to ...
Published February 11, 2014 The use of criminal law to regulate the conduct of sport participants has a long history, within which Canada is noted as being unique in using ...
Published February 7, 2014 The Olympic Games are underway and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is on-site hearing all matters that arise. The decisions and reasoning behind those ...
Published February 5, 2014 Last year in February we wrote about what we were watching in 2013 and this year we thought we would do the same. But this year ...
Published January 15, 2014 I stumbled on this recently while reviewing our publication "Risk Management Guide for Community Sport Organizations" that we wrote for 2010 Legacies Now. I was reminded ...
Published December 17, 2013 I’ve been thinking about this for a while. What is the impact on professionals who feel they are ‘on call’ 24-7 but aren’t being paid to ...
Published December 2, 2013 This post features an interview I did with Scott MacDonald and Rachel Corbett. Scott is the High Performance Director for Athletics Canada (AC), a post he ...
Published November 26, 2013 Dina Bell-Laroche and I have just completed the 30th risk assessment workshop in the multi-year Risk Management Project funded by Sport Canada and the True Sport ...
Published November 14, 2013 These questions are intended to promote reflection on the concept of governance. They are by no means complete or comprehensive, but they arise from many years ...
Published October 22, 2013 Sport Law & Strategy Group Newsletter vol 9(2) - October 2013 This edition of our newsletter features tips for sport leaders in the areas of leadership ...
Published September 20, 2013 I have been deeply immersed in the Canada Not-for Profit Corporations Act for over two years now, and so have many of Canada's national sport organizations. ...
Published September 19, 2013 It’s been nearly a year since we dedicated a blogpost to the Ontario Not-For-Profit Corporations Act (ONCA). During that time the implementation date of the ONCA ...
Published September 9, 2013 Back in June of this year, in collaboration with Rowing Canada Aviron, we asked sport organizations to complete a survey related to absentee voting. Absentee voting ...
Published August 1, 2013 The speed at which young people use and discard social mediums (plural: media) often outpaces the speed at which adults understand those same social media. Adults, ...
Published July 29, 2013 "Dependent contractor" - this is a third category of employment relationships that we rarely discuss, and most organizations have never heard of, but which is probably ...
Published July 25, 2013 As a leader in Canadian sport, I have had the opportunity to experience many moments of greatness. Many of these early moments are related to my ...
Published July 4, 2013 What Documents Your Organization Needs to Keep and Who Can Access Them The new NFP Act requires that organizations maintain specific records and keep this information ...
Published June 13, 2013 Since last year, the Quebec Soccer Federation (QSF) has prohibited its players from wearing turbans and other religious headgear. This April, the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) ...
Published June 13, 2013 The Situation A director of a sport organization is appointed to the board because of his or her position in another organization or because that organization ...
Published June 11, 2013 Dina answers questions about the e-book: How can this e-book make me a better sport leader? "This e-book was written with sport leaders in mind. Based ...
Published May 28, 2013 Sport Law & Strategy Group Newsletter vol 9(1) - May 2013 This edition of our newsletter features tips for sport leaders in the areas of risk ...
Published May 8, 2013 Should organizations make discipline decisions and sanctions public knowledge? We often act as a neutral third party to handle an organization’s internal disputes, such as appeals ...
Published May 6, 2013 As most readers know, we are working with a great many NSOs and MSOs on transition to the new Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act. Recently, we have ...
Published April 6, 2013 Carleton business professor Linda Druxbury researches and writes about the pending shortage of a skilled workforce. She puts it quite clearly … with baby boomers set ...
Published February 23, 2013 The NFP Act came into law in October 2011, with a 3-year window for corporations to become compliant (by October 2014). That window is now almost ...
Published February 14, 2013 Last year we celebrated our 20th Anniversary of service in the Canadian sport industry and we are looking forward to big things in the coming year! ...
Published January 29, 2013 Melanie Herman, of the Nonprofit Risk Manager Center, recently published her RISK eNewsletter and I wanted to share a great little excerpt. I hope you find ...
Published January 24, 2013 At the Sport Law & Strategy Group, we regularly receive requests from sport organizations asking for assistance writing policies. These are the policies, procedures, and rules ...
Published January 16, 2013 Late in 2011, Marie-Claude Asselin of the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC) wrote an informative and practical article on conflict of interest in sport. ...
Published November 21, 2012 NSOs and MSOs in Canada have less than two years to make a successful transition from the Canada Corporations Act to the Canada Not-for-profit Corporation Act. ...
Published November 16, 2012 Ken Davies, President of Alberta Biathlon and Chair of Biathlon Canada, recently shared with me a simple model for board leadership that he uses in the ...
Published November 14, 2012 Sport Law & Strategy Group Newsletter vol 8(3) - November 2012 This edition of our newsletter features updates on the Federal NFP Act and the Ontario ...
Published November 6, 2012 The Sport Law & Strategy Group turns 20 years old this month. I still find this somewhat shocking. In 1992 Hilary Findlay and I had no ...
Published November 6, 2012 In late October 2012 the CCES (Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport) released its report, Sport in Transition: Making Sport in Canada More Responsible for Gender ...
Published October 12, 2012 At the Sport Law & Strategy Group we have been working with almost 40 national level sport organizations on their transition from the Canada Corporations Act ...
Published October 10, 2012 The recent Olympic Games were the ‘Socialympics’ and, as our colleagues at arnoldi mcpherson illustrated in their excellent report, there were more than a handful of ...
Published October 1, 2012 Guest post by Janice Arnoldi, Arnoldi McPherson. Canadian sports organizations and athletes should keep the social media momentum coming out of the London 2012 Olympics. These ...
Published September 27, 2012 [Edit September 2013 - there have been new changes to the proclamation date since this post was written] Two days after we wrote about whether there ...
Published September 25, 2012 The Ontario Not-For-Profit Corporations Act (ONCA) is expected to come into force on January 1st, 2013 and organizations will have three years to comply with the ...
Published September 22, 2012 There have been a few recent member misconduct incidents making the news lately and we wanted to comment on how sports organizations should approach responding to ...
Published September 12, 2012 LawNow magazine has just published my recent article on gender identity and sport. Here is a link to the full article.
Published August 3, 2012 We are pleased to announce that one of our partners, Dina Bell-Laroche, has successfully completed an intensive 5 month executive coaching program with Integral Coaching Canada. ...
Published July 30, 2012 We wanted to share with our readers what we have learned about the requirements of the Not-For-Profit Corporations Act in relation to the timing of annual ...
Published June 28, 2012 I would like to heartily congratulate the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) for creating an inclusive policy at their most recent annual meeting that will enable transgender ...
Published June 26, 2012 In December 2011, I was appointed a True Sport Fellow by the True Sport Foundation. The Foundation is committed to ensuring that sport makes a positive ...
Published June 19, 2012 This post provides an update on some exciting risk management initiatives that have occurred over the past year. Risk Management Impact on Performance Please see this ...
Published June 17, 2012 Sport Law & Strategy Group Newsletter vol 8(2) - June 2012 Our quarterly newsletter brings you important content in the following areas: legal updates, new legislation ...
Published June 14, 2012 A recent story involving two Australian athletes underscores the difficulty that some Canadian National Sport Organizations (NSOs) may face leading up to the Olympic and Paralympic ...
Published June 5, 2012 By Kevin Lawrie and Rachel Corbett. We recently published a snapshot on the voting structures of National Sports Organizations (NSOs) and we found some interesting results. As ...
Published May 9, 2012 By Rachel Corbett and Kevin Lawrie. We continue to help National Sport Organizations (NSOs) comply with the new Not-for-Profit Corporations Act and, as part of the ...
Published May 3, 2012 We have confirmation... for a second time the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has struck down additional penalties for doping infractions that fall outside the ...
Published April 30, 2012 By Rachel Corbett and Kevin Lawrie. The 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games are fewer than 90 days away and many NSOs are preparing to select, ...
Published April 12, 2012 My colleagues and I have been thinking a lot about what it takes to create a high performing sport organization. Traditionally, assumptions were made about the ...
Published April 10, 2012 By Dina Bell-Laroche and Rachel Corbett. Okay, so Dina and Rachel got to thinking about what it takes for organizations to perform at a high level. ...
Published April 5, 2012 We last wrote about RCAAAs (Registered Canadian Amateur Athletic Associations) in February 2012, noting that recent changes to the Income Tax Act have placed RCAAAs on ...
Published March 20, 2012 In April 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada published a significant new ruling related to defamation and hyperlinks. In the ruling, the Court decided that posting ...
Published March 13, 2012 Sport Law & Strategy Group Newsletter vol 8(1) - March 2012 Our quarterly newsletter has brought you important content in the following areas: legal updates, new ...
Published March 1, 2012 Introduction An interesting sport case has been playing itself out in the Supreme Court of Canada. The case highlights the importance of seemingly innocuous contract clauses ...
Published February 28, 2012 Provincial Sport Organizations (PSOs) may be hearing about the “NFP Act” or the new not-for-profit corporations’ legislation that every nationally-incorporated sport organization is currently addressing. Just ...
Published February 14, 2012 Organizations and individuals are frequently re-learning that posting something on social media ensures the near-permanent existence of that material. A tweet that is posted six months ...
Published February 7, 2012 The True Sport Foundation announced today that Dina Bell-Laroche has been named the second ever True Sport Fellow. The first True Sport Fellow was Ian Bird, ...
Published February 7, 2012 In 1994, Rachel Corbett wrote a handbook on Harassment in Sport that was distributed to NSOs and other amateur sport organizations around the country. As part ...
Published February 2, 2012 To date we have written extensively about the impacts that the NFP Act will have on membership classes and board structures. These are the main issues ...
Published January 25, 2012 Sometimes the most innocuous situations create the biggest problems. This was true in a recent case that took place in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Thanks to Andre ...
Published January 17, 2012 This year marks our 20th Anniversary of service in the Canadian sport industry. We have been advising sport organizations since 1992! We'll soon have a couple ...
Published December 13, 2011 I have just finished reading Theo Fleury's book, Playing With Fire. I have owned this book for two years, but never took it off my shelf. ...
Published December 6, 2011 In recent months I have been following a blog on risk management written by Melanie Lockwood-Herman. She is the Executive Director of an American non-profit dedicated ...
Published November 29, 2011 Becoming a leader that others look up to is a goal worth pursuing. Authentic leadership is a form of leadership that transforms people, organizations, communities, and ...
Published November 23, 2011 One of our collective objectives is to enhance the capacity of sport professionals and volunteers so that they can handle recurring issues, challenges and opportunities. Through ...
Published November 15, 2011 Sport Law & Strategy Group Newsletter vol 7(1) - November 2011 We sent you our last newsletter back in December 2010 when we were still known ...
Published September 9, 2011 Along with some other governance experts, I have been working with Sport Canada for some time on creating a prescriptive set of "good governance principles" for ...
Beginning January 1, 2012, all providers of goods and services within the province of Ontario, including charities and not-for-profit organizations will be required to comply with parts of the Accessibility ...
Published November 4, 2011 Last month we gave a presentation to the membership of the Sport Alliance of Ontario (SAO) relating to the requirements of the newly legislated provincial Bill ...
Published March 3, 2011 The federal government is in the final stages of reviewing changes to the Income Tax Act that will affect Registered Canadian Amateur Athletic Associations (RCAAAs). The ...
Published October 17, 2011 What can Canadian sport organizations learn from a recent decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)? As it turns out, a lot, at least ...
Published October 15, 2011 Industry Canada has very recently published their transition guide (HTML) for the new Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (NPCA) that will take effect in a few short days. ...
Published October 10, 2011 It is easy to get lost in social media guidelines and policies. Every organization has their own informed (and sometimes uninformed) views and ideas for how ...
Published September 7, 2011 Sport is full of risks. This we know well. We expect coaches and athletes to take risks daily in pursuit of performance excellence, and yet more ...
Published August 20, 2011 Some of you may be aware that we are undergoing a renewal of the Canadian Sport Policy (CSP). Fondly spoken of as CSP 2.0, this renewal ...
Published July 21, 2011 by Kevin Lawrie. Two years ago, in July 2009, I started my first contract with the Sport Law & Strategy Group. We were working for a ...
Published July 11, 2011 We know ... writing and reading policy documents and contracts can be boring and tedious. I can attest to this as I have spent the last ...
Published July 10, 2011 I am in Ottawa this weekend participating in the centennial celebrations of the Canadian PGA, and I had the opportunity to have lunch with my friend ...
Published June 29, 2011 Recently the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada released its annual report to Parliament on the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). PIPEDA ...
Published June 27, 2011 On June 22, 2011 I had the opportunity to make a presentation on the Canada Not-for Profit Corporations Act (NPCA) [1] at the 1st National Sport ...
Published June 14, 2011 As sport management consultants, it is our responsibility to scour the literature to translate latest trends into meaningful knowledge for our clients. One such trend that ...
Published June 6, 2011 There are countless articles, research, and management books that suggest the positive impact of having a set of enduring values is well understood and documented by ...
Published June 1, 2011 Lately it seems our website postings are preoccupied with governance and social media - whatever happened to the sport and the law? The reality is, the ...
Published May 19, 2011 Through social media, information can reach a greater number of people more quickly and more directly and this has consequences for sport organizations. A side effect ...
Published May 8, 2011 We are often asked to help sport organizations determine appropriate notice periods where employees are being released without cause. This can be a tricky task. While ...
Published May 3, 2011 We have written here before about the role that values can play in helping organizations improve their performance. But I am inspired to blog about a ...
Published April 25, 2011 Direct discrimination on well-known prohibited grounds is typically easily discerned. For example, it is well-known, if not always accepted, that girls may try out for boys' ...
Published April 15, 2011 Sport organizations are wondering if it is really necessary to address social media within their organizational policies and codes of conduct. After all, isn’t it enough ...
Published April 8, 2011 By LeeAnn Cupidio and Steven Indig If your organization does not have a technology policy in place to deal with the use of electronic devices such ...
Published April 5, 2011 In this space we have written previously about the imminent Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (NPCA), due to take effect soon in Canada. Back in 2009, our newsletter ...
Published April 4, 2011 Recently there was outrage in Saskatchewan when a fake Facebook account purportedly belonging to Saskatoon Blades' hockey star Brayden Schenn posted racist comments demeaning Aboriginals. The ...
Published March 28, 2011 We ask our athletes and coaches to pursue excellence every day, and a recent article in National Post by Shaun Francis and John Kelleher (10 questions ...
Published March 25, 2011 Recently, I have come across a number of interesting articles (both research-based and mainstream) that might be of interest to those leading strategic planning processes within ...
Published March 22, 2011 Ottawa – March 23, 2011 – The Partners at the Centre for Sport and Law are pleased to share with friends, colleagues and clients our new ...
Published March 17, 2011 The Alberta Court of Appeal has reminded us in no uncertain terms that sport organizations cannot, through their bylaws or policies, or through threats of disciplinary ...
Published March 14, 2011 I recently had the opportunity to speak at the amazing Ontario Coaches Conference 2011 in London, Ontario. I spoke about communication in the coach-athlete relationship and ...
Published March 11, 2011 Over the years I have worked with many National Sport Organizations (NSOs) on governance projects. These have ranged from small reviews and bylaw tinkering to massive ...
Published January 13, 2011 It's a new year! And many sport organizations are considering making changes to their governance structure. These are the ingredients for success as we see them (based ...
Published December 15, 2010 This position paper was prepared by the Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine (CASEM) Women's Issues in Sport Medicine Committee. It proposes that as supporters ...
Published December 11, 2010 Conversations about gender identity and transgender athletes are definitely going mainstream these days. Just recently there have been two high profile stories: the first openly transgender ...
Published December 11, 2010 It is quite exciting to learn of a case that touches on so many important principles of administrative law as it applies to the governance of ...
Published December 11, 2010 A lot of sport organizations are hearing buzz about a major government law that will affect their operations and possibly their bylaws. Organizations are coming to ...
Published December 10, 2010 An organization I have worked with for many years recently asked me if I could identify the hallmarks of good governance - the indicators of a ...
Published December 10, 2010 In our last newsletter, we started looking into the new forthcoming OHSA. We have done more investigation here and it is important to highlight that the ...
Published December 10, 2010 [NOTE: An updated post on Criminal Records Checks was published in January 2016] In many service sectors, some form of police record check is now common. ...
Published December 3, 2010 I attended the Sport Leadership conference on November 18th-20th and was treated to some great presentations about social media. One of the main themes was the ...
Published November 23, 2010 Rachel Corbett was appointed as the Commonwealth Games Team Ombudsperson in June 2010. Unlike in prior years, for these games the position was a joint appointment ...
Published October 14, 2010 In the fall of 2010, Rachel Corbett (co-founder of the Sport Law & Strategy Group) spent about a month in Delhi, India as a member of ...
Published September 11, 2010 Over the last year as I have been consulting with sport organizations on governance and organizational change, I have encouraged people to make the effort to ...
Published September 9, 2010 Recently, I held a workshop at Skate Canada’s Annual Congress and General Meeting in Toronto and shared my views on how sport organizations can benefit from ...
Published August 2, 2010 This guide is intended to help volunteers and staff of local sport organizations make better decisions. Designed for leaders, administrators and volunteers within sport organizations and ...
Published July 11, 2010 This is not a sport case but is helpful nonetheless in providing guidance to tribunals writing decisions. This occurs often in the sport context – panels ...
Published July 10, 2010 Hilary Findlay recently wrote a chapter on contracts for coaches in an edited book about women in sport called “Taking the Lead: Strategies and Solutions from ...
Published July 10, 2010 The actions of the University of Waterloo in suspending its 2010 football season provide an opportunity to think about issues of 'fairness'. We can think of ...
Published July 5, 2010 This story has been has been the subject of ridicule by many major media outlets, sportscasters, and internet bloggers. At our first glance at the headline, ...
Published July 5, 2010 On June 15th 2010, an amendment to the Occupational Health and Safety Act was signed into Ontario law which focuses on workplace harassment and violence. The ...
Published July 5, 2010 What would you do if a coach in your organization showed you a player-created Facebook group that insulted the coach? There are many of these groups ...
Published June 19, 2010 The study examined the intentional use of NSOs' stated values. Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) was applied to an Appreciative Inquiry approach of interviewing NSO senior leadership. ...
Published June 10, 2010 By Rachel Corbett They used to say the sword was mighty, then it was the pen, but now it is the mouse! This piece contains notes ...
Published June 2, 2010 In 2009, the federal Not-For-Profit Corporations Act (NFP Act) received Royal Assent. We wrote about the NFP Actin a previous newsletter and there is now more ...
Published May 21, 2010 Back in 2005, we wrote about a procedural fairness case (Clegg, Albert, Ciaramidaro & Biathlon Canada v. Canadian Olympic Association, 2002) involving an athlete being selected ...
Published May 5, 2010 Jurisdiction is an interesting concept – particularly in practice. Jurisdiction simply gives one the authority to act within a certain domain; however, while it has legal ...
Published April 11, 2010 Over the past 18 months, I have been working towards my Master's Degree in the Applied Health Sciences (Sport Management) at Brock University. I am pleased ...
Published April 11, 2010 One of the goals of Canada’s Own the Podium funding program was to ‘Place first in the total medal count at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games’. ...
Published April 10, 2010 The 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver/Whistler received high praise indeed. And although these winter Olympics were one of the best, any evaluation cannot (and will ...
Published April 10, 2010 Hilary Findlay, along with her colleague Marcus Mazzucco from the University of Victoria, have recently had a couple of articles accepted for publication in American law ...
Published April 10, 2010 Independent and specialized dispute resolution is an accepted and integral part of the sport bureaucracy internationally and, increasingly so, within national sport systems. Independent arbitration has ...
Published April 10, 2010 Girls wanting to play on boys' teams.... This human rights issue has cropped up again, several times in fact, in the past short while. This timely ...
Published April 6, 2010 The recent Ontario court decision of McKee v Reids Heritage Homes Ltd (RHH) has created yet another installment of the already confusing definition between who is ...
Published March 11, 2010 I write this column the day after the close of the 2010 Paralympic Games. The months of February and March have been quite extraordinary for people ...
Published February 20, 2010 The St. John’s School Lake Temiskaming Canoe Tragedy (1978) The Strathcona Tweedsmuir School Rogers Pass Avalanche Tragedy (2003) As a consultant working in the sport and ...
Published February 11, 2010 Ozzie Sawicki’s excellent Technology Solutions columns in this publication help us understand how new technologies are being adapted for use in coach-athlete interactions. Some of the ...
Published February 2, 2010 The Supreme Court decision in Grant v. Torstar Corp gives insight into the ongoing legal tussle between freedom of expression vs. protection of reputation afforded by ...
Published January 12, 2010 If you google “mini-trial’ you will get several hundred thousand 'hits' telling you that a mini-trial is a form of alternative dispute resolution that promotes the ...
Published September 12, 2010 Bruce Kidd (sport historian, Dean of the Faculty of Physical Education & Health at the University of Toronto and a former Olympian) describes the ski jumping ...
Published January 11, 2010 Social media has graduated into the lives of adults and professionals. Skype is not just for webcamming teenagers, but also for business people on conference calls. ...
Published January 11, 2010 On January 1, 2010 a number of changes to Ontario rules of civil procedure took effect, including a change to the monetary limit for awards in ...
Published January 11, 2010 A force for good – that is what most not-for-profit sport organizations set out to become. For that very reason, sport often attracts dynamic, passionate and ...
Published January 4, 2010 Previously in this column we have written about the duty of care of coaches towards athletes. A new case from British Columbia (Hussack v. School District ...
Published December 23, 2009 Question: My son is active in club sports. He would like to switch to a different team to join his friends, but a representative of the ...
Published December 12, 2009 We know that sport and physical activity produce positive health effects in individuals. However, until now the particular value of team sports to Canadian sport has ...
Published December 2, 2009 This Guide, authored by Barb Schimnowsky, is a human resources handbook to support the professional development of local sport clubs and associations. Designed for club executive ...
Published December 1, 2009 Or for that matter, what is the standard of care of teachers to students, or instructors to participants? A recent court case of British Columbia involving ...
Published November 11, 2009 We had the opportunity to attend an interesting session on strategic planning at the Sport Leadership Conference in Vancouver earlier this month, involving presentations by Richard ...
Published November 11, 2009 The Ontario government recently passed Bill 118 – Countering Distracted Driving and Promoting Green Transportation Act. While Ontario is not the first jurisdiction in Canada to ...
Published November 11, 2009 Coaches of Canada and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) recently distributed the above two policy documents to sports administrators throughout Canada. The Code ...
Published November 11, 2009 Devon Hussack was a Grade 7 student when he was injured by a field hockey stick in a physical education class. Devon had not attended school ...
Published November 11, 2009 Victor Wong, a 12-year-old boy, was injured after being thrown to the floor during a sparring session at Lok’s Martial Arts Centre. Wong’s mother, Yen To, ...
Published November 11, 2009 Organizational values are often described as the glue that connects your mission to your vision. What we know to be true, however, is that in the ...
Published November 8, 2009 The adage “failing to plan means planning to fail” applies to risk management in sport. Many sport organizations have learned the hard way that they might ...
Published October 10, 2009 The purpose of this discussion paper is to promote respectful dialogue, consultation and action concerning the participation of transitioning and transitioned athletes in sport. As is ...
Published October 1, 2009 Question: I am a member of a board of directors of a sport organization – my daughter is an athlete member of this organization. I sometimes ...
Published September 11, 2009 For this column, we thought each of us from the Centre for Sport and Law would pitch in, sharing our thoughts on some recent legal events ...
Published September 11, 2009 Question: When I register my child for a sport program, we are asked to sign a waiver form. Do these have any legal meaning? Answer: Any ...
Published August 11, 2009 Earlier this year, Ontario passed the Apology Act, which now allows an individual or organization to offer an apology as part of a dispute resolution process ...
Published August 11, 2009 It only took 23 years, but Canada has a new policy on Women and Sport. Actively Engaged: a Policy on Sport for Women and Girls and ...
Published August 7, 2009 On July 10, 2009, the 15 women ski jumpers (the Skiers) suing the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) lost their bid for inclusion in the 2010 Olympic ...
Published June 6, 2009 Have you ever been in a situation where you felt you were treated unfairly? Most of us have at one time or another. Certainly we have ...
Published April 26, 2009 Curiously, we have been approached three times in the last month by sport organizations confronted with requests from employees to be paid out for significant accumulated ...
Published April 10, 2009 The harm of harassment Harassment has been a “hot” issue in sport for many years. It’s not that harassment in the sport environment is new – ...
Published April 4, 2009 by Rachel Corbett. If you have been reading the newspapers lately you will know that the world is a-twitter about Twitter and that Facebook long ago ...
Published February 25, 2009 By Hilary Findlay In one legal ruling, an all female fitness club is not required to provide membership to a man, yet in another, a scholastic ...
Published February 10, 2009 Readers of this website will likely know of both Mark Tewksbury and Debbie Muir, authors of the recently released book, The Great Traits of Champions: Fundamentals ...
Published January 27, 2009 Many times in this column we have written about a dimension of fairness – a concept that is central to the integrity of sport and also ...
Published January 17, 2009 by Rachel Corbett. Thank you very much Scott. Good evening ladies and gentlemen, Directors and Governors, members of the Provincial Council, members of Committees, voting delegates, ...
Published November 18, 2008 For many national sport bodies, this is the time to debrief on the Olympic and Paralympic experience, take stock and begin planning for the next four ...
Published November 11, 2008 Practicing a Trade Without a License This describes the board director who has done no preparation to become better informed about his/her role as a director. ...
Published October 12, 2008 We started writing this column 15 years ago. Our inaugural column was titled ‘personal risk management’. Written in 1994, we compared the then-new Coaching Code of ...
Published September 11, 2008 Registered Canadian amateur athletic associations (also termed RCAAAs) are non-profit organizations that were established for the primary purpose of promoting amateur athletics in Canada on a ...
Published May 15, 2008 Today, as a general rule, girls will be permitted to play on boys’ teams unless there is a reasonable justification for segregating activity on the basis ...
Published May 10, 2008 The term “age of consent” is the age at which one is legally allowed to engage in sexual activity. In June 2006, the Harper government introduced ...
Published May 3, 2008 During the last several months, the Centre for Sport and Law has been asked by sport organizations to help in the implementation of their discipline and ...
Published April 8, 2008 At the Sport Law & Strategy Group we often say that the months leading up to an Olympic Games are our "legal Olympics". This is a ...
Published March 24, 2008 The time has never been better for sport organizations to consider the important role of values in their mandate and activities, and the contribution that ‘management ...
Published March 23, 2008 Selection issues are important any time of the year and in any year. In the past six months we were very occupied with selection disputes relating ...
Published February 11, 2008 By Rachel Corbett This Ontario Court of Appeal decision from the fall of 2007 created quite a stir among sport organizations in Ontario. Although the case ...
Published February 11, 2008 Recently, there have been a number of situations that have raised questions about whether females can participate in all-male sport activities and, conversely, whether males can ...
Published February 11, 2008 Canada is a global leader in promoting sport environments and experiences that are safe and inclusive. Harassment, bullying, violence and homophobia undermine the powerful potential of ...
Published January 11, 2008 In a brilliantly straight-forward and understandable way, authors Rachel Corbett, Hilary Findlay and David Lech have identified and elucidated the “must know” components from years of ...
Published January 11, 2008 Fifteen years ago the Centre for Sport and Law began writing appeal policies for sport organizations. In 1995 we published a handbook on the topic (Administrative ...
Published January 8, 2008 Canada is like many other countries that have, in recent years, created third-party dispute resolution mechanisms to deal with sport-related disputes. The earliest such system was ...
Published October 11, 2007 Can Sport Organizations Register as a Charity? It is not often the Supreme Court of Canada hears a case involving sport. Yet on 16 May 2007 ...
Published September 18, 2007 We are often asked to help sport organizations administer internal hearings to ensure procedures are carried out properly, thus reducing the chance of a complaint or ...
Published September 11, 2007 Sound familiar? Although this topic has very little to do with the law, we are nonetheless often called upon by client organizations for help. Over the ...
Published September 11, 2007 Think of the last time you attended a sporting event in an arena, gym or stadium – chances are you heard music played for the warm-up, ...
Published August 9, 2007 In the last 6 months we have helped two of our client organizations, PSOs in two different provinces, deal with the aftermath of employee theft. For ...
Published May 29, 2007 By Rachel Corbett Fourteen years ago in this space I wrote an article about injury prevention and liability in recreation (Could This Happen to You? Recreation ...
Published May 16, 2007 Arbitration decisions from the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC) are always interesting to read – there is a compelling story in each one. Their ...
Published May 11, 2007 This case pertains to sentencing for a charge under Sec. 42(1)(a) of the Copyright Act. This Section states, in part, that ‘Every person who knowingly …makes ...
Published February 11, 2007 On 8 February 2007, the IOC Executive Board adopted a Consensus Statement on Sexual Harassment and Abuse in Sport (PDF: IOC Consensus Statement on Sexual Harassment ...
Published February 11, 2007 On 20 December 2006, the revisions to the Ontario Human Rights Act came into effect (Human Rights Code Amendment Act, 2006). In the past, the Ontario ...
Published February 11, 2007 The Supreme Court of Canada recently ruled in the case of Resurfice Corp. v Hanke (2007 SCC 7) and shed new light on one of the ...
Published February 11, 2007 A fundamental principle in employment law is that when terminating a contract without cause, an employer must give reasonable notice. This principle is not absolute however, ...
Published February 11, 2007 by Rachel Corbett. Most working relationships in sport organizations are relationships of employment, governed by employment standards legislation. In some cases, however, individuals such as coaches ...
Published February 10, 2007 Are you up to speed on employment law issues in your workplace? Take this quiz to test your knowledge! 1. An employment contract for an indefinite ...
Published January 10, 2007 QUESTION 1: Your organization hires a person to write a technical manual. It now wishes to allow affiliated clubs use and copy the manual. Can they ...
Published November 10, 2006 Increasingly, we are seeing coaches become members of Boards of Directors of sport organizations with which they coach. Perhaps this is part of the move by ...
Published October 2, 2006 Occasionally in this column we are able to write about actual sport cases. This is a treat, as normally we draw from general cases, extracting their ...
Published September 30, 2006 From an international sport perspective, the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games are just around the corner. These imminent Games will have an enormous policy, sport funding ...
Published September 4, 2006 Most people have now heard about the Pasternak twins, who complained to the Manitoba Human Rights Commission when the Manitoba High School Sports Association (MHSSA) would ...
Published September 1, 2006 It has been my observation that the business of amateur sport in Canada has become increasingly complex and sophisticated in recent years, yet the governance structures ...
Published May 7, 2006 In a recent issue of the newsmagazine The Lawyer's Weekly, we wrote about the changing landscape of sport as we move rapidly toward the 2010 Olympics ...
Published April 21, 2006 The purpose of this paper is to examine how certain prescribed rules of an arbitration process can serve as instruments of sport policy. Three rules of ...
Published December 12, 2005 Unfortunately, there are times when coaches are the subject of serious complaints of misconduct. Most organizations have in place a discipline process for dealing with such ...
Published September 2, 2005 Recently, we were asked to investigate cases of alleged coach misconduct that raise the question, is this specific coach in a position of trust with regard ...
Published May 25, 2005 With a few exceptions, clients organizations come to the Centre for Sport and Law without a clear ideas of what they want or need. All they ...
Published May 8, 2005 We have spent the last 15 years urging sport organizations to follow their rules, and at every opportunity doing our best to convey the message that ...
Published January 24, 2005 [NOTE: An updated post on Criminal Records Checks was published in January 2016] Some years ago in this column we wrote about volunteer screening and police ...
Published January 11, 2005 More than ever before, coaches are aware of the risks and responsibilities they assume when they coach. These risks and responsibilities include those that are legal ...
Published December 11, 2004 When I began to work for the Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association, I had no idea what to expect. As a seasoned professional from the ...
Published November 3, 2004 It is not often that there is a case coming from the Canadian courts dealing explicitly with a coach. So, when there is one, it is ...
Published October 2, 2004 Here is our first on-line newsletter, published in 2004. In it we review new Industry Canada requirements for corporations, PIPEDA (privacy laws) compliance, and lessons from ...
Published August 5, 2004 On January 1, 2004, all sport organizations in much of Canada, including national bodies, provincial bodies, and local clubs became subject to a new piece of ...
Published July 23, 2004 Court decisions are a critical source of information about the proper interpretation of the laws and rules that govern so many of our actions. Our goal ...
Published July 2, 2004 Court decisions are a critical source of information about the proper interpretation of the laws and rules that govern so many of our actions. Our goal ...
Published June 1, 2004 It doesn’t matter whether you are a volunteer coach or a paid coach, or whether, as a paid coach, you are an employee of a sport ...
Published May 30, 2004 In the Spring 1999 issue of Coaches Report we discussed intellectual property when we wrote about the right of personality. Given that intellectual property, or ‘IP’ ...
Published May 11, 2004 As of January 1, 2004 the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”) applies to all organizations during the collection, use and disclosure of personal ...
Published May 11, 2004 by Steve Indig. It is common practice for organizations to post images and pictures of athletes and members of their organization on web sites or in ...
Published March 31, 2004 Court decisions are a critical source of information about the proper interpretation of the laws and rules that govern so many of our actions. Our goal ...
Published November 23, 2003 This winter we have been teaching a new course at Brock University on negotiation skills for sport managers. We have structured the course around two themes: ...
Published September 15, 2003 This handbook is written for the paid coach who works part-time or full-time in a coaching position for a sport organization, club, educational institution, and/or a ...
Published September 12, 2003 Court decisions are a critical source of information about the proper interpretation of the laws and rules that govern so many of our actions. Our goal ...
Published April 10, 2003 In July 2002, an Ontario court issued one of the largest Canadian defamation awards for Internet libel - $400,000. The court found that the defendant had ...
Published April 2, 2003 Screening in Canada is subject to a complex set of criminal, civil, constitutional and administrative statutes, combined with a substantial body of common law. Taken together, ...
Published February 23, 2003 Over the years of writing this column, it is clear that nearly every aspect of a coach's work has some underlying legal element. We have written ...
Published February 11, 2003 In the Knowing the Law column in the last issue of Coaches Report , we observed that the most pressing issue that coaches appear to be ...
Published February 10, 2003 In the last issue, we discussed the topic of violence in sport from the criminal law perspective, specifically in the context of a charge of assault. ...
Published January 20, 2003 Court decisions are a critical source of information about the proper interpretation of the laws and rules that govern so many of our actions. Our goal ...
Published December 20, 2002 Anticipating that there might be some disputes over selection to the Canadian team competing at the Salt Lake City Olympics, the Centre for Sport and Law ...
Published November 10, 2002 This is the first of a two-part column on the legal parameters of violence in sport. Part one focuses on a criminal law perspective. Part two ...
Published November 9, 2002 This fall we attended a two-day workshop on professional discipline and regulation. Organized for professional associations such as those governing dentists, nurses, architects, accountants and veterinarians, ...
Published November 2, 2002 By Rachel Corbett. According to the 2000 National Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, over 40 percent of Canadian volunteers hold positions on boards and committees. ...
Published October 10, 2002 Selection disputes inevitably arise prior to any major games such as an Olympics. Prior to the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, some 25 team selection disputes were ...
Published August 23, 2002 INTRODUCTION Risk is an integral element of sport. Sport without risk would cease to be sport. This unique aspect of sport must be factored into any ...
Published August 10, 2002 Reports of violent sport incidents are becoming startlingly frequent. In 1996, members of the University of Moncton hockey team (including players and an assistant coach) attacked ...
Published March 22, 2002 Performance appraisal of coaches. We talk about it a great deal, but all too often don't do it. When we do evaluate coaches, we often don't ...
Published February 11, 2002 For over a decade part of our business has been helping sport organizations, coaches and athletes resolve their differences. In an average week we receive one ...
Published January 4, 2002 Court decisions are a critical source of information about the proper interpretation of the laws and rules that govern so many of our actions. Our goal ...
Published December 8, 2001 Court decisions are a critical source of information about the proper interpretation of the laws and rules that govern so many of our actions. Our goal ...
Published August 26, 2001 Many coaches engage in instructional activities as part of their coaching position. No one will dispute that part of the responsibility of the coach/instructor is to ...
Published May 10, 2001 The bully has been around sport for quite some time. While the topics of harassment and abuse have received considerable attention (and are certainly problems about ...
Published May 1, 2001 There is no single source of law in Canada that governs screening. Criminal, civil, constitutional and administrative statutes are all relevant to those organizations and individuals ...
Published April 10, 2001 Nandrolone is a banned substance under the IOC Anti-Doping Code when it is found at levels exceeding 2 ng/ml in men and 5 ng/ml in women. ...
Published February 23, 2001 In the last edition of Coaches Report, we wrote about defamation (Part I); that is, comments or statements that tarnish or destroy a person's reputation in ...
Published February 5, 2001 A coach is a coach. Right? Wrong. We often think of coaching as a single job. But in fact, there are many different tasks that can ...
Published January 5, 2001 Getting that extra edge. Vitamin, mineral, herbal and other nutritional supplements are becoming an increasingly important part of the athlete's quest to achieve peak athletic performance. ...
Published October 17, 2000 Defamation! The threat of libel and slander is being heard more often these days. We may think we know what defamation is and how far we ...
Published September 15, 2000 First, an independent adjudicator decides to reinstate Eric Lamaze from a lifetime sports ban. Then the Canadian Olympic Association decides to deny him a spot on ...
Published August 31, 2000 Court decisions are a critical source of information about the proper interpretation of the laws and rules that govern so many of our actions. Our goal ...
Published August 10, 2000 This is a chapter prepared for, and excerpted from a sport and law textbook published by Canadian Scholars Press. Its focus is the sport organization's duty ...
Published July 29, 2000 Waivers of liability are commonplace in sport, fitness and outdoor programs. Most active people have at one time or another signed a waiver. Most organizers of ...
Published June 12, 2000 Why This Case May Interest You This case involved a settlement reached by the parties in a human rights complaint. The complaint alleged gender discrimination in ...
Published May 31, 2000 Another selection matter, and two more coaches are named in a lawsuit. But this one is a bit different. No matter what the outcome of a ...
Published February 28, 2000 The Charitable and Non-profit sector in Canada has experienced unprecedented changes in the 1990's. As senior levels of government spend less and transfer more responsibilities downwards ...
Published February 2, 2000 In almost every newsletter and law update we have read recently, two new Supreme Court of Canada decisions have been written up. So, not to be ...
Published November 23, 1999 The corporate message was clear - use this service associated with the successful coach and athlete, and you too will be successful. There was no doubt ...
Published October 20, 1999 How much discretion should a coach have in selection decisions? How much discretion can a coach have? In the period leading up to the Pan Am ...
Published August 9, 1999 What can you ask, or be asked, about criminal records? Questions about criminal records are increasingly common in volunteer and employment application forms with sport organizations ...
Published July 11, 1999 In a 60-page decision rendered on April 19, 1999, sprinter Ben Johnson was reinstated to sport eligibility in Canada. Independent adjudicator Graeme Mew concluded that the ...
Published May 6, 1999 By Graeme Mew A constant challenge in any system of dispute resolution involves balancing the desirability of having fair procedures for the resolution of disputes against ...
Published March 11, 1999 It sure isn't the money that lures some of Canada's top legal practitioners to lend their time handling the legal affairs of penniless amateur sporting organizations, ...
Published February 26, 1999 At first glance, the issue of providing employment references - or asking for them - would seem straightforward: employees request a reference because they presume it ...
Published October 22, 1998 In the first case review under the Canadian Policy on Penalties for Doping in Sport, heard last November, the Doping Control Review Panel found that a ...
Published June 10, 1998 Harassment has been a "hot" issue in sport over the past year. The high profile Sheldon Kennedy incident involving the sexual abuse of an athlete by ...
Published May 11, 1998 Screening of coaches, whether paid or volunteer, is now an everyday occurrence. In fact, the sport organization that does not implement some form of screening probably ...
Published April 2, 1998 Court decisions are a critical source of information about the proper interpretation of the laws and rules that govern so many of our actions. Our goal ...
Published February 22, 1998 Can a sport organization stop, or limit a coach or athlete from earning a living through sport? This is the essence of the legal doctrine known ...
Published January 15, 1998 Our column this issue is not about coaches. Instead, it is about directors, and we've chosen this topic because a good number of coaches also happen ...
Published December 2, 1997 Having general liability insurance coverage is something every coach should seriously consider. Apart from insurance being a sensible risk management tool, it is clear that in ...
Published November 26, 1997 Two recent situations involving the termination of coaches may shed some light on this question. The first situation involves the termination of the Simon Fraser University ...
Published August 30, 1997 In the Fall 1996 issue we made general comments relating to contracts. In this issue we will focus on employment contracts for coaches. The Canadian Professional ...
Published May 15, 1997 The Supreme Court of Canada in April of this year quashed a decision of the British Columbia Court of Appeal which had ordered a whole new ...
Published November 11, 1996 by Rachel Corbett. I have been asked by the organizers of this symposium to provide a session on how to translate the many legal principles which ...
Published October 1, 1996 In the last five columns, we have focused on issues relating to negligence and liability of coaches. In this issue, we make a switch to the ...
Published September 5, 1996 Sport associations are using contracts more and more frequently, not only in business affairs but also in areas of employment and programming. For example, coaches sign ...
Published July 20, 1996 How much freedom does a coach have in the selection process? Should the coach even be making selection decisions? The natural inclination is to say the ...
Published April 20, 1996 In the last issue we explained how contributory negligence was one defense against liability for negligence. "Waiver of liability agreements" (commonly referred to as "waivers") are ...
Published June 17, 1995 This column is about the basics. It talks about the standard of care of coaches towards athletes. When coaches fail to meet this standard, they may ...
Published May 4, 1995 When a coach fails to meet the standard of care toward athletes, he or she may be negligent. But negligence does not equate with liability. Whether ...
Published March 13, 1995 In the last issue of Coaches Report, the Business Bulletin column carried an item by Ian Hendry about the implications of self-employment for coaches. Many coaches ...
Published July 15, 1994 Waivers of liability are commonplace in sport, fitness and outdoor programs. Most active people have at one time or another signed a waiver. Most organizers of ...
Published January 25, 1994 More than ever before, coaches are aware of the risks and responsibilities they assume when they coach. These risks and responsibilities include those that are legal ...
Published December 6, 1993 by Rachel Corbett. In arguing for a light sentence for convicted sex offender George Smith, defence counsel noted that the stigma from this conviction would make ...
Published August 1, 1993 Preventing injuries in sport and recreation and avoiding liability requires more than a first aid kit, a waiver or an insurance policy. Nor are checklists of ...
Published May 1, 1993 Recreation is an inherently risky business. In Canada, injury statistics show nearly thirty percent of all injuries to adults result from sport and recreation activities. This ...
