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November 19, 2024 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Practical ways to prevent bullying in sport”, is now available. Listen as we ...
November 5, 2024 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Racing to Zero – How sport leaders can proactively tackle climate change”, is ...
(La version française suit ci-dessous) In less than a decade, basketball in Canada has grown from a sport with potential to a national passion. This change was driven by the ...
October 22, 2024 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “What you need to know about the Ontario Not-For-Profit Corporations Act (ONCA)”, is ...
October 8, 2024 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Markel & Sport Law Partnership – Offering customers proactive solutions to reduce risk ...
September 24, 2024 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Soul Work – Living and Leading into our Full Potential”, is now available. ...
September 11, 2024 – As an independent, not-for profit organization created as a legacy of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games, viaSport is committed to supporting the development and ...
September 10, 2024 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Self Care as an Ethical Imperative”, is now available. Listen as we share ...
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 that you have, at some ...
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 is a significant part ...
June 27, 2024 (OTTAWA, ON) In Part 1 of our blogs on Special Meetings of Members we shared the process for calling a Special Meeting and the common questions that ...
June 25, 2024 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Leveling the Playing Field – How to Increase Opportunities for Racialized and Minoritized ...
Grief is our normal and natural response to loss. Given the mammoth amount of loss in the sport sector, leaders need to understand and better relate to the deep sorrow ...
June 11, 2024 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Fostering Indigenous Wisdom in the Workplace”, is now available. Listen as we share ...
June 5, 2024 – Markel, one of the world’s largest insurance underwriters for sport, and Sport Law, a leading sport management firm that specializes in legal and leadership solutions, are ...
May 21, 2024 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Workplace Wellbeing”, is now available. Listen as we share insights and enhance the ...
Published May 14, 2024 Sport organizations have an obligation to control their environments, including practices, competitions, and events. This can mean limiting or denying access to specific individuals because of ...
May 7, 2024 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Fueling a Culture of Trust”, is now available. Listen as we share insights ...
May 1, 2024 – Sport Law and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) are proud to host the final Hope on the Horizon event in collaboration with Markel ...
April 23, 2024 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Fostering Inclusive Sport Environments”, is now available. Listen as we share insights and ...
April 16, 2024 – The Canadian sport system continues to evolve to ensure that its practices, rules, and programs reflect a values-based approach. While we know we have far to ...
April 9, 2024 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “KidSport BC – Helping families in need access sport”, is now available. Listen ...
This blog was first shared for a class assignment at King’s University College for the Diversity and Social Justice course. Published March 27, 2024 “Not about us without us” could ...
March 20, 2024 – (Ottawa, ON) Over 600 sport leaders have participated to date in leadership, legal and True Sport workshops as part of the Hope on the Horizon Tour. ...
March 19, 2024 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Designing Team Alliance”, is now available. Listen as we share insights and enhance ...
March 7, 2024 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Activating our Values”, is now available. Listen as we share insights and enhance ...
3 Part Series April 10, 2024 12:00pm – 1:00pm ET: Board MeetingsApril 24, 2024 12:00pm – 1:00pm ET: Member MeetingsMay 8, 2024 12:00pm – 1:00pm ET: Minute-Taking Meetings ...
February 20, 2024 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Fraud Prevention”, is now available. Listen as we share insights and enhance the ...
February 6, 2024 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Taking our Safe Sport Commitments to the Next Level”, is now available. Listen ...
January 23, 2024 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Trans and Non-binary Participant Inclusion”, is now available. Listen as we share insights ...
January 8, 2024 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “What is our vision of Sport 2.0”, is now available. Listen as we ...
Published December 15, 2023 (Ottawa, ON) 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 ...
Didn’t get a chance to attend our Webinar on “From Implementation to Activation – Moving Safe Sport Beyond Policy”? No problem! You can download it for free from the Sport ...
As a leader who wants to continue to grow, you may find connecting with others helps your ongoing developmental journey. For those leaders who have completed the NOVA Profile, you ...
November 23, 2023, - (Ottawa, ON) Grief is our normal and natural response to loss. Given the mammoth amount of loss in the sport sector, leaders need to understand and ...
November 21, 2023 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Reflecting on 2023 in Sport”, is now available. Listen as we share insights ...
November 20, 2023, - (Ottawa, ON) To be bereaved is to be torn apart. On this national Grief and Bereavement Day, it is fitting for us to pause, reflect on ...
November 7, 2023 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Less is more with amalgamations in sport”, is now available. Listen now as ...
October 31, 2023 – (Ottawa, ON) In today's ever evolving sport landscape, safeguarding athletes and promoting a culture of respect are top priorities. Discover the keys to a safer, more ...
October 24, 2023 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Inviting parents into the sport experience”, is now available. Listen now as we ...
October 10, 2023 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Creating Cultures of Belonging”, is now available. Listen now as we share insights ...
September 26, 2023 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Demystifying the Litigation Process”, is now available. Listen now as we share insights ...
September 12, 2023 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Inspiring Hope in Sport – An Update from the Hope on the Horizon ...
August 31, 2023 – The Canadian sport system continues to evolve its practices to ensure that athletes, coaches, volunteers, and administrators have the knowledge they need to lead, manage, coach, ...
Markel Canada is pleased to be hosting Sport Law and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) as they facilitate a legal, leadership and True Sport workshop to increase ...
August 29, 2023 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Preparing to give the gift of feedback”, is now available. Listen now as ...
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 Esports. And, what’s more, the ...
August 15, 2023 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Taking a pause for risk management”, is now available. Listen now as we ...
August 3, 2023 - (OTTAWA, ON) Fraud – it’s not something we talk a lot about in the non-profit world or particularly the amateur sport community, but just because we ...
August 1, 2023 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Managing through conflict better than before”, is now available. Listen now as we ...
July 18, 2023 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Leading through change with the support of the NOVA Profile”, is now available. ...
July 12, 2023 - (OTTAWA, ON) As Sport Law team members, we care deeply about sport, people and dreams. We often find ourselves working alongside leaders when they are feeling ...
July 6, 2023 – (Ottawa, ON) Nearly 200 participants had a rewarding and positive experience with the first leg of the Hope on the Horizon Tour, joining Sport Law and ...
July 4, 2023 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Choosing the important over the immediate”, is now available. Listen now as we ...
June 27, 2023 – Sport Law is proud to announce that it is continuing its commitment to give back to the sport community by offering pro-bono consulting services to Racing to Zero, an ...
June 20, 2023 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Measuring culture will elevate sport”, is now available. Listen now as we share ...
June 8, 2023 – (Ottawa, ON) Earlier this week, we shared the latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Understanding grief and loss in sport”. This is ...
June 6, 2023 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Understanding grief and loss in sport”, is now available. Listen now as we ...
May 31, 2023 - (OTTAWA, ON) 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 ...
May 23, 2023 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Finding the right Directors for your sport organization”, is now available. Listen now ...
May 9, 2023 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “What you need to know heading into your next Annual General Meeting”, is ...
May 4, 2023 - (OTTAWA, ON) What is the line between off-duty activities that are captured by your conduct policies - and subject to your complaint process - and behaviours ...
April 25, 2023 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Keeping our promises through policies”, is now available. Listen now as we share ...
April 11, 2023 – (Ottawa, ON) The latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Taking our safe sport commitments to the next level”, is now available. Listen ...
March 29, 2023 – (Ottawa, ON) Sport Law is proud to share our commitment to becoming Benefit Corporation (B Corp) certified. By striving for B Corp certification, Sport Law is committed ...
March 28, 2023 – (Ottawa, ON) Listen now to the latest episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “Recruiting top talent takes time”. Our podcast is all about ...
March 22, 2023 – In collaboration with several sport partners, Sport Law and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) will be hosting legal and leadership workshops across the ...
March 14, 2023 – (Ottawa, ON) Listen now to the fifth episode of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport, titled “How many p’s are there in system integration?”. Our podcast ...
February 28, 2023 – (Ottawa, ON) Episode 4, titled Crisis Interrupted, of Sportopia: Conversations about healthy, human sport is now available. Sport Law has launched our podcast with the goal ...
February 16, 2023 - (Ottawa, ON) Money. Medals. Morals. A new triple bottom line to measure success in sport. In a keynote last year, I was asked to present on ...
February 13, 2023 - (Ottawa, ON) Grief is our normal and natural response to loss. Given the mammoth amount of loss in the sport sector, leaders need to understand and ...
January 17, 2023 – (Ottawa, ON) Sport Law is proud to launch our new podcast, with the goal of sharing insights and enhancing the legal and leadership knowledge of sport ...
January 10, 2023 – (Ottawa, ON) Sport Law is proud to launch our new podcast, with the goal of sharing insights and enhancing the legal and leadership knowledge of sport ...
January 6, 2023 – (Ottawa, ON) As we enter 2023, Sport Law would like to give thanks and extend our well wishes to team members LeeAnn Cupidio and Bruce Deacon ...
As a leader who wants to continue to grow, you may find connecting with others helps your ongoing developmental journey. For those leaders who have completed the NOVA Profile, you ...
Tuesday, November 299:00AM - 5:00PM EST Our current culture is grief and mourning-phobic and does not invite people to recognize, honour, and express their grief. This mindset translates to different ...
Donny began his legal career in 2021 at a small firm as a litigation associate in the heart of Ottawa’s ByWard Market. Donny joined Sport Law in 2022 and brings ...
Sometimes leading means leaving. It may feel counter-intuitive but read on if you are curious about where I'm going with this blog. It's sad for those of us who have ...
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 low levels of trust requires a quality of ...
A review of healthy and healing coping practices to better support staff, coaches and athletes through life transitions. Webinar – Tuesday, October 18 at 12 NOON EST – Registration is ...
September 21, 2022 - Sport Law and NOVA Global have been collaborating since 2017 to bring greater clarity and purpose to hundreds of sport leaders, coaches and athletes through the ...
Our current culture is grief and mourning phobic, and does not invite people to recognize, honour, and express their grief. This mindset translates to different domains where we are too ...
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 ...
Un aperçu du Bureau du commissaire à l'intégrité du sport et de l'évolution des mécanismes indépendants pour la sécurité dans le sport au Canada. Webinaire - jeudi 22 septembre à ...
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 ...
A review of the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner and the evolution of independent Safe Sport mechanisms in Canada. Webinar - Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at 12 NOON EST ...
(Ottawa, July 11, 2022) Due to the demand for customized and sport specific leadership development training for sport leaders, Sport Law will be offering two Virtual Sport Leaders Retreats this ...
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 ...
June 15, 2022 – Sport Law, a team of leaders devoted to elevating sport, and Respect Group, a company committed to educating all participants in sport through their Respect in ...
Friday, June 24, 20229:00AM – 5:00PM EST Our current culture is grief and mourning phobic, and does not invite people to recognize, honour, and express their grief. This mindset translates ...
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 meetings. You can also read ...
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 as smartphones, tablets, and laptops ...
In Dina’s new blog she explores the current landscape of sport in light of a global sport system that is seeing disenfranchisement at all levels and that requires space for ...
May 18, 2022 – Sport Law, a team of leaders seeking to grow and advance sport, and innerlogic, a company that helps sport organizations measure the state of their culture, ...
May 11, 2022 (Winnipeg, MB) – Sport Manitoba has partnered with Sport Law in championing change in the sport culture of Manitoba. The Pathway to Safer Sport is a comprehensive ...
May 10, 2022 - Sport Law is pleased to announce some of our exciting latest developments as we continue to elevate sport. We have designated May as Management by Values ...
A holistic approach to leading, coaching and competing in sport. Tuesday, May 17 at 12 NOON EST Are you interested in learning how to manage by values? Are you curious ...
Will Russell and Michelle Kropp’s latest blog discusses the widely anticipated decision where the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the termination of a 30-year employee for a single incident of ...
A Way Forward Webinar Series: Executive Leadership SolutionsWednesday, April 20 at 12 noon EST Sport Law has expanded our executive services to support sport leaders and Board of Directors in ...
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. We witness athletes finding their ...
Ottawa – March 30, 2022 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) and Sport Law are proud to announce the launch of Governance Essentials – a comprehensive new ...
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 masking, are key mechanisms to ...
How to Effectively Develop and Apply Social Media Policies Thursday, March 17 at 12 noon EST Social media use is abundant today, especially as COVID restrictions have moved much of ...
Social media use is abundant today, especially as COVID restrictions have moved much of our personal and professional lives online. Many sport organizations have found increased visibility and other benefits ...
A Way to Build Trust and Create Healthy Relationships Friday, March 4th at 12 noon EST We all have assumptions of the people with whom we are in relationship. Many ...
February is Black History Month, and this year's theme is Celebrating Black History Today and Every Day. Black History Month (BHM) first began in the U.S. as a week-long celebration ...
(Ottawa, February 4, 2022) Due to the demand for customized and sport specific leadership development training for sport leaders, Sport Law will be offering two Virtual Sport Leaders Retreats this ...
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 the potential for confusion regarding ...
Last year, a dozen keynotes on the state of sport were delivered on what we believe is needed to better meet the needs of the 21st century athlete, coach, administrator, ...
Have you ever experienced a program where no one knew who was doing what? When lofty goals and program objectives are listed in a strategic plan, but just don’t seem ...
We want to hear from you! Sport Law is dedicated to continuing to work with our clients to elevate sport. To help us better understand how to serve you best, complete our ...
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 pandemic. This blog highlights ...
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 few weeks. These leadership ...
The Sport Law Insider is a seasonal newsletter that offers the latest news from Sport Law and the opportunity to explore current and upcoming trends in the Canadian sport sector.
December 1, 2021 – (Ottawa) Sport Law is committed to serving sport organizations in their desire to fulfill their mission and live their values. As we continue to expand services ...
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 athlete. It’s one way that ...
In June of 2020, Jason shared some of the initial learnings and highlights from our Virtual Meeting Roadshow. This blog, which is Part 2 of our ongoing virtual meeting journey, ...
Sport Law is excited to launch a new virtual offering to support grief and loss literacy for caring leaders in and outside of sport.
Sport Law Launches Virtual Sport Leaders Retreat for Coaches and Technical Leadership Only 10 Spots Left!
