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This week, hosts Dina Bell-Laroche and Steve Indig welcome Iain Murray from Triton Canada. Triton is a 100% Canadian-owned and operated background screening company, whose mission is to create safer communities. They proudly serve NSOs, PSTOs and local clubs across the country, by providing 15-minute Criminal Record Checks, Social Media Checks, and Digital Credentials to advance Safe Sport initiatives.…
Have you ever watched two powerful teams merge their rosters and suddenly become unstoppable? In the business world, this process is called amalgamation—when two or more organizations legally combine to form a single entity. When executed well, it’s like trading mismatched jerseys for one cohesive uniform.…
Have you ever watched two powerful teams merge their rosters and suddenly become unstoppable? In the business world, this process is called amalgamation—when two or more organizations legally combine to form a single entity. When executed well, it’s like trading mismatched jerseys for one cohesive uniform.…
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 disciplinary sanctions, inappropriate conduct, as well as concerns for the safety of participants.
This blog discusses certain aspects of the Trespass Acts to help clarify how sport organizations can legally exercise their rights to control access to their activities and events.…
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 disciplinary sanctions, inappropriate conduct, as well as concerns for the safety of participants. …
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 go, the growing team at Sport Law is here to support participants at all levels by ensuring they have the required knowledge to lead, manage, coach, and compete in a manner that meets legal requirements and ethical imperatives.…
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 misconduct in the context of sport.
In Render v. ThyssenKrupp Elevator (Canada) Limited, 2022 ONCA 310, the Appellant (the employee whose employment was terminated) argued that they should not have lost their job for striking their female co-worker’s buttocks.…
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, 2022 ONCA 310, the Appellant (the employee whose employment was terminated) argued that they should not have lost their job for striking their female co-worker’s buttocks.…
After becoming an official act of the Ontario legislature in 2010, the ONCA will finally received Royal Proclamation by the Lieutenant Governor on October 19, 2021. All not-for-profit Ontario sport organizations will need to become compliant with the ONCA by October 2024. Unlike its predecessor, the Ontario Corporations Act (“OCA”), the ONCA will exclusively govern all incorporated not-for-profit organizations in Ontario, including sport organizations.…
After becoming an official act of the Ontario legislature in 2010, the ONCA will finally received Royal Proclamation by the Lieutenant Governor on October 19, 2021. All not-for-profit Ontario sport organizations will need to become compliant with the ONCA by October 2024. Unlike its predecessor, the Ontario Corporations Act (“OCA”), the ONCA will exclusively govern all incorporated not-for-profit organizations in Ontario, including sport organizations.…
