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 area. This blogpost will review the new Ontario Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015, discuss some national best practices with regard to criminal … [Read more...] about Evolving Challenges with Police Record Checks
Criminal Record Checks – A Discussion For Every Sport Organization
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 preliminary question that sport organizations discuss. Follow-up questions in the discussion are even more complex. Questions such as: What types … [Read more...] about Criminal Record Checks – A Discussion For Every Sport Organization
Reflections on Penn State, Scouts Canada and Graham James
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. However, in the wake of the Penn State sex abuse scandal, and the revelation that Scouts Canada has been quietly keeping it's own registry of pedophiles, I pulled … [Read more...] about Reflections on Penn State, Scouts Canada and Graham James
The Most Recent Buzz About Police Records Checks
[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. Obtaining police record checks for volunteers is part of an organization’s due diligence and part of their standard of care to ensure that … [Read more...] about The Most Recent Buzz About Police Records Checks
Police Records Checks
[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 records checks, shortly on the heels of Sheldon Kennedy’s 1997 disclosure about sexual abuse by his minor hockey coach. The topic was fairly … [Read more...] about Police Records Checks
Provincial Laws and Screening
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, these laws form a regulatory regime that applies to those organizations and individuals, both paid and volunteer, who work … [Read more...] about Provincial Laws and Screening