Annual Report 2018-2019 About the Cces

ANNUAL REPORT 2018-2019 ABOUT THE CCES TABLE OF CONTENTS MISSION CONTACT US Our Message to You ............................... 03 Making sport better. Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport Governance and Leadership ................... 04 To do this we: 201-2723 Lancaster Road Ottawa, ON K1B 0B1 Activate .................................................. 05 Activate a values-based and principle-driven sport system; [email protected] Advocate.................................................. 10 Advocate for sport that is fair, safe www.cces.ca Protect .................................................... 14 and open; and Protect the integrity of sport. Doping Control Statistics ....................... 20 The CCES would like to acknowledge VISION Financial Report ..................................... 22 the financial support of the Government Sport in Canada that is fair, safe and open of Canada through Sport Canada and the FOLLOW THE CCES AND to everyone. Department of Canadian Heritage. TRUE SPORT ON SOCIAL MEDIA The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport @EthicsInSPORT (CCES) is certified to the ISO 9001:2015 @TrueSportpur Quality Management Standard, which demonstrates the CCES’s commitment facebook.com/ CanadianCentreforEthicsinSport to continual improvement and meeting Cover photo: facebook.com/TrueSportpur stakeholder needs. Athlete - Ashley Hollis / Atlantic Attack Photographer - André Vandal / Ringette @ethicsinsport Canada @truesportpur Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport 02 CANADIAN CENTRE FOR ETHICS IN SPORT ANNUAL REPORT 2018-2019 OUR MESSAGE TO YOU Over the last decade, there has been a lot to prevent harassment and abuse is rooted participate in a values-based sport system so of talk in Canadian sport about being more in our commitment to protect the health and that they enjoy the many positive benefits of athlete centred. It certainly sounds good. safety of all participants. We advance our a good sport experience. Why wouldn’t we put our athletes at the understanding of match manipulation and Our sincere thanks go to the hard-working centre of our sport system? Athletes are sport gambling in Canadian sport to shield professional CCES office staff and doping the main event and our sport community athletes from people who seek to recruit control officers who are committed to the wouldn’t exist without them. Their best them to corrupt sport for profit. We advocate pursuit of the CCES mission and vision. interests and well-being should always be for the inclusion of trans athletes and our top priorities. athletes with differences of sex development We also wish to acknowledge and thank the CCES Board of Directors for generously However, in carrying out the business of because we value and respect inclusion. And we loudly share our belief that values-based donating their time and talents to provide us sport, there are details to consider and with strategic guidance for another year. competing interests to balance. Keeping the and principle-driven sport can maximize the athlete at the centre of our work can be a positive impact of sport for all athletes and Our work is possible thanks to the challenge! And so it falls to all of us in sport participants in Canada. significant financial contribution made to ensure, as we go about our business, that It makes sense that a sport system cannot by Sport Canada and the Department of we intentionally and deliberately look to be athlete centred if the athletes themselves Heritage. We are extremely grateful for keep our athletes’ interests at the centre, that do not get a say about the decisions that their support. our athletes have a voice in our decision- affect them. In Canada, AthletesCAN is an making and that we consult them before, not invaluable independent voice of national after, the decisions are made. team athletes, advocating for the rights of At the CCES, our vision is “sport in Canada athletes and engaging athletes in current that is fair, safe and open to everyone.” This issues. In the same vein, the CCES has vision places athlete health and safety and focused on supporting the athletes’ right to the integrity of sport at the heart of our work, have a say at the decision-making tables of and drives our priorities in every area of sport at the international level. our business. In the pages of this Annual Report, you We judiciously manage anti-doping will read about many initiatives the CCES programs as a means to protect athletes undertook last year to protect athletes’ Mr. Paul Melia Dr. Don McKenzie from the harmful consequences of rights to sport that is fair, safe and open President & CEO Chair performance-enhancing drug use. Our work – initiatives designed to ensure athletes 03 CANADIAN CENTRE FOR ETHICS IN SPORT ANNUAL REPORT 2018-2019 GOVERNANCE AND LEADERSHIP CCES BOARD OF DIRECTORS WORKING COMMITTEES AND GROUPS with recommendations from the Canadian The CCES Board of Directors is comprised The CCES is grateful for the expertise and sport community concerning issues of accomplished Canadians with expertise experience of the individuals who volunteer associated with the CADP. in various fields of knowledge required to their time for the following committees, • The Building a Stronger Canada Through ensure the careful stewardship of the CCES. working groups and advisory panels: Sport Advisory Working Group provided • Dr. Don McKenzie, Chair • The Therapeutic Use Exemption strategic guidance on the intentional Committee evaluates applications from integration of values into sport. • Ms. Jocelyn Downie, Vice Chair athletes seeking permission to use • The Anti-Doping Review Panel considers prescribed medications that are on the • Ms. Julie Bristow issues with anti-doping and regulatory World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) requirements. • Ms. Anne-Marie Dupras Prohibited List. • The Ethical Issues Review Panel provides • Mr. Ian Glen • The Prohibited List Committee provides analysis and advice on a variety of ethical input on the annual WADA draft • Dr. Connie Lebrun issues in sport. Prohibited List submission. • Mr. Brian Lennox • CCES also welcomes input from the • The Biological Passport Committee AthletesCAN Anti-Doping Advisory • Mr. Akaash Maharaj provides expertise in hematology, Committee who provide relevant and exercise science, medicine and sport applicable advice on the CADP from the • Mr. Philip Murray physiology. perspective of Canadian athletes. • Mr. John Wilkinson • The Audit Committee, the Nominations • Dr. Andrew Pipe, Chair Emeritus Committee and the Compensation NOMINATIONS Review Committee are committees of our If you know of an individual you believe We welcomed Dr. Connie Lebrun as a new board of directors who oversee certain is capable of contributing to the CCES member of the Board of Directors and we financial and human resources processes through the board of directors or a recognized the valuable contributions of to ensure transparency and accuracy. working group or committee, please email outgoing board members Debbie Muir, Dr. [email protected]. Clare Rustad and Dr. Jack Taunton. • The Canadian Anti-Doping Program (CADP) Review Working Group For more about the CCES’s governance provides the CCES and Sport Canada structure and board of directors, visit www.cces.ca/governance. 04 CANADIAN CENTRE FOR ETHICS IN SPORT ANNUAL REPORT 2018-2019 ACTIVATE The CCES believes that good sport is about far more than medals and winning. Good sport helps neighbours build communities, strengthens sport organizations and provides opportunities for individuals to develop character and pursue personal excellence. With this in mind, the CCES works with Canadian sport organizations to activate programs and policies that are values-based and principle-driven. The CCES is a proud member of True Sport which furthers our aim to help people, communities and organizations realize and enjoy the benefits of good sport experiences. TRUE SPORT IN ACTION In recognition of the belief that good sport can make a great difference, the Red Deer 2019 Canada Winter Games were declared a True Sport event. During the opening ceremonies, True Sport oaths for athletes, coaches and officials were broadcast nationally. Athletes signed a True Sport banner to show their commitment to the seven True Sport Principles. An activation booth offered athletes and support personnel resources, branded giveaways and a chance to talk about values-based sport. Participants were encouraged to use #TrueSportMoments on social media to bring attention to moments of good sport throughout the Games. 05 CANADIAN CENTRE FOR ETHICS IN SPORT ANNUAL REPORT 2018-2019 decision makers throughout the Canadian sport community to ensure that values-based sport and the True Sport Principles are part of the modus operandi of sport, from playground to podium. The symposium followed a series of regional roundtables designed to gather regional perspectives and inform debate at the national level. PPF prepared a final report to help Canadian organizations take action to incorporate values-based sport. See the final report. Ambassadors at True Sport Champions Workshop in Ottawa We hosted a True Sport Champions The Ottawa Sport and Entertainment Workshop in Ottawa for 25 inspired Group invited the CCES to showcase True Canadians, including nine CCES Doping Sport at two events – the annual Ottawa 67s Control Officers. The ambassadors Game Day and the Ottawa Fury Soccer Club discussed their plans to bring True Sport to Game Day. Approximately 6,000 kids were life in their sport programs and communities. on site for the 67s

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