TEAM BC TEAM BC TERMS AND CONDITIONS

In consideration of the BC Games Society accepting registration and permitting participation in the 2019 Canada Winter Games, Team BC participants and volunteers agree to the following:

I, the Participant or Volunteer, understand that there are expectations of me with respect to my conduct and behavior outlined in the Team BC Code of Conduct. I have been provided with a copy of the Code of Conduct and I have read and understood its contents. I agree to abide by the Code of Conduct and by any other applicable rules and regulations that the BC Games Society, Team BC, the Province of BC, the host society, national and provincial sport organizations, and the Council may set out from time to time, I understand that if I fail to follow the Code of Conduct or any other applicable rules, my conduct will be reviewed by the Team BC and/or the BC Games Society and I may be subject to discipline, including removal from Team BC and the Games.

Participant and Volunteer information is collected under the authority of the BC Games Society. The information provided will be used to determine eligibility to participate in the 2019 Canada Winter Games. On confirmation of eligibility the information will be used to arrange liability insurance coverage to address any claims arising from the voluntary participation of registered participants or members of the Team BC Mission Staff for the 2019 Canada Winter Games. The information will also be used to advise of meetings, training sessions, scheduling, and other Games related information. The name, hometown, and sport, and results, and/or position of registered participants and volunteers will be provided to media outlets and available on the Team BC website and the host society websites for the purpose of acknowledging selection for participation and placing. The names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, results, and/or images of registered participants and volunteers may be used in non-commercial promotion/development of sport and/or the Team BC program and/or the BC Games Society. The BC Games Society reserves the right to use or reproduce images for the purposes of providing commemorative materials that would be made available for free or purchase. The names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, results, and/or images of Games participants may be provided to the Premier and/or the Minister responsible for the Games, and/or to members of the legislative assembly, and/or to local members of parliament, and/or to the media for the purposes of recognition, and/or to BC Games sport partners for the purpose of recognition and/or informing of sport-related and/or training opportunities and/or informing of other volunteer opportunities in sport and/or to school principals and/or school district superintendents for the purpose of recognition and acknowledgement. For questions about the collection and use of this information, please contact the BC Games Society at 200- 990 Fort Street, Victoria, BC V8V 3K2 or 250-387-1375 or [email protected].

As a condition of entry into, or volunteering at, the 2019 Canada Winter Games it must be understood that the participants and volunteers enter entirely at their own risk, and will not hold the 2019 Canada Winter Games Society, the Province of , and the BC Games Society, their staff, agents, and volunteer workers responsible for injury, loss or damage occurring during the 2019 Canada Winter Games.

Volunteers and participants may be protected for their actions, vis a vis third party claims through the liability insurance for the Games, but are not covered for any personal claims for injury or accident. Participants and volunteers agree to release, discharge, and undertake not to commence action against the 2019 Canada Winter Games Society, the Province of British Columbia, and/or the BC Games Society from any and all claims and causes of action, or liability of any kind whatsoever for injuries, property damage, or death which in any way results from participating or volunteering in the 2019 Canada Winter Games.

The 2019 Canada Winter Games Society, the Province of British Columbia, and the BC Games Society do not assume responsibility for loss of wages, or costs associated with medical, dental or hospital care for athletes, coaches, assistant coaches, managers, officials, or volunteers for any injury or loss incurred during the, or as a result of participating in, the 2019 Canada Winter Games.

By agreeing to the terms and conditions on this online waiver form the Participant (and if participant is under 19, the guardian), confirm this agreement has been read and understood and agree that this agreement will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws applicable in British Columbia. If the participant is under the age of 19, the guardian, hereby certifies that they are the parent/guardian with legal responsibility for the Participant.

The BC Games Society will not be liable for any communication between a BC Games Society participant and/or volunteer and any third party group that receives the participant and/or volunteer contact information list from the BC Games Society after the two year period expires under the Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation Act (An Act to promote the efficiency and adaptability of the Canadian economy by regulating certain activities that discourage reliance on electronic means of carrying out commercial activities, and to amend the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Act, the Competition Act, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and the Telecommunications Act S.C. 2010, c. 23) (“Act”). The two year period begins when the participant and/or volunteer registers their contact information with the BC Games Society or Team BC. This clause is a defence to any violation under the Act regarding any communication between a third party group and a participant and/or volunteer of the BC Games Society that occurs after the two year period has expired.

By agreeing to the terms and conditions on this online waiver form, the Participant (and if Participant is under 19, the guardian), confirms that this agreement has been read and understood that understands this agreement will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws applicable in British Columbia and is agreeing to all terms outlined in the agreement. If the participant is under the age of 19, the guardian hereby certifies that they are the parent/guardian with legal responsibility for the Participant.