Welcome to Abuse-Free Sport!

Welcome to Abuse-Free Sport!

Abuse-Free Sport Website Survey

Abuse-Free Sport Website Survey

We need your feedback to make our website better! Deadline: June 12, 2023
Complete the short survey
Education Accreditation Program

Education Accreditation Program

Deadline to submit an application for this review cycle: August 1, 2023
Call for applications 2023
Grant Recipients 2022-2023

Grant Recipients 2022-2023

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2022-2023 Safe Sport Research Grant Program!
List of recipients

Abuse-Free Sport Website Survey

We need your feedback to make our website better! Deadline: June 12, 2023 Complete the short survey

Deadline to submit an application for this review cycle: August 1, 2023

Grant Recipients 2022-2023

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2022-2023 Safe Sport Research Grant Program! List of recipients

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Abuse-Free Sport is Canada’s independent system for preventing and addressing maltreatment in sport. Our ultimate goal is to work with others throughout the Canadian sport system to ensure that every participant – no matter the sport, the level, or the role – has a safe, positive and enriching experience. Changing the culture of sport in Canada is everyone’s responsibility. Abuse-Free Sport provides access to a wide range of resources, all of it available in English and French, including:

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Canadian Sport Helpline

The Helpline is a listening and referral service that aims to encourage people to speak openly and to validate their concerns regarding situations they feel are unacceptable. This service is free, anonymous, confidential and independent, offered in both official languages. You can reach us by phone, text or email.

Helpline

Abuse-Free Sport Education Accreditation Program

The accreditation program provides the Canadian sport community with access to accredited education programs and trainings that meet strict national standards and are aligned with the Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Sport (UCCMS).

NEW! You can now submit an application for accreditation!

Accreditation Program

Legal Aid Program

Under certain admissibility conditions, this program will give access to a pool of specialized lawyers who offer legal advice and assistance to help parties navigate the complaint process.

Legal Aid

Abuse-Free Sport Research Grant Program

A research program will be launched to increase our understanding of the behaviours we are seeking to reinforce or prevent, and to evaluate the impact of our programs and initiatives.

The Call for Proposals is currently closed.

Call for Proposals 2022

Mental Health Services

Eligible individuals will have access to a suite of services through the Canadian Centre for Mental Health and Sport (CCMHS). Even before filing a complaint, they could be referred to psychologists, psychotherapists and counsellors, mental performance consultants, psychiatrists, and physicians.

Mental Health

Policy Support

Assistance will be provided to signatories with any review required to their policies in order to integrate the system. It will help build capacity of the sport community at large, by providing tools, resources and publications, including model rules and policies.

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The Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner (OSIC) serves as the central hub within Abuse-Free Sport. It operates independently to administer the Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Sport (UCCMS). The OSIC oversees a complaint intake process, conducts preliminary assessments and commissions independent investigations, when warranted, maintains a database of imposed sanctions; and monitors compliance by sporting organizations and issues reports as required.

 

REPORT AN INCIDENT

The Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner (OSIC) receives complaints/reports about alleged violations of the Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Sport (UCCMS).

LEARN MORE HERE

 

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