The Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner releases new Sport Environment Assessment report 

MONTREAL, QC – The Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner (OSIC) has published the Sport Environment Assessment (SEA) Phase 2 report concerning Hockey Canada and hockey in Canada. As per policy, the organization was informed of the SEA, was updated on its progress, and received advance notice of the upcoming publication of the report.

Under the Abuse-Free Sport Program, an SEA served to address and prevent systemic issues related to maltreatment, discrimination and other prohibited behaviours under the Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Sport to improve the sport environment for both current and future participants. The SEA published reports are a tool for the entire sport community in crafting and improving their safe sport policies and practices.

This report is the second to be published for Hockey Canada and hockey in Canada and marks the completion of Phase 2 of this SEA. Responsibility to undertake necessary measures to ensure the continuity of SEA processes is assumed by Sport Canada.

For more information regarding SEAs, please visit the Sport Environment Assessment section of the OSIC website.

All six SEA reports published by the OSIC can be accessed via the OSIC Sport Environment Assessment Index.

About Abuse-Free Sport

Before the launch of the Canadian Safe Sport Program by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, Abuse-Free Sport was the independent program responsible for upholding and administering the Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Sport (UCCMS). The Abuse-Free Sport Program and the OSIC are currently undergoing a phased wind down of operations, in view of the termination of the OSIC’s activities on July 31, 2025. abuse-free-sport.ca

About SDRCC

The SDRCC is a not-for-profit corporation created by federal legislation and funded by the Government of Canada. The mission of the SDRCC is to provide the sport community with a national alternative dispute resolution service and strengthen the culture of fairness in Canadian sport by resolving disputes quickly and efficiently and to provide expertise and assistance regarding alternative dispute resolution. The SDRCC was mandated by the Government of Canada in 2021 to implement Canada’s first independent safe sport mechanism at the national level. crdsc-sdrcc.ca

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For more information, please contact:

Liddia Touch Kol
media@abuse-free-sport.ca