RESOURCES

Contact the Canadian Sports Helpline

The Canadian Sports Helpline is a national, confidential helpline to support victims or witnesses of abuse, bullying, harassment, or discrimination in sport. The toll-free Helpline is available from 8am to 8pm (Eastern Time), seven days a week by telephone, text, live chat, or email in both official languages.

Phone/text: 1-888-837-7678

Reporting Child Abuse & Neglect: It’s Your Duty

Information about the process of reporting child abuse or neglect is available here.

Responsible Coaching Movement Pledge

OAS is proud to join sport organizations across the country in affirming its commitment to ensuring a safe and supportive environment for anyone who participates at any level of artistic swimming in Ontario. Our commitment to the Responsible Coaching Movement ensures all coaches in our province have completed background screening, ethics and respect training, and follow Rule of Two Guidelines. All coaches 18 years and older are required to provide a valid police record check.

Click here for information from Canada Artistic Swimming about responsible coaching.

Click here for information from the Coaching Association of Canada about responsible coaching.

Staying Safe Online – Coaches Association of Ontario Guidelines

The new “normal” of virtual coaching and online training sessions is something that may be new to a lot of coaches, athletes and parents.

While there are some risks that could accompany the rise in these virtual environments, Coaches Association of Ontario has created resources and guidelines so that sport organizations, coaches, parents/guardians and athletes can enjoy all the benefits and reduce the risk.

Click here to learn more!

The Rule of Two

The goal of the Rule of Two is to ensure all interactions and communications are open, observable and justifiable. Its purpose is to protect participants (especially minors) and coaches in potentially vulnerable situations by ensuring more than one adult is present. There may be exceptions for emergency situations.

Click here to learn more!

This is also applicable in the virtual world! Click here to learn more about how to apply this theory to the online world.