Thank you.
I'll start with my title. As commissioner of athletics for Regina high schools, I represent separate, public, private, and French school boards within the city. The affiliation I have is that Regina district is one of 14 districts in the province. It's primarily governed by the Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association, SHSAA, which is the provincial body.
The SHSAA is charged with the administration and organization of school sport by the participating school boards. Its guiding principles include the commitment to amateurism, student athlete welfare, gender equality, sportsmanship and fair play, cultural diversity, and the overall athletic experience. This is reflected in the organization's decision-making process and administration. Their motto is “education through athletics”.
In terms of structure, the Regina district consists of 18 high schools. We also have three associate schools from outside the city. The RHSAA administers league play and playoffs in approximately 11 sports. Many of them are at the junior and senior boys and girls levels.
Our teams are primarily coached by faculty members, that being teachers. However, we have a percentage of teams coached by what we call non-faculty coaches, primarily parents perhaps, or community people of some type. The ratio is probably about 75% teachers and 25% non-faculty.
That's sort of an overview of what our organization is about.