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Status of Women committee The simple answer is yes. We obviously want to know a bit more about what that looks like to fully understand it, but if the athletes feel unanimously that this will lead to a better experience for them in sport and a more positive and safe sporting environment, then absolutely w
December 12th, 2022Committee meeting
Christopher Winter
Status of Women committee As I mentioned in my opening statement, we're working with both volleyball and swimming to develop an education platform that looks to address a more holistic athlete experience. There will be education components around maltreatment specifically, but we're also looking at other
December 12th, 2022Committee meeting
Christopher Winter
Status of Women committee Specifically with regard to maltreatment in sport, we've had, I believe, 12.
December 12th, 2022Committee meeting
Christopher Winter
Status of Women committee There have not.
December 12th, 2022Committee meeting
Christopher Winter
Status of Women committee No. The cases that have been ruled on are published on our website. They are made public for people to read. Obviously, there are some reports that, due to privacy reasons around protecting our complainants, we do not publish. Again, that issue is dealt with between the commiss
December 12th, 2022Committee meeting
Christopher Winter
Status of Women committee No, there weren't. In terms of non-disclosure agreements, it was AthletesCAN, I believe, that helped lead a process to ensure that non-disclosure agreements were not included in any sort of athlete agreements that were signed. Athletics Canada was one of the first of a handful o
December 12th, 2022Committee meeting
Christopher Winter
Status of Women committee Do you mean those agreements?
December 12th, 2022Committee meeting
Christopher Winter
Status of Women committee Yes, we should be able to provide them to you.
December 12th, 2022Committee meeting
Christopher Winter
Status of Women committee They're given their terms of reference, which is an agreement document published for public consumption. It sets out how they're to manage any complaints in those six different areas. They're given a great deal of discretion in how they conduct and appeal a complaints review. The
December 12th, 2022Committee meeting
Christopher Winter
Status of Women committee Yes, I look after the safe sport portfolio, and any governance is obviously shared among the board and—
December 12th, 2022Committee meeting
Christopher Winter
Status of Women committee I've been in this role for two years. We've had the commissioner's office manage those complaints, and we've seen other complaints of sexual abuse come forward—
December 12th, 2022Committee meeting
Christopher Winter
Status of Women committee In the more recent cases, immediate suspensions and lifetime suspensions have been given to those individuals. I apologize to Megan Brown for the lack of support she faced.
December 12th, 2022Committee meeting
Christopher Winter
Status of Women committee As I said, we have a third party commissioner's office that manages those complaints. If a complaint is made to me, the first thing I do is direct it to the commissioner's office. That's the place that receives them. Again, the commissioner's office can receive complaints regardi
December 12th, 2022Committee meeting
Christopher Winter
Status of Women committee Yes, absolutely. We would certainly welcome an independent body to help fund that. However, without that coming in, we're not left with a lot of options. We tried to set up the framework in such a way that it is as independent as we could possibly make it, but without funding com
December 12th, 2022Committee meeting
Christopher Winter
Status of Women committee As I mentioned earlier, we will be officially onboarded on April 1, 2023.
December 12th, 2022Committee meeting
Christopher Winter