Safe Sport

Commitment to Safeguarding

Alpine Canada is committed to being a national and international leader in advancing inclusive, healthy, rights-based, safe sport for all individuals. Specifically, we strive to be an equitable and inclusive community, rich with diversity, protecting the human rights of all persons and based upon understanding and mutual respect for the dignity and worth of every person. It is the very foundation for a positive culture of excellence where our athletes, teams, coaches, staff, and volunteers can be at their very best.

Alpine Canada is committed to, and strongly supports, the need for independent safe sport entities for reporting and addressing all violations of the Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Sport (UCCMS) both through the CCES, with the establishment of the Canadian Safe Sport Program (CSSP), as well as our partnership with Sport Dispute Management.

Canadian Safe Sport Program

Alpine Canada Alpin has adopted the Canadian Safe Sport Program (CSSP), which is in effect as of April 1, 2025.

Through the CSSP Rules, the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) independently administers the Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Sport (UCCMS) for federally funded, national-level sport organizations by receiving and responding to reports of prohibited behaviour, and by developing and carrying out education, prevention, and policy activities.

The CSSP Rules clearly and publicly set out how that will be done, including defined timelines at each stage of the reporting process. The CSSP also offers support services to connect participants with help along the way.

It is important to note that the CSSP reporting mechanism only applies in situations where the Respondent to a complaint has been designated as a CSSP Participant. If the Respondent is an individual who has not been identified as a CSSP Participant, they are outside the jurisdiction of the Canadian Safe Sport Program (CSSP) process. In these situations, any complaint against a Respondent that is not a CSSP participant, the reporting would be re-directed to ACA’s Independent Third Party.

A CSSP Participant is an individual affiliated with a CSSP Sport Organization, in this case ACA, that has been defined by the CSSP Rules or otherwise designated by ACA and is therefore subject to the CSSP Rules.

CSSP Participants include:

• National Team Athletes
• National Team Coaches
• National Team Integrated Support Staff (IST)
• ACA Staff
• ACA Board of Directors Members

CSSP Participants must complete certain requisites, including signing the required consent form.

At Alpine Canada Alpin, a safe sport environment is one in which all sport Participants recognize, and report acts of maltreatment and prioritize the welfare, safety, and rights of every person at all times.

For more information about the CSSP and the UCCMS click here.

Get help and information

You can contact the CSSP team with questions or for support by clicking here.

Safeguarding Policies

Affiliation with ACA brings many privileges and benefits. As such, ACA Participants are expected to conduct themselves in all matters involving or impacting the ACA, and where they may be seen to be representing the ACA, in a manner that is fully consistent with the highest standards of behaviour upon which the ACA’s reputation rests. At all times, ACA Participants’ behaviour must reflect and not compromise the trust of the ACA’s stakeholders and Canadians.

SUSPENSION LIST

Membership with Alpine Canada Alpin (ACA), and its Provincial and Territorial Sport Organisations (PTSOs), is a privilege and requires all member to create, maintain, and foster a safe, positive, and inclusive environment for all Participants. Privilege of membership may be suspended or permanently withdrawn if a Participant is found to have breached any of ACA’s Safe Sport policies.

Membership may also be provisionally suspended or restricted if credible allegations of a sufficiently serious nature are reported. In these circumstances, provisional suspensions are not a finding of misconduct and should not be interpreted as such. Upon completion of the investigation and adjudicative process, if any, the status of the Participant will be updated to reflect the outcome of the proceedings.

A Participant’s conviction for certain Criminal Code offenses involving harmful conduct shall carry a presumptive sanction of permanent ineligibility from participating with ACA in any manner or function.

The following is a list of the individuals who have been suspended by ACA and its PTSOs. The list is not intended to be a complete historical record of Participants who have been suspended. Instead, it serves as a list of current or and past Participants who are suspended at the present time. As per our Publication Guidelines, two years after a suspension has been served and any additional probationary or educational measures have been fulfilled, the Participant will be removed from the list.

The list does not include the names of minor Participants serving suspension and the list may not be exhaustive.