Orienteering Manitoba

Safe Sport

What is Safe Sport?

Safe sport refers to an environment that prioritizes the physical and psychological well-being of all participants. It involves a commitment to providing optimal experiences, while actively preventing and addressing all forms of maltreatment, including abuse, harassment, neglect, and discrimination.

Advancing safe sport is a shared responsibility that requires awareness, education, and clear actions for reporting. This page provides resources and guidance to help advance safe sport in Orienteering Manitoba/Manitoba Orienteering Association.

The Protecting Youth in Sports Act

The Protecting Youth in Sports Act enhances protection measures for young athletes in Manitoba's sport system. All Provincial Sport Organizations (PSOs), including Orienteering Manitoba, must adhere to the requirements of the Act.

Report a Maltreatment Complaint

Independent Third Party (ITP) Sport is responsible for overseeing all allegations of maltreatment. If you would like to submit a maltreatment complaint, please submit your complaint to ITP Sport here:

https://app.integritycounts.ca/org/itpsport

Reporting a maltreatment complaint may seem confusing and overwhelming. The following resources can help you navigate the process:

• How to File a Maltreatment Complaint - Interactive Video
• Maltreatment Complaint Process Flowchart
• Filing a Maltreatment Complaint - Complainant's Guide
• Maltreatment Complaint - Respondent's Guide

If a maltreatment complaint is submitted to a coach, official, volunteer, or staff member, the complaint must be referred to the ITP.

Report a Non-Maltreatment Complaint

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Safe Sport Resources:

• Safe Sport Policy Manual
  Policies outlining behaviour expectations for all sport stakeholders, procedures for handling complaints, appeal procedures, and coach education and screening requirements.

• Coach Screening Policy
  All Orienteering Manitoba coaches (any individual who is 14 years of age or older and is authorized or recognized by an organization to provide instruction and direction to participants in a sport) must complete the necessary coach screening requirements (see Coach Screening Policy).

• Safe Sport Tips for Athletes
  Age appropriate tips for athletes under 8, ages 9-12, and 13+, describing expected behaviour, measures for their protection, and steps to take if they experience harm, with the 13+ group also having access to a 20-minute safe sport education online module.

• Safe Sport Handbook for Parents and Guardians
  Information detailing behaviour expectations, different forms of maltreatment, possible indicators that a child experienced maltreatment, and steps to take if a child experienced maltreatment.

• Respect in Sport for Activity Leaders
  This course must be completed within sixty (60) days of being assigned a coaching position. Coaches maintain their Respect in Sport certification status by completing the course every five (5) years.

• Safe Sport Line
  If you or someone you know is experiencing maltreatment in sport, and you need someone to talk to, contact the safe sport line at 1-833-656-SAFE (7233) or help@safesportline.ca

  
  https://www.sportmanitoba.ca/resources/safe-sport-line

Additional Safe Sport Information

For additional safe sport resources, visit Sport Manitoba's safe sport page here.