For information about Skate Canada’s National Safe Sport Program, please visit https://skatecanada.ca/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 within Skate Manitoba.
The Protecting Youth in Sports Act enhances protection measures for young athletes in Manitoba’s sport system. All Provincial Sport Organizations (PSOs), including Skate Manitoba, must adhere to the following requirements:
● Adopt the policies outlined in the Safe Sport Policy Manual.
● Make safe sport information available to parents and young athletes.
● Ensure coaches complete required screening and training.
● Ensure all participants have access to report allegations of maltreatment to
an Independent Third Party (ITP).
● Refer any allegations of maltreatment to the ITP if our organization receives
such complaints.
● Enforce any disciplinary action determined by the ITP.
Skate Manitoba will be updating this page through the month of April to ensure compliance with the Act. Please check back frequently for updates to the page.
For more information and resources, please visit Sport Manitoba’s Safe Sport page.
1. Code of Conduct and Ethics Policy;
2. Discipline and Complaints Policy;
3. Alternate Dispute Resolution Policy;
4. Appeal Policy;
5. Respect in Sport Policy; and
6. Coach Screening Policy Minimum Requirements
To submit a non-maltreatment complaint to Skate Manitoba, please review the Safe Sport Policy Manual (Discipline & Complaints, and Appeals Policies) and use the forms below.
Please note that any MALTREATMENT complaint must be sent to Sport Manitoba ITP, ITP Sport. If a maltreatment complaint is submitted to a coach, official, volunteer or staff member, the complaint MUST be referred to the ITP.
The below submission forms are for NON MALTREATMENT complaints only.
ITP Sport is responsible for overseeing all allegations of maltreatment. This ensures that all complaints are reviewed by an independant third party.
There are a number of resources available to help navigate the process of reporting a complaint and to ensure that members understand what is involved in each step.
If you would like to submit a maltreatment complaint, please submit your complaint to ITP Sport here:
Resources for Maltreatment Complaints
Coaches and Program Assistants, age fourteen and older, must complete Respect in Sport (within 60 days of being assigned a coaching position) and have either a Reference Check completed (minors) or complete a Screening Declaration Form annually (per membership season).
For full information please review our Coach Screening Policy.
Clubs/Schools, please complete the Reference Check Form.
Coaches and Program Assistants, age 18 and older, please complete the Screening Self Declaration Form.
Skate Canada Coaches must remain in Good Standing in addition to these requirements.
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.
Information detailing behaviour expectations, different forms of maltreatment, possible indicators that a child experienced
maltreatment, and steps to take if a child experienced maltreatment.
