CCES continues to support the Lyle Makosky Values and Ethics in Sport Fund

(Ottawa, Ontario – November 24, 2015) – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) is pleased to announce its continued support of the Lyle Makosky Values and Ethics in Sport Fund – a fund to assist the study of values, ethics and policies affecting non-professional Canadian sport.

The fund provides annual financial awards to back foundational, applied and evaluative research to increase the understanding of challenges related to values in, and of, sport in Canada – with the goal of advancing solutions that strengthen the conduct of sport.

“The CCES is happy to support and promote the Lyle Makosky Values and Ethics in Sport Fund for the second year in a row,” said Paul Melia, President and CEO of the CCES. “By studying the quality and integrity of sport in Canada, the fund is an important resource in helping improve the Canadian sport system.”

Lyle Makosky – a long-time supporter of values-based sport – established the fund in 2014 to support the work of the CCES and the True Sport Foundation. To ensure the long-term sustainability of this award program, a more substantial bequest has also been provided in Mr. Makosky’s Will.

“Having been involved in sport my entire life, I’ve seen the powerful role that a good sport experience can play in building strong individuals and strong communities,” said Makosky. “But we know that not every sport experience is a positive one and that can undermine the benefits that sport can bring to our lives. By intentionally studying the values and ethics challenges, in and of sport, we can assess the degree to which sport is providing and achieving what we expect, and in ways we believe are true to its values and ethics.”

The first sport study scholarship, in the amount of $2,000, was awarded to Alixandra Krahn for her sport research project “Motivation, Mental Toughness, or Manipulation?: Exploring verbal and mental abuse within the context of elite female volleyball in Manitoba.”

In 2016-17, the fund will award a minimum of two $2,000 scholarships to two successful applicants. The application deadline for these awards is April 30, 2016.

Those eligible to apply to the fund include:

  • High-performance athletes enrolled at a Canadian university, community college or other post-secondary educational institution. High-performance athlete refers to athletes who are any of the following:  international team members, national team members, carded athletes, university varsity team members and/or competitive club athletes reaching national championships level. Student-athlete candidates require a minimum 70 per cent academic average at the time of application.
  • Post-secondary student active in sport at a non-high-performance level.
  • Sport practitioner active/working in sport as an official or administrator or a high performance coach.
  • Educator working in a sport, sports sciences, or sport management/administration or other applicable discipline.

For more information, including the application criteria and requirements, please visit: www.truesportpur.ca/lyle-makosky-values-and-ethics-sport-fund.   

Those interested in supporting this initiative can donate to the Lyle Makosky Values and Ethics in Sport Fund Scholarships through the True Sport Foundation: www.truesportpur.ca/donate.

Lyle Makosky Values and Ethics in Sport Fund endowment donations can be made through the Community Foundation of Ottawa: www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/lyle-makosky-values-and-ethics-in-sport-fund/.

About Lyle Makosky
Lyle Makosky has been engaged in sport most of his life at various levels. He believes that sport is a powerful aspect in the healthy and complete development of people and communities. Lyle competed as a swimmer on the varsity teams in high school and university, then moved to water polo at the club and national levels where he competed for Canada in various international events, and eventually became a water polo coach. Following his formal education in physics, nuclear physics, and geophysics, he moved to the not-for-profit world where he served as national executive director for several sports including diving, synchronized swimming and water polo, and subsequently as the executive director of the Coaching Association of Canada.

As Executive Vice President, he worked in the field of leadership and conflict/issue facilitation with the Niagara Institute while extending his voluntary involvement with the sport system in Canada. He also served as federal Assistant Deputy Minister of Fitness and Amateur Sport, where he guided the reformulation of federal policy and programs during a period of intense scrutiny (Dubin Inquiry on Drugs in Sport, etc.). He has recently retired from InterQuest, a national consulting company which he founded and which specialized in strategic and process consulting to the private, public and non-governmental sectors. Despite not working directly in sport today, his heart and avocation are still deeply attached to Canadian sport to which he has a life-long commitment. 

About the Canadian Center for Ethics in Sport
The CCES is an independent, national, not-for profit organization that manages the Canadian Anti-Doping Program. We recognize that true sport can make a great difference for individuals, communities and our country. We are committed to working collaboratively to activate a values-based and principle-driven sport system; protecting the integrity of sport from the negative forces of doping and other unethical threats; and advocating for sport that is fair, safe and open to everyone.

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