Media Releases

Ottawa – April 7, 2025 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Emma Brooks, a U SPORTS volleyball athlete affiliated with MacEwan University, received a four-year sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. Through information submitted to the CCES, it was determined that the athlete used two prohibited substances between August and September 2024 including BPC-157, a non-approved substance, and TB-500, a growth factor.

Ottawa – March 26, 2025 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Aidan Sutter, a U SPORTS ice hockey athlete affiliated with the University of Calgary, received a four-year sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. The athlete’s urine sample, collected in competition on September 7, 2024, revealed the presence of multiple prohibited substances including three anabolic agents: SARM RAD140, SARM LGD-4033, and SARM ostarine (S-22), as well as GW501516 (a metabolic modulator), ibutamoren (a peptide hormone), and amfetamine (a stimulant).

Ottawa – March 20, 2025 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Patrick Chua, a powerlifting athlete, received a five-year sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. The athlete’s urine sample, collected in competition on October 26, 2024, revealed the presence of three prohibited substances: GW501516 (a metabolic modulator), ibutamoren (a peptide hormone), and methylphenidate (a stimulant).

Ottawa – February 24, 2025 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Mikal Thrones, a powerlifting athlete, received a five-year sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. The athlete’s urine sample, collected in competition on December 14, 2024, revealed the presence of five prohibited anabolic agents: metandienone, drostanolone, SARM RAD140, SARM LGD-4033, as well as GW501516, which is a prohibited metabolic modulator. The athlete also admitted to the use of BPC-157, a prohibited non-approved substance.

Ottawa – February 4, 2025 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Madeline Schmidt, a kayak athlete, received a 20-month sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. The athlete had three confirmed whereabouts failures during a 12-month period.

Ottawa – January 23, 2025 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to its Board of Directors. Teresa Donnelly and Dr. Douglas Grant were confirmed at the December meeting of the CCES Board. Ms. Donnelly and Dr. Grant bring a wealth of experience, expertise, and professionalism in the areas of law and medicine:

Ottawa – January 13, 2025 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that William Stein, a U SPORTS swimming athlete affiliated with the University of New Brunswick, received a...

Ottawa – October 30, 2024 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Noah Vladimirovich, a weightlifting athlete, received a three-year sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. The athlete’s urine sample, collected in competition on August 10, 2024, revealed the presence of oxandrolone, a prohibited anabolic agent.

Ottawa – October 17, 2024 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Christopher MacLeod, a football athlete, received a three-year sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. The athlete’s urine sample, collected out of competition on June 17, 2024, revealed the presence of SARM RAD140, a prohibited anabolic agent.

Ottawa – September 25, 2024 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Nolan McAuley, a broomball athlete, received a two-year sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. The athlete’s urine sample, collected in competition on March 29, 2024, revealed the presence of cannabis, a prohibited substance.

Ottawa – September 11, 2024 – Sport Law and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) are pleased to share Towards Sport 2.0: Hope on the Horizon Impact Report with the sport community. As part...

Ottawa – September 9, 2024 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Thane Hutt, a powerlifting athlete, received a five-year sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. The athlete’s urine sample, collected in competition on May 5, 2024, revealed the presence of dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (prohibited anabolic agent), GW501516 (prohibited metabolic modulator), and amfetamine (prohibited stimulant). Subsequently, the athlete refused to submit to sample collection out of competition on June 13, 2024.

Ottawa – August 27, 2024 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) is pleased to announce the appointment of Signy Arnason as the new Executive Director of Safe Sport, effective September 23...

Ottawa – August 8, 2024 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Munkhjin Batdorj, a judo athlete, received a two-year sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. The athlete’s urine sample, collected in competition on May 21, 2023, revealed the presence of trenbolone metabolite, a prohibited anabolic agent.

Ottawa – July 10, 2024 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Tarek Dahab, a para-cycling athlete, received a four-year sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. The athlete’s urine sample, collected out-of-competition on November 13, 2023, revealed the presence of testosterone, a prohibited anabolic agent.

Ottawa – July 9, 2024 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) congratulates Dr. Jack Taunton on his appointment as a Member of the Order of Canada. This honour recognizes Dr. Taunton’s...

Ottawa – June 11, 2024 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Joao Morelli, a soccer athlete, received an 18-month sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. The athlete’s urine sample, collected out-of-competition on August 6, 2023, revealed the presence of clomiphene metabolites, a prohibited hormone and metabolic modulator.

Ottawa – May 23, 2024 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Ruslan Gaziev, a swimming athlete, received an 18-month sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. The athlete had three confirmed whereabouts failures during a 12-month period.

Ottawa – May 1, 2024 – Sport Law and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) are proud to host the final Hope on the Horizon event in collaboration with Markel Canada on June 4 at the RA Centre in Ottawa. In addition to sharing the impact of the tour, Markel will be announcing an exciting new initiative that will enhance the insurance capacity of sport organizations.

Ottawa – March 20, 2024 – Over 600 sport leaders have participated to date in leadership, legal and True Sport workshops as part of the Hope on the Horizon Tour. Launched last April in Charlottetown, leaders from Sport Law and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) have travelled to eight different locations across the country to host important conversations about healthy, human sport and address many of the outdated legal and leadership practices that continue to plague sport. As one participant shared, “We can’t modernize sport on our currently fractured and broken system. Let’s figure out how to work better, together.”

Ottawa – March 14, 2024 – A new white paper from the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) and McLaren Global Sport Solutions (MGSS) builds on expert perspectives and experiences shared during two international symposiums hosted in Toronto, Canada.

Ottawa - November 17, 2023 - The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) are proud to announce an extension of their partnership aimed at advancing their joint mission to protect the integrity of sport and the prevention of competition manipulation in Canada and internationally.

Ottawa – November 7, 2023 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Mohamed Aagab, an athletics athlete, received a three-year sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. The athlete’s urine sample, collected in competition on May 7, 2023, revealed the presence of recombinant erythropoietin (rEPO), a prohibited peptide hormone.

Ottawa – September 27, 2023 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Jonathan Stanley, a powerlifting athlete, received a three-year sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. The athlete’s urine sample, collected in competition on June 3, 2023, revealed the presence of trenbolone, oxandrolone, clostebol, nandrolone, drostanolone, and testosterone, six prohibited anabolic agents, as well as methylphenidate, a prohibited specified stimulant.

Ottawa – August 23, 2023 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Donovan Burgmaier, a U SPORTS football athlete affiliated with the University of Alberta, received a seven-year sanction for a second anti-doping rule violation. The athlete’s urine sample, collected out of competition on March 3, 2023, revealed the presence of dehydrochlormethyltestosterone, a prohibited anabolic agent.

Ottawa – July 27, 2023 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Jean-Christophe Blanchet, a weightlifting athlete, received a three-year sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. The athlete’s urine sample, collected during an out-of-competition sample collection session on February 25, 2023, revealed the presence of GW501516, a prohibited metabolic modulator.

Ottawa – July 10, 2023 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Costa Papanikolaou and Dimitrios Papanikolaou, two U SPORTS football athletes affiliated with McGill University, both received a sanction of 12 years for multiple anti-doping rule violations. The athletes’ urine samples, collected during in-competition doping control on October 23, 2021, and out of competition on October 13, 2022, all revealed the presence of SARM LGD-4033, a prohibited anabolic agent.

Ottawa – July 6, 2023 – Nearly 200 participants had a rewarding and positive experience with the first leg of the Hope on the Horizon Tour, joining Sport Law and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) to reclaim the promise of sport through a values-based approach to sport. The CCES and Sport Law have collaborated with provincial and territorial partners in Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, and the Northwest Territories to host legal, leadership, and True Sport workshops.

Ottawa – July 4, 2023 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Navid Zanganeh, a wrestling athlete, received a four-year sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. The athlete’s urine sample, collected during an in-competition sample collection session on March 11, 2023, revealed the presence of oxandrolone, a prohibited anabolic agent.

Ottawa – June 2, 2023 – Following a two-day symposium in Toronto, experts from a variety of industries identified the need for a coordinated pan-Canadian approach to prevent competition manipulation that is bolstered by comprehensive education.