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, 2024. Signy brings a wealth of experience in leadership roles and expertise in safeguarding children and young adults from exploitation and abuse.
Signy joins the CCES following 23 years as the Associate Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P) where she guided C3P's growth to a national and international leader in child protection. With a strong background in the implementation of victim-centred processes and trauma-informed practices, her experience and leadership will contribute to the successful transition of the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner (OSIC) and Abuse-Free Sport into the CCES’s operations.
“I’m excited to welcome Signy to the CCES,” said Jeremy Luke, CCES president and CEO. “Signy’s extensive background with safeguarding and years of experience working in child protection make her a great fit for this new position and to lead the development of the next version of the safe sport program.”
“I am thrilled to join the CCES and utilize my background in addressing maltreatment to advance the development of the safe sport program,” said Signy. “I look forward to working with the CCES team and those within the sport community to create a next version of the program that everyone in sport can rely on and that all Canadians can be proud of.”
For more information about the transition of the safe sport program and upcoming consultation opportunities, email [email protected] or visit www.cces.ca/safe-sport-transition.
Note: The administration of the UCCMS through the Abuse-Free Sport Program remains under the authority of the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada until March 31, 2025. For more, go to abuse-free-sport.ca.
About the CCES
The CCES works collaboratively to ensure Canadians have a positive sport experience. Through its programs, the CCES manages unethical issues in sport, protects the integrity of Canadian sport, and promotes True Sport to activate values-based sport on and off the field of play. The CCES is an independent, national, not-for profit organization that is responsible for the administration of the Canadian Anti-Doping Program. The CCES acknowledges funding, in part, from the Government of Canada. For more information, visit cces.ca, and follow us on X (Twitter), Facebook, or Instagram.
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