Media Releases

(Ottawa, Ontario – May 17, 2017) – On the occasion of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS) and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) call on all Canadian sport leaders to take action to make their sports welcoming and inclusive of LGBTQI2S-identified individuals.

(Ottawa, Ontario – March 12, 2017) – The will to implement reforms to improve global anti-doping remains the missing ingredient in a recipe for clean sport. A clear call for system changes were...

(Ottawa, Ontario – December 12, 2016) – With the launch of its Global DRO ( www.globaldro.com ), Anti-Doping Switzerland (ADCH) has officially joined a network of national anti-doping organizations...

(Ottawa, Ontario – December 9, 2016) – More disturbing revelations about an unprecedented doping conspiracy in the Russian sport system must serve as a catalyst for sweeping reforms to bolster the...

(Ottawa, Ontario – September 7, 2016) – Today, the Canadian Concussion Collaborative (CCC) released a tool to help sport organizations and schools implement concussion prevention and management strategies.

(Ottawa, Ontario – August 31, 2016) – On August 29 and 30, the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) was pleased to participate in a National Anti-Doping Organization (NADO) Summit held in Copenhagen, Denmark. The purpose of the summit was to discuss important changes needed to increase the effectiveness of global anti-doping efforts.

(Ottawa, Ontario - July 15, 2016) – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES), the Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA), and 14 other leading national anti-doping organizations (NADOs), today announced the continued success of a global collaborative testing initiative in preparation for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. The participating organizations worked together to develop a comprehensive, fair, and strategic test distribution plan to be executed in the six months leading up to the Rio Olympic Games.

(Ottawa, Ontario – May 12, 2016) – As Team Canada prepares for the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games in Rio, athletes are benefiting like never before from expanded education and testing services offered through the Canadian Anti-Doping Program (CADP).

(Ottawa, Ontario – May 4, 2016) – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) released today a document entitled, “Creating Inclusive Environments for Trans Participants in Canadian Sport - Guidance for Sport Organizations,” developed in consultation with the Trans Inclusion in Sport Expert Working Group.

(Ottawa, Ontario – April 27, 2016) – Australia has become the latest country to join the Global DRO network, in an effort to provide more athletes than ever before with the opportunity to benefit from easily accessible and accurate information about the status of their medications.

Our intention for this four-part blog series on harassment in sport is to review the past, assess where we are, and chart a course forward that addresses harassment both on and off the field of play. Recent major events in Canadian society – from inappropriate behaviour by Members of Parliament to shocking claims against the CBC’s Jian Ghomeshi to Marcel Aubut and the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) – have shown us that harassment is not only a field of play issue – it also still exists in our offices and boardrooms.

Our first blog post reviewed what we had been doing in Canadian sport in the past to reduce instances of harassment, abuse, violence, and bullying. Attention began turning to these matters with the high-profile Sheldon Kennedy case in 1997 and the creation of the “Harassment and Abuse in Sport Collective,” which was a collection of sport organizations focused on reducing harassment in sport. A “harassment in sport" website was developed and many excellent resources were published. In 2002, the True Sport Secretariat was created and a seminal (if overlooked) document titled Harassment & Abuse in Sport: Situation Analysis & Needs Assessment was released soon after. Some of the recommendations in that report (such as the creation of a stand-alone Harassment Policy and harassment officers) were adopted by sport organizations and even mandated by Sport Canada, while other recommendations (such as a national strategy on decreasing harassment) were disregarded.

(Ottawa, Ontario – April 1, 2009) – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that André Aubut, a cycling coach, committed an anti-doping rule violation by administering a prohibited substance, erythropoetin (EPO), to Geneviève Jeanson during her cycling career.

(Ottawa, Ontario – April 1, 2009) – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Dr. Maurice Duquette committed an anti-doping rule violation for the administration of a prohibited substance to a minor (Ms. Geneviève Jeanson) and that he assisted, aided and abetted in the administration of a prohibited substance, namely erythropoetin (EPO).

(Ottawa, Ontario – October 28, 2008) – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) mourns the loss of the honourable Charles Dubin, an accomplished and respected jurist and a key figure in the history of the fight against doping in sport.

(Ottawa, Ontario – January 4, 2007) – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Steve Molnar, a bobsleigh athlete, committed an anti-doping rule violation. The violation...