The following assistance is available to help report or respond to bullying, abuse, harassment or discrimination in sport provincially and nationally.
Sask Sport Resource Line
The Sask Sport Resource Line provides free, confidential, bilingual and anonymous assistance to calls, texts or emails inquiries regarding possible bullying, abuse, harassment or discrimination in sport.
Sask Sport Resource Line staff are qualified to handle calls regarding child and youth maltreatment (national/provincial child and youth protection laws) and organization-specific risk management and dispute resolution models.
ITP Sport (Inc.) is an Independent Third Party where sport participants can make anonymous and confidential reports via the secure reporting platform, IntegrityCounts, linked here:
Sask Sport encourages our member Provincial Sport Organizations (PSOs) to support individuals in seeking to resolve their own conflicts and recognize that, in many cases, disputes can be resolved directly and quickly in an informal way. In situations where direct action by individuals may be inappropriate or unsuccessful, Sask Sport encourages use of the principles of Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) to resolve disputes, which can be achieved through negotiation, facilitation, and mediation. ADR avoids the uncertainty, costs, and other negative effects associated with lengthy appeals or complaints, or with litigation.
We encourage all Individuals to communicate openly, and to collaborate and use problem-solving and negotiation techniques to resolve their differences. Sask Sport believes that negotiated settlements are most often preferable to arbitrated outcomes. Negotiated resolutions to disputes with and among individuals are strongly encouraged.
The Alternate Dispute Resolution Institute of Saskatchewan can provide provincial or local sport organizations with the following services. Some costs may be covered by Sask Sport for eligible member provincial sport organizations (PSOs)
Call the Sask Sport Resource Line or Sask Sport’s Dispute Resolution Officer to learn more about Alternate Dispute Resolution and determine if this is a potential solution.
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Sask Sport membership conditions require Active and Affiliate Members to have safe sport policies and procedures.
