Date and time
2025-02-13
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Information
Dear Members of the Ottawa Sport Council,
January 10, 2025
We are writing on behalf of the Future of Sport in Canada Commission (the “Commission”) led by Commissioner Lise Maisonneuve and Special Advisors, Dr. Andrew Pipe and Ms. Noni Classen to seek an opportunity to meet with you to get your views and perspectives on the sport system in Canada. The commission’s consultations is an opportunity for the Ottawa sport community to share ideas and be the voice of community sport in Ottawa.
As we know, sport plays a critical role in the fabric of Canadian life. From community grassroots sports, cheering for our favorite teams or watching Team Canada at the Olympics, sport connects us together in many important ways. Sport is part of the culture in Canada and can shape lives and help build resilient and strong communities.
In May 2024, the Commission was established to bring to light the experiences, causes, and impacts of inappropriate behaviour and maltreatment in sport and how to improve the sport systems. These consultations throughout Canada are there to examine and review the Canadian Sport System and to make recommendations on concrete and effective actions with respect to:
- Improving the sport system in Canada, including but not limited to policy, funding structures, governance, reporting, accountability, conflicts of interest, systems alignment, culture and legal considerations.
- Improving safe sport, including trauma-informed approaches to support participants in the disclosure of and healing from maltreatment.
To learn more about the Commission’s mandate, we invite you to consult its Terms of Reference and website.
Invitation to Meet – In Person or Virtual
As such, Ottawa Sport Council is inviting you and your organization to participate in a Future of Sport in Canada Commission meeting either in person or virtually on February 13th, 2025 from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. This hybrid meeting will occur at L’Esplanade Laurier at 140 O’Connor Street. If you are available and interested, please register your attendance through the Ottawa Sport Council secure link below.
OSC-Future of Sport Registration will go live Monday, January 27th. For more information or to contact Frances Mercer, OSC Executive Director at [email protected]
Mental Health Support
We recognize that sharing information with the Commission may be difficult. If you are interested in speaking with the Commission, please know that a professional mental health support person could be available to you if you wish. The support person would be available to contact you the week before a meeting and be present during and after the meeting. If you would like to avail yourself of this service, simply respond to this email to make the request. You may also consult the Commission website’s Wellness Support page for additional resources.
Privacy Notice, Consent to Use of Personal Information, Option for In-Camera Session
We wish to note that pursuant to its Terms of Reference, the Commission is required to inform all participants to its activities that the information sought from them will be handled in accordance with the requirements of the Access to Information Act (“ATIA”) and of the Privacy Act. The Terms of Reference further require that the Commission seek explicit consent from participants for their information to be used. You can read the Privacy Notice here and find attached to the registration link a consent form for all individuals who meet with the Commission to sign ahead of a meeting.
As you will note, in the Privacy Notice, the Commission offers to participants the option to meet confidentially and without certain information being recorded in any form, through in-camera sessions. If you or your organization wishes to schedule an in-camera session you may request such a session by responding to this email.
We thank you for considering this invitation to meet with the Future of Sport in Canada Commission. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to me directly.
Kind regards,
Frances Mercer
Executive Director – Ottawa Sport Council
www.sportottawa.ca
[email protected]