Welcome to the Ottawa Safe Sport Toolkit. To get started, choose to either watch the tutorial video or continue to the complete toolkit:

About the Ottawa Safe Sport Toolkit:

The Ottawa Safe Sport Toolkit is a free online toolkit developed to foster safe, welcoming, and inclusive sport environments for participants of all ages and abilities. Based on industry best practices, the Ottawa Safe Sport Toolkit was developed collaboratively with 12 Ottawa-based member sport organizations through a pilot program under the leadership of the Ottawa Sport Council and Sport Law, with funding generously provided by the Ontario Trillium Foundation.

The goal of the Ottawa Safe Sport Toolkit is to provide organizations with user-friendly resources that identify and mitigate risks and that engage participants, coaches, officials, administrators, and volunteers in the safe sport journey.

How does the Ottawa Safe Sport Toolkit work?

The toolkit is organized into four major components:

• Policies – How to protect community sport organizations and their members
• Training Requirements – How to ensure everyone understands their role
• Engagement & Communication – How to ensure the safe sport culture exists and anchor the policies and training in behaviours
• Resources – Complimentary information and resources to promote awareness

The Ottawa Safe Sport Toolkit comes with a complete Implementation Guide to support organizations as they continue their journey to create safe and thriving sport environments.