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Safe Sport

For additional safe sport resources, visit Sport Manitoba’s safe sport page here.

What is Safe Sport?

Safe sport refers to an environment that prioritizes the physical and psychological well-being of all participants.

It involves a commitment to providing optimal experiences, while actively preventing and addressing all forms of maltreatment, including abuse, harassment, neglect, and discrimination.

Advancing safe sport is a shared responsibility that requires awareness, education, and clear actions for reporting. This page provides resources and guidance to help advance safe sport in Rhythmic Gymnastics.

The Protecting Youth in Sports Act

The Protecting Youth in Sports Act enhances protection measures for young athletes in Manitoba’s sport system. All Provincial Sport Organizations (PSOs), including Rhythmic Gymnastics Manitoba, must adhere to the following requirements:

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Report a maltreatment complaint

Reporting a maltreatment complaint may seem confusing and overwhelming. The following resources can help you navigate the process:

If a maltreatment complaint is submitted to a coach, official, volunteer, or staff member, the complaint must be referred to the ITP.

ITP Sport is responsible for overseeing all allegations of maltreatment.

Filing a Maltreatment Complaint - Complainant's Guide

How to file a Maltreatment Complaint - Interactive Video

Maltreatment Complaint Process Flow Chart

Maltreatment Complaint - Respondent's Guide

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Safe Sport Resources

Safe Sport Policy Manual

Policies outlining behaviour expectations for all sport stakeholders, procedures for handling complaints, appeal procedures, and coach education and screening requirements.

Coach Screening Policy

All RGM coaches (any individual who is 14 years of age or older and is authorized or recognized by an organization to provide instruction and direction to participants in a sport) must complete the necessary coach screening requirements.

Safe Sport Tips For Athletes

Age appropriate tips for athletes under 8, ages 9–12, and 13+, describing expected behaviour, measures for their protection, and steps to take if they experience harm, with the 13+ group also having access to a 20-minute safe sport education online module.

Safe Sport Handbook For Parents And Guardians

Information detailing behaviour expectations, different forms of maltreatment, possible indicators that a child experienced maltreatment, and steps to take if a child experienced maltreatment.

Respect In Sport For Activity Leaders

This course must be completed within sixty (60) days of being assigned a coaching position. Coaches maintain their Respect in Sport certification status by completing the course every five (5) years.

More Resources

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Looking for support as an athlete or want to file a complaint? Below are multiple free and anonymous helplines. If you are ever in a critical emergency, call 911

Manitoba Sport Support Line

Confidential 24/7 support line. Information about this service is available on the Sport Manitoba Website.
Phone: 1-877-737-9875
Email: gethelp@changeofseasons.ca

CSSP

Only receives and respond to reports involving participants of national-level, federally funded sport organizations who have engaged in prohibited behaviours as defined in the Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Sport (UCCMS)

Safe Sport Line

If you or someone you know is experiencing maltreatment in sport, and you need someone to talk to, contact the safe sport line at 1-833-656-SAFE (7233) or help@safesportline.ca